Open source AI with benefits?
Not all open source is created equal
Hugging Face is the leading repository for open source AI models and datasets. As of April 2025, there were 68 different open source licenses across the over 1.3 million active downloadable m
AWS Bets on Arm: Graviton
AWS continues its emphatic endorsement of Arm with its Graviton chips
AWS is the dominant deployer of Arm-based instances, with a 57.2% share of Arm instances in the public cloud. While its initial focus was to drive costs dow
Biggest Trend in Machine Learning Highlighted by One Set of Libraries
How One Person Can Drive Enormous Change
Liftr Insights has been tracking a wide range of AI and ML projects. Among them, PyTorch Image Models (Timm) stands out. With over 160 million downloads in February 2025,
Is Amazon jump starting an FPGA renaissance in AI?
Sort of. But, GPUs aren’t going anywhere
Liftr Insights observed that 37.5% (over 1/3) of AWS’s accelerated servers deployed in the first half of February 2025 were FPGA-based. This deployment supported its recently announced F2 instances. FPGAs are still a small portion (3.3% per Liftr Insights data as of the end of February 2025)
Ampere: A David vs. Goliath story in the cloud, as told by Liftr Insights data
Amid SoftBank acquisition, there are dark clouds on the horizon for Ampere's long history in the clouds
AUSTIN, Texas, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released information about AmpereRead More
Ampere: A David vs. Goliath story in the cloud
Ampere’s long history in the clouds is shown in the Lift Insights data, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
SoftBank announced its intent to acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion on March 19, 2025, stating "Ampere’s expertise in
Most Downloaded AI Model Isn't What You Think, according to Liftr Insights data
Tabular data, not NLP, has more downloads per model on average, as shown by Liftr Insights data
Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released an article about Tabular AI Models as part of its AI Series showing that Tab
AI Distills Millions of Data Records
Tabular data models demonstrate an unsung portion of AI model universe by managing complex data
There are models downloaded 8x more, on average, than the traditional types of models you know. And, no, it's not a model from DeepSeek, OpenAI, Goog
Arm was 33% of Microsoft Azure New Deployments, according to Liftr Insights data
Azure is one of the clouds showing strong Arm adoption, as shown by Liftr Insights data
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released an article about Azure showing that 33% of all instances
Arm's Influence Rising at Microsoft
Azure is one of the clouds showing strong Arm adoption, as shown by Liftr Insights data
32.9% of new CPUs deployed on Azure in the fourth quarter of 2024 were Arm-based chips. Specifically, these Arm-based processors were Azur
Blinded by DeepSeek; A Million Other AI Models tracked by Liftr Insights
Liftr Insights article describes what is being missed with the focus on DeepSeek and OpenAI.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released an article describing data insights into the millions of other models in the wake of recent news focused on the popular
DeepSeek and a Million Other AI Models
Analysts are blinded by DeepSeek and OpenAI and missing the depth of data revealed by Liftr Insights
In January 2025, the announcement of a new AI model called DeepSeek R1 significantly impacted U.S. financial markets. This China-developed large
ARM Elbows In: Strong Q4 for ARM per Liftr Insights data
Liftr Insights article shows the rise and growing influence of ARM in global cloud.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, released an article outlining the numbers behind ARM growth in the major cloud providers.
Interestingly, ARM instances represent
Arm Elbows In: The rising influence of Arm in the cloud
Liftr Insights data show the rise and growing influence of Arm in global cloud
In Q4 of 2024, 1 of every 4 new processor types deployed in the major public cloud providers were on Arm-based CPUs, as shown by Liftr da
Strong AI Growth in Q4 Cloud: per Liftr Insights data
Liftr Insights data puts objective numbers to AI growth across the globe.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, has revealed a strong growth of AI in the cloud when it comes to AI options and AI costs.
The quarter is not over, but Liftr Insights data
Intel's Real Threat: ARM? Per Liftr Insights data
Liftr Insights data shows the impact of ARM on Intel, especially with the introduction of Azure Cobalt and Google Axion
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, revealed data providing a glimpse into the growth of ARM and its impact on Intel's CPU market share i