Together AI
Basic Information
- Company/Brand: Together AI
- Country/Region: USA (San Francisco)
- Official Website: https://www.together.ai
- Type: Open Source Model API / AI Cloud Inference Platform
- Founded: 2022
Product Description
Together AI calls itself an "AI-native cloud," a cloud platform focused on the inference and deployment of open-source models. It provides instant access to 200+ open-source models, offering three deployment methods: serverless inference, batch processing, and dedicated endpoints. Together AI has deep research expertise in inference optimization, including cutting-edge technologies like FlashAttention-4 and ThunderAgent, and has launched new products in inference, agents, and voice AI at NVIDIA GTC 2026.
Core Features/Highlights
- 200+ Open-Source Models: Supports mainstream open-source models like Llama, Mistral, and Qwen
- Three Deployment Modes:
- Serverless Inference: On-demand operation with automatic scaling
- Batch Processing: Handles up to 30 billion tokens asynchronously, reducing costs by 50%
- Dedicated Endpoints: Independent infrastructure for optimal performance and cost-efficiency
- Advanced Inference Research: FlashAttention-4, together.compile, etc.
- ThunderAgent: An optimized framework for agent AI
- Mamba-3: An open-source SSM model with inference speeds surpassing Transformer
- Model Fine-Tuning: Supports supervised and reinforcement fine-tuning, up to 1T+ parameters
- Quantization-Aware Training: Advanced tuning with adaptive speculation
- Composite AI Systems: Multi-model interactive composite AI architecture
Business Model
- Pay-as-You-Go: Charges based on token usage
- Batch Discounts: Up to 50% cost savings for batch processing
- Dedicated Endpoints: Charges based on GPU resources
- Enterprise Solutions: Custom deployments at scale
- Research Collaborations: Partnerships with academic institutions
Target Users
- Developers and enterprises using open-source models
- Data-intensive applications requiring large-scale batch inference
- AI researchers (cutting-edge inference technologies)
- Teams needing model fine-tuning
- Advanced developers building composite AI systems
Competitive Advantages
- Deep expertise in inference research—FlashAttention series leads the industry
- Cost advantages in batch processing (50% cost savings)
- One-stop access to 200+ open-source models
- Dedicated endpoints ensure production-grade performance
- Proprietary research achievements like Mamba-3
- Deep collaborations with hardware vendors like NVIDIA
Market Performance
- Secured significant funding with a valuation exceeding billions of dollars
- Holds a prominent position in the open-source model inference market
- FlashAttention technology widely adopted across the AI industry
- Launched multiple new products at NVIDIA GTC 2026
- Bridges the gap between academic research and industrial applications
Relationship with OpenClaw Ecosystem
Together AI provides high-performance open-source model inference services for OpenClaw. Users can access various open-source models via Together AI's API within OpenClaw, enjoying professional-grade inference performance without the need to build their own GPU infrastructure. Together AI's batch processing mode is particularly suitable for agent tasks in OpenClaw that require handling large amounts of data, significantly reducing costs.
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