ZS and Cerebras Systems Partner to Set a New Bar in Enterprise Agentic AI

Partnership Elevates ZS’s MAX.AI Platform with Cerebras’ Wafer-Scale Hardware for Fast Fine-Tuning and Inference

ZS, a leading global management consulting and technology firm specializing in AI-driven solutions, today announced a platform partnership with Cerebras Systems, the pioneer in accelerating generative AI. This collaboration integrates Cerebras’ CS-3 systems directly into ZS’s MAX.AI platform—creating an ultra-high-performance environment for fine-tuning, training and deploying large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI solutions.

With this integration, ZS’s clients can expect training speeds up to 70 times faster than GPU-based setups, drastically accelerating time-to-value and fueling breakthrough innovations. By pairing ZS’s MAX.AI industry expertise with Cerebras Systems’ innovative hardware, enterprises gain a solution that’s both fast and finely tuned to their unique operational needs.

“Our partnership with Cerebras Systems represents a leap forward in AI innovation. We’re combining our deep consulting and technology expertise with Cerebras’ extraordinary hardware to solve problems faster and more effectively than ever before. This isn’t just about accelerating AI; it’s about enabling clients to reach outcomes that were once impossible,” says Gopi Vikranth, Partner, ZS.

“We’re thrilled to team up with ZS to empower enterprise customers in their AI journeys. By tapping into the raw power of our CS-3 system within ZS’s MAX.AI platform, clients can scale models effortlessly, and fine-tune and train them faster and with greater accuracy. This collaboration truly redefines how organizations capitalize on AI for business impact,” says Alan Chhabra, EVP of Worldwide Partnerships, Cerebras Systems.

Tailored templates for creating expert models for a range of business applications

ZS’s MAX.AI offers ready-to-use agentic AI templates with extensive Evals, designed to be powered by fine-tuned LLMs with domain context for high performance and cost-effective deployment. Some use cases include customer service and support, advanced technical knowledge and support, AI-powered product recommendations, visual search and image-based shopping assistants, product and catalog description enrichment, regulatory compliance and menu optimization.

ZS’s MAX.AI and Cerebras Systems set themselves apart with a focused, end-to-end platform for custom LLMs for business applications, featuring distinct training speed and scale, domain expertise, turnkey integration, and agentic AI. In contrast to broader GPU-based solutions offered by competitors, ZS’s MAX.AI and Cerebras Systems empower organizations to realize faster, more cost-effective results—without compromising on model performance or fidelity.

ZS’s AI-driven solutions, including its proprietary AI platform MAX.AI, are designed to enhance business outcomes based on current capabilities and industry best practices. As with any AI-based system, results may vary depending on implementation, data inputs and evolving technological advancements.

About ZS

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that partners with companies to improve life and how we live it. We transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Founded in 1983, ZS has more than 13,000 employees in over 35 offices worldwide. To learn more, visit www.zs.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems is a team of pioneering computer architects, computer scientists, deep learning researchers, and engineers of all types. We have come together to accelerate generative AI by building from the ground up a new class of AI supercomputer. Our flagship product, the CS-3 system, is powered by the world’s largest and fastest commercially available AI processor, our Wafer-Scale Engine-3. CS-3s are quickly and easily clustered together to make the largest AI supercomputers in the world, and make placing models on the supercomputers dead simple by avoiding the complexity of distributed computing. Cerebras Inference delivers breakthrough inference speeds, empowering customers to create cutting-edge AI applications. Leading corporations, research institutions, and governments use Cerebras solutions for the development of pathbreaking proprietary models, and to train open-source models with millions of downloads. Cerebras solutions are available through the Cerebras Cloud and on premise. For further information, visit cerebras.ai or follow us on LinkedIn or X.

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