Modal’s “computer” analogy for AI applications
A September 28 post likens Modal’s role for AI app companies to AWS’s role for internet apps. In an earlier essay, a Modal team member argues that the service is better understood as a virtual computer than as cloud hardware rental.
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A September 28 post calls Modal a “giant computer bundled into a web app” and compares its role for AI application companies to AWS’s for internet applications. In a July essay, a Modal team member develops the computer analogy: containers run programs, while Modal handles storage and input and output, and virtualizes hardware from dozens of cloud providers. The essay says Modal sells processor-seconds and byte-seconds rather than machine rentals or inference tokens.
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