[NVIDIA Vera CPU Adopted by AI Cloud Startup Modal, Tests Show AI Agent Workload Doubled] DeepFlow Tech News, October 20, according to Reuters, NVIDIA has secured a CPU order from New York-based AI cloud computing startup Modal. Previously, Modal's AI agent workloads only utilized Intel and AMD chips, but the company plans to switch to NVIDIA's Vera central processing unit. Modal stated that early tests show Vera can double the workload capacity of its AI agents compared to existing Intel and AMD chips. Modal CEO Erik Bernhardsson mentioned that, as Intel and AMD's next-generation chips may narrow the gap, the company will maintain a hybrid chip deployment strategy. NVIDIA stated that Vera is a next-generation data center CPU designed for AI factories, marking a step in its business expansion beyond GPUs. NVIDIA also revealed that OpenAI, Anthropic, and Oracle plan to use Vera.