Modal

Overview

Modal is a cloud platform for running Python code serverlessly, with a focus on AI/ML workloads. Key capabilities:

• GPU compute on demand (T4, L4, A10, L40S, A100, H100, H200, B200)
• Serverless functions with autoscaling from zero to thousands of containers
• Custom container images built entirely in Python code
• Persistent storage via Volumes for model weights and datasets
• Web endpoints for serving models and APIs
• Scheduled jobs via cron or fixed intervals
• Sub-second cold starts for low-latency inference

Everything in Modal is defined as code — no YAML, no Dockerfiles required (though both are supported).

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