High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart
NVIDIA Inception provides startups with free support in accessing and effectively using NVIDIA computing technologies. It provides advanced professional education, mentoring, and community building through the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, as well as access to consulting services, developer tools and programming resources. To accelerate the commercialization of new AI technologies, the program also offers business networking opportunities and connects startups to investors from across the NVIDIA Venture Capital Alliance.
Under this agreement, access to HammerHAI's new supercomputer — which is scheduled to go into operation at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) in early 2027 — will be included in the portfolio of resources available to eligible NVIDIA Inception members. Built by HPE, the HammerHAI supercomputer is built on the NVIDIA GB200 NVL4 platform with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 Infiniband networking and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, making this a full-stack AI factory from the HPE AI Factory with NVIDIA portfolio. With more than 15 exaflops of peak AI inference performance, the system gives German and European startups a powerful, secure alternative to commercial AI cloud providers.
HammerHAI also offers a comprehensive ecosystem of AI services , including personalized strategic and technical consulting, customized training programs, and collaborative development tools. Moreover, a dedicated "concierge service" provides a structured framework to support AI adoption at every stage of the development lifecycle, from strategic planning through data preparation, model building, deployment, and optimization.
Dr. Dennis Hoppe, head of the HLRS Department of Converged Computing and project manager of HammerHAI, introduced the initiative today at NVIDIA GTC in Berlin: “Working with the NVIDIA Inception program will enhance HammerHAI's ability to pursue one of its key objectives — providing innovative startups across Germany with expertise, support, and computing resources that will enable them to more quickly take advantage of the opportunities that artificial intelligence now offers.”
“Germany’s industrial strength and its startup community are starting to converge, with founders applying accelerated computing to manufacturing and engineering problems that need real computing capacity behind them,” said Tobias Halloran, director of EMEAI startups at NVIDIA. "Through this collaboration, HammerHAI will make its supercomputer and hands-on technical support available to eligible NVIDIA Inception members as they take advanced computing applications from research to market.”
Startups must apply to participate in NVIDIA Inception. Once accepted, Inception members can use the NVIDIA Inception portal to request computing time and AI services provided by HammerHAI or other participating partners.
It is also possible for startups interested in utilizing HammerHAI computing infrastructure and services to contact the AI Factory directly. The collaboration with NVIDIA Inception will, however, improve HammerHAI's ability to connect with potential users who could benefit from its robust offerings.
— Christopher Williams
A member of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, HLRS is one of three German national centers for high-performance computing.
