India, April 9 -- In a move aligned with India's "AI for All" mission, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), along with IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation, has partnered with California-based Ziroh Labs to establish the Centre of AI Research (CoAIR). This new initiative aims to make AI development more accessible by focusing on CPU-optimized AI models that work efficiently without requiring expensive GPU infrastructure.

As part of the collaboration, Ziroh Labs today launched 'Kompact AI', a cutting-edge platform designed to democratize AI by enabling foundational model development and deployment directly on CPUs. Built entirely by Indian scientists and engineers, Kompact AI has already optimized 17 leading models-in...