Anyscale is a fully managed AI infrastructure platform powered by Ray, from the creators of open-source Ray. It enables AI builders to run and scale data-intensive ML and AI workloads across multiple clouds with usage-based pricing and enterprise security.
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Pricing2 options
Usage-based billing
only pay for what you use with no monthly fixed fees
Platforms
Powered by Ray
API accessNot public
Founded2019
AvailabilityWeb / remote
LicenseRLlib is part of the open-source Ray project
Best suited to
Source-backed fit
AI builders running distributed training and inference at scale Teams needing multi-cloud GPU pooling and flexible hardware allocation Enterprises requiring SSO, SAML, SCIM, and audit logs for AI governance ML teams scaling existing PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, and XGBoost workloads AI builders and the best AI teams
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01What does Anyscale say it can do?
Run and scale data-intensive AI workloads powered by Ray, including distributed training, · Pooled GPUs across clouds, regions, and K8s clusters, dynamically reallocating capacity as · Fine-grained hardware allocation across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, or accelerator racks like NVL72, · Scales existing AI/ML workloads efficiently via integrations with popular AI/ML libraries
Powered by Ray, Anyscale helps AI builders run data-intensive workloads to build and deploy Foundation Models and AI at scale on any cloud.
Scales existing AI libraries like PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, and XGBoost with Python APIs acro · Data platforms: MongoDB, Redis, Databricks, Snowflake · Orchestration tools: Prefect, Airflow, Dagster · ML frameworks: Hugging Face, Lightning, PyTorch, Keras
Scale existing AI libraries like PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, and XGBoost with Python APIs across thousands of nodes.
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Common use cases
Distributed training of foundation models
Multimodal data curation and embedding generation
Post-training and inference scaling
Developing and deploying RAG applications
Fine-grained composition of workloads across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and accelerator racks
Deploying, operating and scaling a machine learning API
Usage-based billing; only pay for what you use with no monthly fixed fees
API
Not publicly listed
Source links
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First-party description
Production-scale AI with Ray | Anyscale
Source-supported facts
Fully managed Ray platform created by the team behind Ray · Powers data-intensive AI workloads including distributed training, multimodal data curatio · Scales PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, and XGBoost with Python APIs across thousands of nodes
Capability
Run and scale data-intensive AI workloads powered by Ray, including distributed training, multimodal data curation, embedding generation, and post-training
Integration
Scales existing AI libraries like PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, and XGBoost with Python APIs across thousands of nodes
Open source
Built on Ray, the open-source AI compute engine created by the Anyscale team
Platform
Multi-cloud execution across AWS, GCP, Azure, Nebius, or CoreWeave
Pricing
Usage-based billing; only pay for what you use with no monthly fixed fees
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Security
Access controls and authentication including SSO, SAML, SCIM, and audit logs for multi-team security and governance
Support
Three support tiers — Developer (exploratory workloads), Enterprise (production workloads), and Platinum (mission-critical) — with 24x7x365 Severity 1 coverage on Enterprise and Platinum tiers
Company
Anyscale is the team behind Ray, the framework for scaling and productionizing AI applications
Capability
Practical capabilities
What it helps with
8 documented areas
A concise view of the jobs, capabilities and integrations described in the recorded product sources.
Use case
Distributed training of foundation models
Use case
Multimodal data curation and embedding generation
Use case
Post-training and inference scaling
Use case
Developing and deploying RAG applications
Use case
Fine-grained composition of workloads across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and accelerator racks
Use case
Deploying, operating and scaling a machine learning API
Capability
Run and scale data-intensive AI workloads powered by Ray, including distributed training,
Capability
Pooled GPUs across clouds, regions, and K8s clusters, dynamically reallocating capacity as
Availability
Where it runs and where to get it
Source checked
Documented product formats, platforms and official distribution destinations. Availability can vary by region and plan.
