Pure Storage announces strategic investment in LandingAI

Pure Storage has announced a strategic investment in LandingAI, a prominent company specialising in visual artificial intelligence (AI). This collaboration is expected to advance AI vision models in the enterprise sector, helping organisations harness the full potential of their data.

Pure Storage, headquartered in Santa Clara and Palo Alto, California, provides a data storage platform designed to support customers at various stages of their AI journey. The company's investment in LandingAI, known for its multi-modal Large Vision Model (LVM) solutions, aims to shape the future of vision AI for enterprises. The partnership will facilitate the application of generative AI to a diverse range of data, including text, images, and videos.

Andrew Ng, CEO of LandingAI, emphasised the growing need for enterprises to apply generative AI to complex data forms. "Enterprises will need solutions to apply generative AI to their data, which will increasingly consist of not just text, but richer image and video data as well," he stated. "We are thrilled to partner with Pure Storage to meet this customer need.”

Rob Lee, Chief Technology Officer at Pure Storage, expressed excitement about the investment, highlighting the synergies between the two companies. "We are excited to be investing in LandingAI, a company whose product affinity and customer synergies align closely to ours," he said. “We believe our strategic partnership with LandingAI, including its pioneering leaders Andrew Ng and Dan Maloney, will lead to significant AI/ML advancements for our customers."

LandingAI is a leader in visual AI solutions, known for enabling companies to move AI projects from proof-of-concept to production even with limited data sets. Their flagship product, LandingLens, is a cloud platform that facilitates the rapid development and deployment of computer vision solutions. The company focuses on achieving optimal data accuracy and consistency, which is crucial for the success of production AI systems.

Founded by Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera and founding lead of Google Brain, LandingAI has established itself as a pioneer in domain-specific Large Vision Models. These models enhance the ability to process and understand visual data at scale, making sophisticated visual AI tools more accessible and efficient.

Pure Storage prides itself on delivering a platform that stores, manages, and protects data, while also offering a cloud experience across a unified storage operating environment. The company emphasises agility in meeting evolving data requirements and aims to reduce the total cost of ownership for its customers. Additionally, Pure Storage is committed to reducing data centre emissions by providing solutions that significantly lower carbon and energy footprints.

The company's customer-first approach is evidenced by its highest Net Promoter Score in the industry. Pure Storage continues to be recognised by analysts, being named a leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for both Primary Storage and Distributed File Systems & Object Storage.

This strategic investment in LandingAI underscores Pure Storage's commitment to advancing AI capabilities and providing enhanced solutions for the enterprise sector. As businesses increasingly rely on diverse and complex data forms, the collaboration between these two companies promises to deliver innovative AI solutions that can drive significant advancements in the field.