Oracle Cloud and NVIDIA Give AI Startups World-Class Technology and Global Business Resources

With technologies like AI and compute-intensive applications on the rise, the need for GPU computing solutions to address big global problems and power business solutions is critical. Oracle and NVIDIA have committed to help more AI startups achieve scale and success through a collaboration between their global startup programs. Oracle for Startups and NVIDIA Inception are bringing two powerful technologies together to produce cloud computing power that is fast, scalable, and highly secure.

“This is an example of a ‘world-class’ collaboration, and it aligns with our mission to help support startups across the globe with the best possible resources,” said Jason Williamson, vice president, Oracle for Startups. “As a former founder, I understand that startups need powerful partners and resources to scale and help drive innovation forward for our future.”

Oracle for Startups works with technology-enabled startups worldwide providing free credits and discounts on Oracle Cloud, mentoring, migration assistance, and access to Oracle’s network of customers, product experts, and marketers. Among the benefits for startups is the option to use the new NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU announced and coming soon to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

NVIDIA Inception is a virtual accelerator program that supports startups harnessing GPUs for AI and data science applications during critical stages of product development, prototyping, and deployment.

Together, Oracle can accelerate AI startups with NVIDIA’s deep technical expertise and industry-leading GPU technology on Oracle Cloud. Startups can also benefit from both companies’ ability to connect them with potential customers.

Additionally, the collaboration combines Oracle’s co-selling opportunities and vast marketing and events with NVIDIA’s resources to provide startups with business-building tools essential to their growth.

Eligible NVIDIA Inception members can access Oracle for Startups program benefits including:

• Free Oracle Cloud credits for up to three months, and a 70% discount for up to two years on ongoing cloud services*
• Access to a world-class product portfolio and partner ecosystem*
• Access to global marketing, events, and PR resources*
• Engagement opportunities with Oracle’s more than 430,000 customers*
• Access to migration assistance

Eligible Oracle for Startups members can access NVIDIA Inception benefits including:

• Free credits for NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute online courses, such as the Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Accelerating Data Science, and Image Classification
• Unlimited access to NVIDIA Developer Forum — built for technical inquiries and community engagement
• Preferred pricing on a wide range of NVIDIA AI technology platforms
• Guidance on which GPU applications and cloud instances are best suited for their needs

To find out more about this collaboration or the Oracle for Startups program, please contact Lee Reeves at Lee.Reeves@oracle.com.

 *For qualifying startups. Some restrictions apply. Full details here.  

Source: Oracle