Yara Gonzalez

Clustar

Founded in January 2018, Clustar is the world's leading provider of both general and private-preserving AI computing solutions. The company is committed to applying technologies such as high-performance networks and federated learning to artificial intelligence and big data. The core team members of Clustar are from the HKUST's Sing Lab, whose world-leading academic achievements are the foundation of Clustar's R&D. The company received investments from top venture capitals such as Sequoia Capital. Clustar hosts product and R&D centers in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The company has over 100 employees, 80% of whom are R&D engineers. To seize general AI computing market share, Clustar developed AIOS, a high-performance AI Operating System that boosts distributed AI training. In 2019, Clustar created a new product line – PAI (Privacy Preserving AI). PAI includes a series of high-performance software and hardware products. it supports built-in data preparation, model training and inference under encrypted AI training scenario. PAI includes: Clustar AIOS High-Performance Computing Platform Clustar Secure AI Accelerator Using cutting edge technology like federated learning, transfer learning and AutoML, Clustar also creates customized AI solutions for industries such as manufacturing, insurance and e-commerce and banking. Clustar empowers traditional industries with customized AI strategies, boosting productivity while reducing cost and ultimately transforming businesses.