"The simplicity of VAST allows my team to focus on the integrations around our Supercomputer and enabling our researchers to do more science vs spend 40% of our time keeping the lights on." - Scott G. This quote captures the spirit of VAST Data's Higher Ed Roundtable at #SC25. With 58+ of the Top 100 Research Universities partnering with VAST, the company continues to lead the way in powering data-driven research and AI innovation. The message from the community is clear: AI continues to rapidly evolve to enhance research across leading U.S. universities. At the roundtable, VAST explored how the AI OS enables secure multi-tenancy to meet federal regulations and collaboration across campus. Institutions are excited to adopt VAST's AI-driven capabilities.
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The Operating System for the Thinking Machine. VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, natively unifying and orchestrating storage, database, and compute to unleash the true power of agentic computing and data-intensive applications.
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https://www.vastdata.com
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- Software Development
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- 1,001-5,000 employees
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- VAST
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- Privately Held
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- 2016
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- AI Operating System, Data Platform, Unified Infrastructure, Data Management, analytics, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Machine Learning, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Search, High-Performance Computing (HPC), GPU Acceleration, Operational Efficiency, Cost Management, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, Data Virtualization, Data Analytics, Deep Learning, DASE Architecture, and Artificial Intelligence
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VAST AI Operating System
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VAST Data is the AI Operating System company – powering the next generation of intelligent systems with a unified software infrastructure stack that was purpose-built to unlock the full potential of AI. The VAST AI OS consolidates foundational data and compute services and agentic execution into one scalable platform, enabling organizations to deploy and facilitate communication between AI agents, reason over real-time data, and automate complex workflows at global scale. Built on VAST’s breakthrough DASE architecture – the world’s first true parallel distributed system architecture that eliminates tradeoffs between performance, scale, simplicity, and resilience – VAST has transformed its modern infrastructure into a global fabric for reasoning AI.
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A week of innovation, collaboration, and new ideas that will shape the AI era. Thank you for joining VAST Data at #SC25. Watch the recap to see how the VAST AI Operating System is building the foundation for superintelligent discovery alongside the biggest names in the industry👇
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Mission-critical outcomes require data infrastructure that can keep pace. Thank you to Chris Powell, Chief Scientist & Fellow at SAIC, for stopping by the VAST #SC25 booth and showcasing how VAST Data provides the performance SAIC customers need to accelerate discovery and achieve their critical mission outcomes.
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What a monumental week at SC25 hosting capacity crowds at the VAST booth! The energy was palpable at yesterday's breakfast session, where leaders from Microsoft Azure, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), and NVIDIA defined the intelligent, unified infrastructure of tomorrow. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY. Don't miss your final chance to connect with a VAST expert and secure your blueprint for the AI Operating System at booth #3402.
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VAST Data and Lablup Inc. are accelerating Korea's Sovereign AI Initiative through a new strategic collaboration. This partnership provides significant validation for VAST’s AI OS strategy in sovereign environments, reinforcing the company's growing footprint across Asia’s national AI programs. The combined Backend.AI and VAST AI OS environment, running on SK Telecom’s Sovereign AI cluster, now enables Korean enterprises to train large-scale foundation models entirely on domestic infrastructure. This delivers high-performance data access, secure multi-tenant scale, and full data sovereignty. Read more details by clicking below ⬇️
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The shared vision for the future of AI infrastructure is reflected in the collaboration between VAST Data and Microsoft Azure. Where performance, scale, and simplicity converge to enable enterprises to transform their business with agentic AI.
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From SiliconANGLE & theCUBE yesterday to this morning's 'From Supercomputing to Superintelligence' breakfast and today's 'AI Infrastructure for Higher Education & Research' roundtable, VAST Data Co-founder Jeff Denworth has been a leading voice at #SC25. Catch his final session, 'AI Factory Supercomputers are not HPC Supercomputers,' to gain the actionable insights required for the architectural shift. The focus is on adapting to the unique lifecycle of AI data, exploring how object interfaces, key-value caching, and global data mobility must take center stage. If HPC was built for simulation, AI factories are being built for adaptation. 📅 Thursday, November 20 🕞 3:30 - 5:00 PM 📍 240-241-242 Moderator: HPCwire's Alex Woodie Additional Panelists: VAST Data's Glenn K. Lockwood, Microsoft's Joe Greenseid, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)'s Dan Stanzione, and Sesterce's Kacem L.
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Excited about our partnership with VAST. An AI/ HPC system can only do as good as its data pipeline and our partnership enables our customers to leverage the benefits of the innovation our partners bring. I will have the privilege of presenting about our joint work at the VAST booth at SC25 tomorrow. Come join if you are around. Looking forward to it!
As Microsoft Ignite gets underway, VAST Data is proud to announce a new partnership with Microsoft Azure to set the cloud standard for modern AI. When the VAST AI Operating System runs natively in Azure, customers will be able to extend their AI foundation instantly, avoid data movement, and run GPU-accelerated workloads with consistent performance across environments. VAST is working closely with the Azure team as Microsoft advances its AI infrastructure roadmap. As the company looks ahead, this work reinforces VAST’s role in supporting emerging AI architectures with an operating system built for scale, performance, and simplicity. Read the full announcement 👇
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The 'Voices of VAST' program continues today! These sessions provide insight into the strategies driving performance at exascale and redefining the data architecture for AI model training and inference. Come to the VAST #SC25 booth throughout the day to hear from: 🚀 SAIC's Chris Powell 🚀 University at Buffalo's Anton Nekhai 🚀 Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) Nic L. 🚀 Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes + NVIDIA's Daniel Glogowski 🚀 Microsoft's Kanchan Mehrotra 🚀 Core42's Josh Gray 🚀 Penguin Solutions' Zach Schimke
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Many AI model builders in the world leverage VAST Data for its scalability, breakthrough performance, and AI-native capabilities. The VAST and Microsoft Azure collaboration can help mutual customers streamline operations, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-insight for AI workloads of every size.
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