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Unleashing AI Potential: The Power of Your Own Local Supercomputer

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RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning, access to robust computing power is paramount. While cloud-based GPU solutions offer undeniable flexibility, a growing number of AI professionals, researchers, and startups are discovering the profound benefits of investing in their own local GPU servers. This shift isn’t just about preference; it’s about unlocking a powerful, private, and predictable environment that can truly accelerate the pace of innovation.

Owning a local GPU server for deep learning and AI model training presents a compelling set of advantages that directly address many of the challenges faced when relying solely on external resources.

Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness: A Smart Investment

At first glance, the upfront cost of a dedicated GPU server might seem substantial, especially when compared to the pay-as-you-go model of cloud services. However, for sustained and intensive AI workloads, this initial investment quickly transforms into significant long-term savings. Unlike cloud GPUs, where every minute of usage, including idle time or unexpected interruptions, incurs charges, owning your hardware means your operational costs are dramatically reduced over time. Consider the example of Autonomous Inc.’s Brainy workstation: users can save thousands of dollars within just a few months compared to continuous cloud rentals, making it a financially astute decision for ongoing projects.

Enhanced Data Privacy and Security: Keeping Your Innovations Safe and Confidential

In an era where data breaches, intellectual property theft, and stringent regulatory compliance (like GDPR or HIPAA) are paramount concerns, the security and privacy advantages of a local GPU server are absolutely critical. This is perhaps one of the most compelling reasons for organizations and individuals dealing with sensitive information or proprietary algorithms to choose an on-premise solution.

Unrivaled Local Control: Your sensitive data, proprietary AI models, and confidential research remain entirely within your physical control. They reside securely within your own infrastructure, behind your own firewalls and security protocols. This dramatically reduces the inherent risks of data breaches, unauthorized access, or compliance issues that can arise when data is stored and processed on third-party cloud servers, where you have less direct oversight.Minimized Exposure to External Threats: By keeping your data and computations local, you significantly reduce the need for constant data movement between your environment and external cloud providers. Fewer data transfers inherently mean fewer points of vulnerability and a smaller attack surface, strengthening your overall security posture against external threats. This direct control ensures your most valuable assets are always under your watchful eye.

Unparalleled Performance and Responsiveness: Unleashing True AI Power

One of the most immediate and impactful benefits of a local GPU server is the sheer performance and responsiveness it offers. When your computing power is on-premise, you experience:

No Queuing: The frustration of waiting in line for available cloud resources becomes a thing of the past. You have immediate, dedicated access to your computing power precisely when you need it.Zero Internet Lag: All computations occur locally, eliminating any latency or slowdowns that can plague internet-dependent cloud connections. This is particularly critical for iterative prototyping, fine-tuning, and real-time inference where every millisecond directly impacts development speed.Consistent Power: Your AI models run without the threat of interruption from network fluctuations or contention with other users on shared cloud infrastructure. This translates to pure, uninterrupted AI processing power, allowing your training runs to complete efficiently and reliably.

Maximum Flexibility and Customization: Tailoring Your AI Environment

A local server grants you an unparalleled degree of control over your computing environment:

Hardware Control: You have the freedom to select and configure the exact hardware components—from the number and type of GPUs to RAM, storage, and CPU—that perfectly align with your specific deep learning tasks and budget. This allows for highly specialized setups optimized for your unique needs.Software Environment: You can meticulously set up and customize your entire software stack, including the operating system, drivers, AI frameworks (like TensorFlow or PyTorch), and libraries. This freedom from cloud provider limitations or pre-configured images enables deep optimization for unique and cutting-edge workflows.

Reliability and Predictable Operations: Peace of Mind for Critical Projects

For critical AI workloads, predictability is key, and a local server delivers just that:

No Spot Instance Shutdowns: Cloud “spot instances,” while often cheaper, come with the risk of unexpected shutdowns by the provider. A local server guarantees continuous operation for your crucial training runs, preventing lost progress and wasted time.Full Control Over Maintenance: You dictate when and how to perform system maintenance or updates, ensuring that your vital AI workloads are never interrupted by unforeseen actions from a third-party provider.

Hands-On Learning and Experimentation: Deepening Your Expertise

For those looking to truly master the intricacies of AI development, a local server offers an invaluable educational experience:

Deeper Understanding: Owning and managing your hardware provides a hands-on opportunity to learn about system administration, hardware optimization, and the fundamental workings of AI workflows.Unrestricted Experimentation: You can freely experiment with different hardware configurations, driver versions, and software stacks without incurring additional costs or worrying about impacting a shared environment. This fosters a deeper understanding and encourages innovative problem-solving.

“We’re seeing innovative companies recognize the need and engineer solutions specifically to address the cloud’s limitations for many businesses,” says Mr. Dhiraj Patra, a Software Architect and certified AI ML Engineer for Cloud applications. “The ability to have dedicated, powerful GPU workstations on-site, like the Brainy workstation with its NVIDIA RTX 4090s, provides that potent combination of performance, cost-effectiveness, and data security that is often the sweet spot for SMBs looking to seriously leverage AI and GenAI without breaking the bank or compromising on data governance.”

