The PyTorch Foundation, a community-driven hub supporting the open source PyTorch framework and a broader portfolio of innovative open source AI projects, is announcing today that Dell Technologies has joined as a premier member.
Dell is a leader in AI infrastructure, enabling organizations worldwide to achieve ambitious outcomes with confidence. Its end-to-end approach to building AI factories unites cutting-edge hardware, robust software platforms, expert services and seamless delivery, creating a foundation for innovation at scale. With a global footprint and deep expertise, Dell accelerates AI adoption by providing integrated, validated solutions that simplify complexity and deliver measurable results. From engineered systems in the data center to edge and cloud, Dell is advancing AI initiatives and adoption for organizations everywhere, transforming vision into real business value through cutting-edge technology and trusted partnership.
“Dell’s commitment to open-source innovation is fundamental to our goal of driving human progress. Joining the PyTorch Foundation as a Premier Member reinforces our dedication to the collaborative spirit that fuels the AI community,” said Onur Celebioglu, Dell Technologies Fellow. “Working together and contributing to open standards, we are unlocking the full potential of AI, making it more accessible, scalable and powerful for everyone. This is a significant step in our journey to help organizations innovate with confidence and build the future with secure, efficient and open technologies.”
PyTorch, vLLM, and DeepSpeed allow customers using Dell AI Factory solutions to harness AI for greater efficiency and business impact. Dell is strengthening its commitment to open source and innovation by joining PyTorch Foundation. PyTorch looks forward to working with Dell to further optimize and integrate these essential frameworks, delivering enhanced solutions for AI developers, enterprise users and the broader open source community.
“We’re excited to welcome Dell Technologies as a Premier Member of the PyTorch Foundation. AI infrastructure and solutions providers like Dell play a critical role in enabling the scale, performance and accessibility that modern AI research and deployment demand. Dell’s deep expertise in scalable infrastructure and its commitment to open innovation will strengthen our shared goal of making AI research and development more accessible, efficient and impactful,” said PyTorch Foundation Executive Director, Matt White. “Together, we’ll continue advancing an open ecosystem that empowers developers and organizations to build the next generation of AI applications.”
As a Premier Member, Dell has a seat on the PyTorch Foundation Governing Board. The Board sets policy through our bylaws, mission and vision statements, describing the overarching scope of foundation initiatives, technical vision, and direction.
Mr. Celebioglu will represent Dell on the board. He is responsible for AI and HPC architecture and pathfinding in Dell’s ISG CTO group. Prior to that, he was responsible for the design, development and integration of Dell’s HPC, AI and Data Analytics solutions and lead the Dell AI and HPC Innovation Lab. Onur has been part of the team who started the AI solutions engineering program at Dell and has over 25 years of industry experience in AI and HPC. His main areas of expertise are application performance analysis, high speed interconnects, parallel file systems and cluster provisioning tools. Onur has worked extensively in AI and HPC product development, published technical articles in various publications, conferences and journals. Onur has a BS in Electrical Engineering from METU, Turkey and a MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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About PyTorch Foundation
The PyTorch Foundation is a community-driven hub supporting the open source PyTorch framework and a broader portfolio of innovative open source AI projects. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the PyTorch Foundation provides a vendor-neutral, trusted home for collaboration across the AI lifecycle—from model training and inference, to domain-specific applications. Through open governance, strategic support, and a global contributor community, the PyTorch Foundation empowers developers, researchers, and enterprises to build and deploy responsible AI at scale. Learn more at https://pytorch.org/foundation.