Vast Data is pushing deeper into data management with a new offering for secure data ingestion, processing and retrieval for AI workloads that gives users up-to-date data while fine tuning their AI training.

InsightEngine with Nvidia is the first application on Vast Data Platform, introduced in August 2023, and provides data storage, management and analytics. InsightEngine uses Nvidia inference microservices (NIM), which can be used to speed up the deployment of AI, embeds the semantic meaning of data and stores it on the Vast DataBase. In turn, this allows for the file, object or table data to be ready for retrieval and inferencing for AI workloads.

Vast has been working toward the goal of becoming more than a storage provider, according to Matt Kimball, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategies.

"This, to me, is the realization of Vast becoming a much bigger player in the data management space," Kimball said.

Vast also launched its Cosmos initiative to bring together researchers, technology partners, service providers and solutions integrators to help users discover the most effective AI use cases. Cosmos will initially include Vast, Nvidia, Cisco, CoreWeave, Supermicro and Deloitte.