Where AI Builders Shape What's Next - Ray Summit 2025 Keynote Day 1

Watch the opening keynote from Ray Summit 2025 to explore the evolution of AI computing infrastructure and discover major announcements shaping the future of distributed AI systems. Learn from Anyscale CEO Keerti Melkote as he discusses the growing need for unified AI compute platforms and hear the origin story of Ray from Co-founder and Executive Chairman. Discover Ray's expanding role in the AI ecosystem through Co-founder Robert Nishihara's presentation of exciting product updates including Ray joining the PyTorch Foundation, RDMA support, Anyscale Runtime, enhanced observability and lineage capabilities, deeper Kubernetes integrations, global resource scheduling across multi-cloud environments, and the launch of Anyscale on Microsoft Azure. Gain insights from the strategic partnership discussion between Brendan Burns, CVP of Microsoft Azure Cloud Native & Management Platform, and Anyscale CEO Keerti Melkote. Explore the foundations of open-source AI infrastructure through a panel discussion featuring industry leaders from Google, Meta, and vLLM as they examine collaboration across open-source projects. Delve into the future of robotics with NVIDIA's Jim Fan as he discusses the Physical Turing Test, intelligent robot development challenges, training methodologies, and future possibilities. Conclude with Devendra Chaplot from Thinking Machines presenting Tinkr's development journey, core architecture, and key capabilities, providing a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge AI infrastructure developments and their practical applications.

Syllabus

29:30 Ray joining the PyTorch Foundation
32:02 RDMA Support
47:04 Anyscale Runtime
52:40 Observability and Lineage
1:03:28 Deeper Kubernetes Integrations
1:05:58 Global Resource Scheduler and Multi-Resource Clouds
1:10:23 Anyscale on Microsoft Azure
1:13:38 Brendan Burns, CVP of Microsoft Azure Cloud Native & Management Platform, joins Keerti Melkote, CEO of Anyscale, for a discussion on the partnership between Anyscale and Microsoft Azure.
1:22:34 The keynote continues with a panel discussion featuring Robert Nishihara, Dawn Chen Software Engineer at Google, Joe Spisak Director of Product Management at Meta, and Simon Mo Lead at vLLM. Together, they explore the foundations of open-source AI infrastructure and how collaboration across open-source projects continues to evolve.
1:39:50 Jim Fan, Director and Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA, takes the stage to explore the evolution of robotics—discussing the Physical Turing Test, the challenges of building intelligent robots, how they’re trained, and what the future holds.
2:00:32 Devendra Chaplot, Member of Technical Staff at Thinking Machines, closes out day one with an overview of Tinkr—covering its development journey, core architecture, and key capabilities.