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Here's what's new on Modal this month! 🐶 Datadog integration for application & audit logs ⚡️ Lower function latency 🎨 Refreshed app & function UI in the dashboard 🌎 Region selection & more client updates, read the full details:

📢 New Tutorial: Run GPU jobs from Airflow with Modal Are you looking to supercharge your AI/ML workflows? Learn how to combine Airflow's powerful orchestration with Modal's seamless GPU management! 🔑 Key Points: • Install Modal in your Airflow environment • Two integration methods: 1. Deploy Modal Functions and call via lookup 2. Create a custom ModalOperator using our dynamic Sandboxes feature This allows you to: • Easily isolate task environments from your Airflow setup • Simplify complex Docker and Kubernetes configurations Perfect for data engineers and ML practitioners looking to streamline their pipelines and easily access GPU resources. Check out the full tutorial to elevate your data workflows! Thanks to Astronomer for their help on writing this guide. Let us know in the comments if you’re an Astronomer and Modal user and we might have something special in the works for you 😉 #Airflow #Modal #DataEngineering #MachineLearning #GPUComputing #WorkflowOrchestration

Thank you to Redpoint for recognizing Modal in the 2024 #InfraRed100 list, which recognizes the top private companies in cloud data infrastructure, for the second year in a row! ❤️ Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ebq-yn39

The Infrared 100 is now live. Our list of 100 transformative companies in cloud infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/gVRDNS6Q

Happy to be running this unique and exciting challenge on our platform!

Wanna have AI workloads infra with the easiness of Amazon Web Services (AWS) #Lambda? Discover how Modal Labs handles high computational demands with dynamic autoscaling and extensive resource limits. Learn more in our latest blog post! 👇 🔍 https://lnkd.in/dgUnQWU9 Gad Benram

At Modal, we provide powerful GPU cloud instances that are unfortunately catnip for cryptomining abusers looking to steal resources. We've fought back with a novel runtime security solution we’ve built called seccheck that uses gVisor syscall interception to analyze running processes for cryptomining behavior. Any miners get instantly killed and banned! ⛔️ 👷 Read the full technical breakdown by Jonathon Belotti diving deep into how we built this automated ban hammer 🔨 to protect our users and resources from bad actors:

💻 + 🍹 Folks in New York - we're hosting a Hacky Hour (aka chasing that ballmer peak) at our office next week! Bring your code, your questions, or just good AI banter Thurs 6/13 from 4:30-6:30pm. We’ll have snacks, drinks, and Modal swag! https://lu.ma/nllqm67p

Super impressed by Eric Zhou & Usman Hanif's very thorough deep dive about why folks should join Modal. If you want to help us build beautiful infrastructure, we're hiring! www.modal.com/careers

🚀 Hunch Unlocks AI-Generated Code Execution with Modal Sandboxes! 🧩 We’re excited to share how Hunch, a no-code platform for AI workflow development, leveraged Modal’s Sandboxes to tackle the challenges of executing AI-generated code securely and efficiently. By adopting Modal Sandboxes, Hunch achieved: 🔒 Security: Running untrusted code in a secure, isolated environment ⚡ Performance: Fast cold-start times 📈 Scalability: Automatic scaling based on demand 💡 Simplicity: Easy integration with minimal code 🎨 Flexibility: Support for dynamic package installations and customizable compute resources This has empowered Hunch users to automate complex tasks, generate scripts on the fly, and significantly enhance their productivity. We're thrilled to support Hunch in pushing the boundaries of no-code AI. Read the full story on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gd4V_vys Are you using Sandboxes? Comment below. We'd love to hear about it! 👉 Try Hunch: https://hunch.tools