Experience Brainy Firsthand: The Test Model Program

To give developers, researchers, and AI builders a chance to experience the power of Brainy before committing, Autonomous Inc. has just announced that their sample of Brainy, the supercomputer equipped with dual NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPUs are now open for testing, giving a fantastic opportunity to see firsthand how your models perform on this supercomputer.

How the Test Model Works:

Brainy functions as a high-performance desktop-class system, designed for serious AI workloads like hosting, training, and fine-tuning models. It can be accessed locally or remotely, depending on your setup. Think of it as your own dedicated AI workstation: powerful enough for enterprise-grade inference and training tasks, yet flexible enough for individual developers and small teams to use without the complexities of cloud infrastructure.

Simply by clicking the “Try Now” button and filling a form on Autonomous’ website, the testing will be ready within a day. This hardware trial program allows participants to book a 22-hour slot to run their inference tasks on these powerful GPUs. Whether you’re building AI agents, running multimodal models, or experimenting with cutting-edge architectures, this program lets you validate performance on your own terms—with no guesswork. It’s a simple promise: use it like it’s yours—then decide.

In conclusion, a local GPU server like Autonomous Inc.’s Brainy is more than just powerful hardware; it’s a strategic investment in autonomy, efficiency, and security. By providing a private, predictable, and highly customizable environment, it empowers AI professionals to iterate faster, safeguard sensitive data, and ultimately accelerate their journey in the exciting world of deep learning and AI innovation.

Availability

Brainy is available for order, making enterprise-grade AI performance accessible to startups and innovators For detailed specifications, configurations, and pricing, please visit https://www.autonomous.ai/robots/brainy.

About Autonomous Inc.

Autonomous Inc. designs and engineers the future of work, empowering individuals who refuse to settle and relentlessly pursue innovation. By continually exploring and integrating advanced technologies, the company’s goal is to create an ultimate smart office, including 3D-printed ergonomic chairs, configurable smart desks, and solar-powered work pods, as well as enabling businesses to create the future they envision with a smart workforce using robots and AI.

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Bloomberg Introduces Spread-to-Benchmark Quoting for EUR and GBP Portfolio Trading Baskets

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LONDON, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg today announced the launch of Spread-to-Benchmark quoting and trading for Euro (EUR) and Sterling (GBP) denominated portfolio trades through its Portfolio Trading Basket Builder (PTBB). The new functionality expands the range of quoting protocols available for European credit portfolio trading and reflects growing client demand for spread-based execution workflows, alongside increased dealer support for the convention across EUR and GBP markets.

Spread-to-Benchmark quoting is a well-established protocol for USD credit portfolio trades and is used by market participants to evaluate and execute portfolio trades. By extending this workflow to EUR and GBP portfolio trades, Bloomberg enables clients and dealers to transact using a familiar spread-based methodology across additional credit markets. 

The introduction of Spread-to-Benchmark quoting for EUR and GBP baskets reflects increased client interest in evaluating portfolio trades through a spread-based lens and the growing adoption of spread-based execution workflows in European credit markets. The workflow provides market participants with an additional framework for assessing the relationship between credit spread risk and underlying government bond yields when pricing and executing portfolio trades. 

Additional Workflow Flexibility 
The workflow complements Bloomberg’s existing portfolio trading capabilities, which support the full range of market-standard quoting conventions, including Price, Yield, Spread-to-Benchmark and Spread based workflows that reference Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service (BVAL). This gives clients flexibility to compare and execute portfolio trades using the quoting methodology that best aligns with their investment objectives, execution preferences and internal risk management processes. 

“European credit clients continue to look for execution workflows that reflect how they evaluate risk and monitor portfolio trading outcomes,” said Harry Street, Global Head of Credit and Equities Trading Product at Bloomberg. “By expanding dealer support for Spread-to-Benchmark quoting for EUR and GBP baskets, Bloomberg is broadening the range of workflow options available to clients trading European credit portfolios.” 

“Portfolio trading workflows in fixed income continue to become more sophisticated as institutional investors look for ways to evaluate execution quality in changing market conditions,” said Kevin McPartland, Head of Market Structure & Technology Research at Crisil Coalition Greenwich. “Spread-based quoting helps market participants more clearly distinguish between the impacts of credit spread and underlying rates movements when determining how best to execute a portfolio trade.” 

Bloomberg’s Electronic Markets solutions are used by leading financial institutions to trade efficiently in over 175 markets around the world. More than 9,000 client firms use Bloomberg Electronic Markets to access industry-leading depth and breadth of liquidity across asset classes from over 800 dealers globally. Bloomberg Electronic Markets provides market participants with comprehensive solutions across the trading lifecycle, including robust price transparency, analytics, automation and execution, powered by Bloomberg’s high-quality, multi-asset class data and tools.

About Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration. For more information, visit Bloomberg.com/company or request a demo.

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Dr. Sunho Kang, a senior battery-technology executive with leadership experience at major global battery and EV manufacturers, joins TeraWatt Technology as Head of Product and Technology

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TeraWatt Technology Inc. (Headquartered in California, USA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sunho Kang has joined the company as Head of Product and Technology.

