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Autonomous introduces Brainy petaflop AI workstation

Brainy delivers powerful AI performance on the desktop, enabling researchers and startups to advance AI development.

Brainy ensures sensitive information remains within your organization's control

Autonomous Inc. has announced the launch of Brainy, a new workstation developed to support deep learning and machine learning workflows. Designed for researchers, developers, and AI-focused teams, Brainy provides high-performance computing capabilities in a desktop form factor.

Unleashing unprecedented power and scalability

Brainy is designed to support high-performance AI workloads using NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPUs. The system provides over one petaflop of AI processing power and can scale from 2 to 8 GPUs, allowing users to:

  • Prototype, fine-tune, and deploy massive AI models with up to 70 billion parameters.
  • Achieve high-performance computing (HPC)-class results from the desktop.
  • Optimize for both training and inference, supporting full forward and backward passes with autodiff. Brainy excels at fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs), computer vision tasks, and a wide range of deep learning models.
Brainy is engineered to handle the most demanding AI workloads

The Brainy advantage: speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness

Autonomous Inc. developed Brainy to provide an alternative to cloud-based GPU solutions, which can become costly for long-term or large-scale projects due to the pay-as-you-go pricing model. Brainy offers a more cost-effective option with several practical benefits:


  • On-premise AI performance: Brainy delivers high computational power locally, helping reduce latency and dependence on cloud-based resources.
  • Local data processing: Brainy helps maintain control over sensitive information by reducing reliance on external cloud storage, supporting data privacy and compliance efforts.
  • Cost savings: Owning the hardware may offer cost advantages over cloud GPU rentals. According to Autonomous Inc., users could reduce expenses in the first year compared to using services such as RunPod.
  • Uninterrupted Workflow: Brainy eliminates common cloud-based frustrations, such as queuing times, spot instance shutdowns, and internet lag, ensuring pure, uninterrupted AI power.
  • Scalability and Flexibility: Users can start with a configuration as small as 2x RTX 4090s and scale up to 8 GPUs as their needs evolve. When projects are ready for broader deployment, they can be scaled to the cloud or a data center with zero reconfiguration.
  • Accelerating AI Innovation: Brainy empowers AI startups, developers, and researchers with industry-standard AI frameworks like ONNX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow, seamlessly integrated with NVIDIA’s CUDA, cuDNN, and TensorRT. This enables rapid development of AI, ML, and scientific computing tasks.

Autonomous Inc. is a member of the NVIDIA Inception Program, which supports innovative startups involved in projects like Brainy. This membership provides access to resources and expertise from NVIDIA, supporting the development and market launch of Brainy.

Through the program, Autonomous gains access to benefits like free credits for NVIDIA’s self-paced courses and discounts on instructor-led workshops. These training opportunities enable developers to sharpen their skills in key areas such as generative AI, graphics, and simulation, all of which are crucial for optimizing Brainy’s performance. Furthermore, NVIDIA Inception Program provides Autonomous Inc. with exclusive offers, allowing us to deliver competitive pricing to our customers for Brainy.

Brainy supports AI applications across industries

Brainy enables startups to develop AI models while maintaining full control over their data. It assists with tasks like financial forecasting, healthcare data analysis, personalized education, and logistics optimization. Equipped with advanced hardware and frameworks, Brainy offers efficient and secure AI computing directly from the desktop.

For more information, visit autonomous.ai.