Arun Murthy

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Scale is thrilled to announce that we are expanding our operations to the historic and incredibly vibrant city of Budapest. This expansion brings with it an array of exciting opportunities for professionals looking to accelerate the development of AI applications. With the addition of our Budapest office, Scale joins an up-and-coming community of technology companies and startups in Hungary.
Scale&rsquo;s Engineering arm has long been a leader in combining the power of AI and Machine Learning with technical, engineering expertise. As a full-stack solutions provider and technical expert, Scale&rsquo;s team works with companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta.&nbsp;
My experiences and professional journey in Budapest started nearly 10 years ago. In that specific instance of my many past lives, we acquired a small 10 person company and, over the course of the following 5 years, scaled the team to over 300 people. Much like the Erzsebet Bridge over the Danube, it helped me bridge over to an incredible country and wicked smart folks - many of whom I&rsquo;m proud to count as friends! I am very excited to be getting the opportunity to work with the incredible talent at Budapest through Scale AI again!
Russell Kaplan, Engineering Director at Scale, is also excited to tap into the wealth of talent in Budapest, and to continue to expand&nbsp; Scale&rsquo;s presence in Europe: &ldquo;Scale began its European expansion when we acquired <a href="https://scale.com/blog/siasearch-acquisition">SiaSearch</a>, a leading data management platform. This acquisition helped broaden our footprint in European markets and deepen the technical expertise within our company.&rdquo;
Scale&rsquo;s Engineering team is comprised of experts working on the most advanced and pressing technologies of our time. Beyond the immense scope of hard work, Scale&rsquo;s engineering culture and reputation precedes it! As the host of Generative AI Hackathons and other AI/ML community events, Scale plans to bring these events to our new European office.&nbsp;
Engineering Manager and Berlin Office Lead, Mark Pfeiffer says, "As a part of Scale AI post the acquisition of SiaSearch, I've witnessed a remarkable commitment to fostering talent in Berlin. Our growth in technical expertise and ownership over key products makes it an incredibly exciting place to work right now! I'm truly excited to take our growth in Europe to the next level and further grow the team in Budapest!"
During the first week of August, Bay-Area based Scaliens will be in Budapest to meet the team on the ground there, and to host recruiting events. If you are interested in joining an event, I will be hosting a Tech Talk, followed by the opportunity to network and exchange ideas on continued advancements and the future of AI.
Scale Software Engineering Manager, Gianluca Bobbio, says of his work, and of the engineering culture: &ldquo;At Scale, you'll find an environment that pushes boundaries, embodies the entrepreneurial spirit, yet offers the stability of an AI industry giant. We're not just following AI trends, we're setting them together. Join us on this journey to help shape the AI landscape.&rdquo;
Scale is in an exciting place where growth opportunities in the AI domain organically grow your career, too. Working at Scale allows members of every team to work with high visibility customers and contribute to solving world-wide problems. Beyond our Berlin and Budapest offices, Scale is expanding across Europe. Check out&nbsp;<a href="http://scale.com/careers">Scale.com/careers</a> for more information about roles currently hiring.

Scale joins an up-and-coming community of technology companies and startups in Hungary

Scale’s New Hub

Scale’s New Hub: Budapest

Today, every company is investing in AI initiatives after the explosion of generative AI in the past six months. Those that don&rsquo;t will get left behind. Yet many companies don&rsquo;t know how to implement AI into their business operations. Customizing models is extremely difficult, requiring expertise in ML Infrastructure and experience with a large number of software packages. Often these software packages are cobbled together and don&rsquo;t achieve the desired results. Enterprises rarely have the internal expertise or time to ensure AI is done right.&nbsp;
So today, we&rsquo;re launching an <a href="https://llm-engine.scale.com/">open-source platform</a> for customizing large language models (LLMs) for enterprise use cases. The platform allows enterprises to customize open-source LLMs to achieve optimal performance for their specific use cases using their own data. Businesses can more easily build applications for their highest-priority generative AI use cases. Fine-tuning open-source models with Scale will give organizations better performance for their specific use cases, increased customizability, and enhanced safety at a lower total cost than other solutions.
As part of our efforts, Scale is proud to be a <a href="https://ai.meta.com/llama/#partnerships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta Llama 2 Launch Partner</a>, and we're excited to make it easier to customize open-source LLMs like Llama 2. Scale CEO and founder Alexandr Wang also signed a <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2023/07/llama-2-statement-of-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement in support</a>&nbsp;of Meta&rsquo;s open approach to AI that enables everyone to benefit from the technology and brings additional levels of visibility, scrutiny, and trust.&nbsp;
<h2 dir="ltr">What Scale is Making Possible</h2>
With this new offering, enterprises can customize open-source models with just a few lines of code leveraging their own data. For more demanding model customization needs, Scale&rsquo;s fine-tuning platform, combined with our <a href="https://scale.com/data-engine">Data Engine</a>, will optimize model performance for the most challenging business use cases. The Scale Data Engine powers the most advanced LLMs and generative models through world-class RLHF, data generation, model evaluation, safety, and alignment, making it easy for every enterprise to adopt industry-leading generative AI.
Scale helps insurance companies summarize and classify claims more efficiently, retail and e-commerce companies improve the shopping experience through personalized recommendations, and wealth managers increase returns by quickly summarizing and identifying the most relevant trends from financial data. Achieving this performance at these specific tasks is not possible without highly capable base models that are fine-tuned with high-quality data.
Our new platform enables:
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Performance: Models customized with proprietary data perform better at high-priority tasks.
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Customizability: Customize models to specific use cases, and shape how they respond to common scenarios so they can be an effective extension of the brand.
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Safety: Enhance the safety of models with human-in-the-loop testing, evaluation, and monitoring.
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<h2>How to Get Started</h2>
To support an open innovation approach to AI, Scale is providing an <a href="https://github.com/scaleapi/llm-engine">open-source package</a> and open APIs for model fine-tuning and hosting, along with clear documentation on how to use these APIs. The package and APIs empower any organization, no matter their expertise, to get up and running quickly and easily. Enterprises that need an additional performance boost for their specific use cases can leverage the power of human experts to enhance their data with the Scale Data Engine. Ultimately, this platform will deliver fine-tuned open-source models for organizations&rsquo; most important use cases and for specific domains to encourage the adoption of generative AI across industries.
Get started by downloading the&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/scaleapi/llm-engine">open-source repo from Github,</a> or if you are looking to optimize your models with our enterprise model customization platform and the power of the Scale Data Engine, <a href="https://scale.com/custom-llms">contact us</a> today.

Scale is proud to be a Meta Llama 2 launch partner and we're excited to make it easier for enterprises to customize open-source LLMs with our new platform.

Arun Murthy

Scale’s New Hub: Budapest

Scale Unlocks Open-Source LLMs with New Platform and Partnership with Meta