Cost / license
Usage-based billing; only pay for what you use with no monthly fixed feesRLlib is part of the open-source Ray projectBuilt on Ray by the creators of RayRLlib is an open-source reinforcement learning library that is part of the open-source RayBuilt on Ray, the open-source AI compute engine created by the Anyscale teamRay is open source; Anyscale offers a fully managed commercial layer on top of itBuilt on Ray, the open-source AI compute engine created by the Anyscale team · Ray is open source; Anyscale offers a fully managed commercial layer on top of it · RLlib is part of the open-source Ray project
Application types
Hosted data processing platform (Platform Services)
Origin
Ray was developed at UC Berkeley's RISELab in 2016-2017; Anyscale founded in 2019 as produ
Platforms
Multi-cloud execution across AWS, GCP, Azure, Nebius, or CoreWeaveRay (open source distributed computing framework for AI/ML)Powered by RayRay Serve is built on Ray
DeploymentCloud-hosted platform (Platform Services) governed by the Anyscale Platform Terms and Cond · Fully managed cloud infrastructure hosted by Anyscale · Any cloud and on-premises · Deploying a trained Python model and scaling it to a cluster using Ray Serve
LicenseBuilt on Ray, the open-source AI compute engine created by the Anyscale team · Ray is open source; Anyscale offers a fully managed commercial layer on top of it · RLlib is part of the open-source Ray project
Model supportNot disclosed by source
Data controlAccess controls and authentication including SSO, SAML, SCIM, and audit logs for multi-tea
Learning curveIntermediate
Primary use casesDistributed training of foundation models, Multimodal data curation and embedding generation, Post-training and inference scaling, Developing and deploying RAG applications, Fine-grained composition of workloads across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, and accelerator racks, Deploying, operating and scaling a machine learning API
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Release note
Nscale announces acquisition of Anyscale
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Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, bringing Anyscale's ~200-person team into Nscale; Anyscale will continue operating under its brand and customers may run its software on Nscale infrastructure over
Nscale announced a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, combining Nscale's GPU and data-center infrastructure with Anyscale's software layer for AI workloads; Anyscale's ~200-person team joins Nscale while operating under its existing brand.
Nscale announces definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale
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Nscale, a full-stack AI cloud platform, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, bringing Anyscale's software layer for distributed AI workloads into Nscale's GPU, data center and power infrastructure stack.
Nscale enters definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale
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Nscale entered a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, integrating its distributed AI workload software layer into Nscale's full-stack AI cloud platform. Anyscale's ~200-person team joins Nscale while Anyscale continues operating under its brand.
On 30 July 2026, Nscale announced a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, adding its AI workload software layer to Nscale's full-stack AI cloud platform; Anyscale's ~200-person team will join Nscale.
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Pooled GPUs across clouds, regions, and K8s clusters, dynamically reallocating capacity as workload demand shifts
Capability
Fine-grained hardware allocation across CPUs, GPUs, TPUs, or accelerator racks like NVL72, with high-throughput distributed communication via Ray's in-memory object store or RDMA
Application type
Hosted data processing platform (Platform Services)
Deployment
Cloud-hosted platform (Platform Services) governed by the Anyscale Platform Terms and Conditions
Capability
Scales existing AI/ML workloads efficiently via integrations with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks
Audience
AI builders and the best AI teams
Best for
AI infrastructure with flexibility and developer experience for AI builders
Support
Customer and technical support provided to users of the Services
Integration
Data platforms: MongoDB, Redis, Databricks, Snowflake
Integration
Orchestration tools: Prefect, Airflow, Dagster
Integration
ML frameworks: Hugging Face, Lightning, PyTorch, Keras
Integration
AI security partners: HiddenLayer, Protect AI, Lakera, Prompt Security, Guardrails AI
Capability
Fully managed Ray platform that runs, scales, and monitors AI/ML workloads so developers can ship products without managing infrastructure
Platform
Ray (open source distributed computing framework for AI/ML)
Origin
Ray was developed at UC Berkeley's RISELab in 2016-2017; Anyscale founded in 2019 as production-ready Ray
Open source
Ray is open source; Anyscale offers a fully managed commercial layer on top of it
Founded
2019
Headquarters
600 Harrison Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Company
Anyscale, Inc.
Mission
Make scalable computing effortless
Funding
Backed by a16z, NEA, Addition, and Intel Capital
Deployment
Fully managed cloud infrastructure hosted by Anyscale
Api
Robust APIs and SDKs to automate jobs, cluster management, and CI/CD integration
Integration
Grafana dashboards, existing observability stacks, and CI/CD pipelines
Support
Direct access to the engineering team behind Ray for expert consultative support
Platform
Powered by Ray
Capability
Run and scale all ML and AI workloads
Deployment
Any cloud and on-premises
Audience
AI builders
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