Cerebras
by Cerebras Systems · www.cerebras.ai ↗
AI compute company whose inference cloud serves open language models on wafer-scale hardware.
inference hardware infrastructure
- Category
- Platforms & Infrastructure
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2024-08
- Record updated
- 2026-07-29
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/cerebras/
Overview
Cerebras is an AI compute company whose inference cloud serves open language models on its wafer-scale hardware, delivering very high token throughput. It offers an API for fast inference of models like Llama alongside its systems for training. Inference is usage-priced, with free access tiers.
Key features
- Wafer-scale hardware for high-throughput inference
- Very fast token generation for open models
- OpenAI-compatible inference API
- Systems and cloud for large-scale training
Use cases
- Latency-sensitive applications needing fast tokens
- Serving open models at high speed
- Large-model training on specialized hardware
Pricing
Inference is usage-priced per token with free access tiers; training systems are sold separately.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cerebras known for?
Cerebras is known for wafer-scale AI hardware and very high-speed inference of open language models.
Does Cerebras offer an API?
Yes. Cerebras offers an inference cloud with an OpenAI-compatible API for open models.
Who develops Cerebras?
Cerebras Systems is a US-based AI compute company.
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