{"slug": "modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026", "title": "Modular Delivers Openness And Accelerator Portability At ModCon 2026", "summary": "At ModCon 2026, Modular unveiled new capabilities for its MAX platform, emphasizing openness and accelerator portability, allowing AI workloads to run across diverse hardware. The company also announced partnerships with major cloud providers and hardware vendors to expand its ecosystem. This move positions Modular as a key player in the AI infrastructure layer, competing with established frameworks like CUDA.", "body_md": "# Modular Delivers Openness And Accelerator Portability At ModCon 2026\n\nBy Patrick Moorhead, Senior ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Qualcomm’s new acquisition gives the chip maker a boost in AI software, a new services business and a key position in the layer that decides where AI workloads run.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-mod-yujj", "published_at": "2026-08-20 21:56:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 22:42:41.151654+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Modular", "MAX", "ModCon 2026", "CUDA"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/modular-delivers-openness-and-accelerator-portability-at-modcon-2026.jsonld"}}