Core42 Launches AI Platform Compass 2.0 in Partnership with Qualcomm Technologies
In an exclusive announcement, Core42, a G42 company specializing in sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, has unveiled the highly anticipated Compass 2.0 in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies. This cutting-edge platform, which was initially introduced in January 2024, has already processed an impressive 150 billion tokens since its inception. The launch of Compass 2.0 marks a significant milestone in the realm of AI technology, as it is fortified by Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 Ultra inference accelerators, offering unparalleled energy efficiency, portability, flexibility, and price performance for customers utilizing modern AI workloads.
Compass 2.0 is meticulously crafted to empower customers and partners to effortlessly access a diverse array of pre-optimized generative AI, embeddings, computer vision, and natural language processing AI models through the intuitive Compass API. Moreover, the API now features Qualcomm’s groundbreaking inference-as-a-service, catering to the deployment of pre-trained models and fully containerized and scalable solutions.
One of the standout features of the advanced Compass platform is its provision of open-source models, such as JAIS, the world’s most proficient Arabic Large Language Model, Llama3, and Azure OpenAI GPT-4 family models. The versatility of Compass extends to offering expert solutions and services from application specialists, unlocking the potential of GenAI across various applications.
The transformative applications facilitated by Compass 2.0 encompass the generation of human-like text for personalized multi-lingual conversational agents, the development of engagement and support assistants for round-the-clock patient interaction and support, and the conversion of data into actionable insights within compliant recommendation systems deployed in a sovereign cloud. Among other applications are text-to-image and document processing, chat systems with retrieval augmented generation capabilities, and code development and debugging.
Kiril Evtimov, the Group Chief Technology Officer of G42 and CEO of Core42, expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, stating, “At G42, we partner with global technology leaders to provide transformative capabilities to our clients, partners, and the global community. Our joint venture with Qualcomm on Compass 2.0 streamlines the rapid deployment and seamless integration of numerous open-source AI models on an inferencing-optimized architecture.”
Rashid Attar, the VP of Cloud Computing at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., lauded Core42’s Compass 2.0 as a game-changer in the realm of Generative AI, emphasizing its accessibility and deployment capabilities while upholding stringent privacy and customization standards. He further underscored Qualcomm Technologies’ commitment to collaborating with G42 to enhance language understanding and data analytics to unprecedented levels, empowering organizations to elevate patient care, make data-driven financial decisions, and enhance public services.
The unveiling of Compass 2.0 signifies a significant leap forward in AI technology, positioning Core42 and Qualcomm Technologies at the forefront of innovation in the industry. The platform’s groundbreaking features and advanced capabilities are poised to revolutionize the way AI models are accessed, deployed, and utilized, setting a new standard for efficiency, performance, and scalability in the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence.
