Apache Ray Finds a Home on the Google Kubernetes Engine

In its ongoing efforts to make Kubernetes the de facto platform for large-scale AI/machine learning (ML) workloads, Google has struck up a partnership with Anyscale to offer a hosted version of one of the fastest-growing AI platforms, Apache Ray.

Apache Ray is a platform that provides a way to scale Python applications to run in distributed environments. It has found favor with AI system designers and data scientists for its ability to run large-scale AI inferencing jobs, especially for its ability to support GPUs.

An optimized version of Ray…