Together AI, the AI-native cloud behind some of the fastest-growing AI companies, has officially launched AI Native Conf, a first-of-its-kind event aimed squarely at the developers building the next generation of AI applications. The timing is no coincidence: Together AI reports 10x year-over-year growth in annual contract revenue (ACR), with 27 deals topping $1 million and one surpassing $1 billion.
The company’s cloud infrastructure now supports thousands of customers and over one million developers, including AI-native startups like Cursor, Decagon, and Cartesia, offering production-scale inference, pre-training, and model shaping. With a research lab led by the minds behind FlashAttention and ThunderKittens, Together AI blends bleeding-edge AI research with production-ready systems—a combination increasingly sought after as AI adoption explodes.
“AI is moving faster than any technological shift we’ve seen before,” said Vipul Ved Prakash, co-founder and CEO of Together AI. “This event is about bringing together the AI-native builders at the frontlines and sharing what it actually takes to run AI in production at scale. Our advantage is simple: the same researchers who publish foundational work are the ones shipping it into production systems our customers rely on.”
FlashAttention 4, ThunderAgent, and New AI Tools
At AI Native Conf, Together AI showcased several major research-to-production breakthroughs:
- FlashAttention 4 – The latest evolution of the widely adopted kernel powering most major language models. FlashAttention 4 offers up to 4x performance gains for long-context workloads like coding agents and document reasoning.
- Reinforcement Learning API – Decouples inference and training, enabling globally distributed RL pipelines once limited to massive co-located GPU clusters.
- ThunderAgent – Open-source, program-aware system for serving and training agentic workloads, offering up to 3.6x throughput improvement with lower memory overhead.
- ATLAS-2 – Optimizes inference using real-time user data, delivering 1.5x faster results immediately.
These announcements signal Together AI’s ongoing mission to reduce the gap between AI research and production, giving companies of all sizes a shot at leveraging generative and agentic AI at scale.
A Conference for the AI-Native Generation
The launch of AI Native Conf comes amid a wave of AI-native startups scaling faster than any previous tech generation. McKinsey reports that 70% of companies are now using generative AI, making it the fastest-adopted major technology platform in history. For AI-first startups, access to robust, research-driven infrastructure is no longer a luxury—it’s essential.
The conference lineup included AI founders like Grant Lee, co-founder of Gamma, and Arjun Desai, co-founder of Cartesia, along with researchers and engineers tackling AI systems at scale. Together AI positions AI Native Conf as both a showcase of technology and a gathering for the rapidly expanding community of AI-native builders.
For a complete recap of research and product announcements from AI Native Conf, check out Together AI’s blog.
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