Dr. Kang is a globally recognized battery-technology executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning the United States, Asia, and Europe, and a distinguished track record of advancing innovations from laboratory research through gigafactory-scale production. He has held senior executive positions at world-leading organizations including Samsung SDI, Apple, and Volkswagen Group of America, and brings deep expertise in lithium-ion battery materials, cell engineering, and product industrialization across a broad range of applications, including electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

At TeraWatt, Dr. Kang will lead global product development and the commercialization of TeraWatt’s battery technology platform, aiming to accelerate the delivery of TeraWatt’s competitive products as well as the technology and commercialization roadmap including manufacturing scale-up.

Dr. Kang commented:

“I am thrilled to join TeraWatt Technology as Head of Product and Technology. TeraWatt’s innovative battery platform presents a tremendous opportunity to push the boundaries of lithium-ion technology, and I look forward to working with the team to accelerate product development and commercialization to deliver meaningful impact.”

TeraWatt Technology founder CEO Ken Ogata, Ph.D. commented:

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kang as our Head of Product and Technology. His deep expertise in battery materials, cell engineering, and productization will be instrumental in accelerating TeraWatt’s product roadmap and technology leadership. Together with Dr. Kang, we will continue to drive our mission forward.”

About TeraWatt Technology Inc.
TeraWatt Technology Inc. is a California-based company that produces lightweight, high-power, and safe next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

Company Overview
Name: TeraWatt Technology Inc.
Representative: Co-founder and CEO Ken Ogata
Headquarters: 28 Geary St, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States
Founded: January 2020
Established: December 2019
URL: https://www.terawatt-technology.com/

 

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Tencent Cloud and Soniox Announce Strategic Partnership: Combining Advanced Speech-to-Text (STT) Technology with Global Real-Time Infrastructure

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HONG KONG, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced a strategic partnership with Soniox, a San Francisco-based speech AI company that specializes in developing high-accuracy, low-latency speech AI solutions. The collaboration integrates Soniox’s speech-to-text (STT) technology with Tencent Cloud’s Real-Time Communication (TRTC) enterprise-grade global infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build and deploy multilingual voice AI applications across 200+ countries and regions.

Elevating Enterprise Voice AI at a Global Scale

In enterprise voice AI deployments, latency directly affects user experience and application reliability. The integration of Soniox’s high-accuracy, low-latency STT with TRTC’s global transmission infrastructure reduces latency across the entire pipeline, creating a comprehensive end-to-end solution for enterprises deploying conversational AI applications worldwide.    

Soniox is the voice platform for every language. Unlike legacy speech AI, which was built primarily for English-speakers, Soniox delivers native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages. Its technology can handle mid-sentence language switching — a user can switch between English and Chinese in a single utterance, and Soniox will capture every word with complete accuracy. All of this works through a single API that works for both speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

By integrating TRTC, the partnership leverages an enterprise-grade real-time communication backbone featuring more than 3,200 global nodes, sub-300 ms worldwide latency, and advanced capabilities such as AI noise suppression and weak-network resilience. These capabilities enable conversational AI applications to operate reliably across diverse network environments, including regions such as Southeast Asia and Africa.

With the roll out of this partnership, developers can integrate the Soniox STT API directly within the Tencent Cloud console. Whether targeting English-speaking markets or supporting languages such as Arabic, Hindi, and Malay, enterprises can build global voice applications — including intelligent customer service, voice assistants, real-time translation, and meeting transcription — to address the demands of expansion into emerging markets and multilingual scenarios.

Wison Xie, Head of Product at Tencent RTC, stated: “Tencent RTC has always been committed to providing reliable real-time communication infrastructure for global enterprises. Our partnership with Soniox brings together our strengths in enterprise-grade audio transmission and Soniox’s advanced speech recognition technology. Together, we are making it easier for businesses to deploy accurate, low-latency voice AI applications across any language and any market.”

Klemen Simonic, CEO at Soniox Inc., stated “At Soniox, our mission is to help businesses understand every word, in any language, with native speaker accuracy and exceptional speed. Partnering with Tencent Cloud combines our speech AI with world-class real-time infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build voice AI experiences that scale globally with low latency and reliability.”

About Tencent Cloud:

Tencent Cloud, one of the world’s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.

About Tencent RTC:

Tencent RTC provides real-time communication solutions, including audio/video calling, live streaming, and in-game voice. With enterprise-grade security, AI-powered enhancements, and a global network of over 3,200 nodes, Tencent RTC powers mission-critical communication for customers worldwide.

About Soniox:

Soniox is a next-generation voice AI company bringing about the end of English-first speech AI. Most people on the planet did not grow up speaking English and often mix languages mid-sentence; and yet legacy speech AI was built for just English. Soniox is different: native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages, true mid-sentence language switching, and flawless alphanumeric recognition that legacy providers still can’t match. For developers building global apps, Soniox is the only option. Try it for yourself at soniox.com.

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