Cirrascale

About Cirrascale

Cirrascale Cloud Services provides specialized cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence and deep learning applications. The company's trajectory began in 2010 when it was founded by Dave Driggers as Cirrascale Corporation, evolving from the acquisition of Verari Systems' technology. Initially a developer of blade and rackmount hardware solutions, the firm leveraged patented technologies like Vertical Cooling to create dense multi-GPU platforms.

A significant pivot occurred in late 2015 when the company launched a cloud service focused on multi-GPU solutions. This move proved successful, leading to a strategic reorganization in early 2017. The original hardware division was sold to BOXX Technologies, and the cloud services division was spun off into a new, separate entity named Cirrascale Cloud Services. Later that year, the new company was acquired by Craftsman Capital Partners.

Cirrascale's business model centers on providing public and private dedicated cloud solutions, operating as an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider. Revenue is generated through flat-rate monthly billing for its services, offering discounts for longer-term commitments and distinguishing itself by not charging ingress or egress fees for data transfer. The company targets clients in sectors with intensive computational needs, such as autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, natural language processing (NLP), and generative AI. Its services are designed for large-scale deep learning operators, startups, research organizations, and Fortune 500 customers.

The core offering is the Cirrascale AI Innovation Cloud, which provides access to a wide array of the latest AI accelerators from partners like NVIDIA, Cerebras, AMD, and Qualcomm. This allows customers to develop, train, fine-tune, and deploy AI models on a high-performance infrastructure without managing the underlying hardware. The platform is engineered with high-bandwidth, low-latency networking and multi-tiered storage to handle large datasets and complex AI workflows efficiently. To further support its clients, Cirrascale offers managed services, which assist with setup, user access management, and infrastructure optimization, effectively reducing the need for an in-house DevOps team.