ModulAIre Granted Fusemachines IBM Fusion Infrastructure Access
The partnership aims to accelerate the development and evaluation of Fusemachines' newly unveiled AI Twin technology.
Updated on Sept. 28, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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ModulAIre has provided Fusemachines with access to customized IBM Fusion infrastructure to support the training and experimentation of its AI Twin technology. This resource allocation follows the companies' strategic partnership formed earlier this year.
Why it matters
The collaboration provides the compute capacity necessary to streamline the development, tuning, and evaluation of enterprise-grade AI models. By leveraging specialized hardware, the initiative seeks to increase the pace of research for Fusemachines' recently announced AI Twin platform.
ModulAIre has customized its Fusion hardware to specifically optimize storage-to-inference operations while integrating the system with Red Hat OpenShift. This setup is designed to handle the compute-intensive workloads required for model tuning and evaluation.
The players
Fusemachines
An enterprise AI company specializing in model development and AI Twin technology.
ModulAIre
An IBM Platinum Business Partner that customizes infrastructure and executes digital transformations.
The details
ModulAIre, an IBM Platinum Business Partner, provides hardware that has been modified for AI-specific workloads. Red Hat OpenShift — an enterprise-grade container application platform — is used to manage these resources, allowing for efficient deployment and scaling of machine learning models. The infrastructure is being utilized to expedite the iteration cycle for Fusemachines' AI Twin technology.
Timeline
Fusemachines was founded in 2013.
A strategic partnership between the companies was announced in February 2026.
Fusemachines filed its most recent Annual Report on March 27, 2026.
The AI Twin technology was unveiled on September 17, 2026.
Infrastructure access was granted to Fusemachines on September 28, 2026.
The Tech Race
The use of purpose-built infrastructure represents a move to shorten the development lifecycle of complex AI models. This initiative places the companies in direct competition with other AI research labs seeking to optimize the transition from data storage to model inference.
Fusemachines plans to integrate components developed through this infrastructure initiative into its wider portfolio of enterprise AI products. Users can expect improvements in model performance and tuning as the firm applies these research gains to its commercial offerings.
The takeaway
The move underscores the growing reliance on specialized hardware stacks to maintain a competitive research pace in enterprise AI. Watch for future updates on the AI Twin program as Fusemachines incorporates these infrastructure-driven improvements into its product roadmap.
Further reading
For broader trends in infrastructure for machine learning, see our Artificial Intelligence section.
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