Powered by Starburst: Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA

Enterprise adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is scaling quickly, and its impact and value are being felt globally. Organizations of every size will be transformed–from the largest enterprises of today to the largest enterprises of tomorrow. 

But transformation on this scale is not easy. It requires sustained changes at a technological and organizational level. The core of this problem revolves around data, specifically the data architecture that maintains data security and compliance with AI. It requires the ability to turn raw data into business insights, and it impacts data projects of all types, including:

• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Agentic AI
• AI Inference and Training; including test-time reasoning 

To succeed, organizations of all sizes need to establish the foundation of their AI data architecture. To do this, they need to manage datasets of vast size, often siloed across diverse sources, formats, and data structures. This can easily create a maze of complexity. This is the real crux of the AI problem, in many ways, solving it will be both the technological and organizational challenge of our times. 

Finding ways to unlock business value using AI, while reducing costs requires new forms of thinking and new forms of technology. Starburst was founded to solve this problem. Built on 

Trino, the Starburst platform, creates the foundation for your data analytics and AI architecture, allowing you to access, collaborate, and govern datasets from multiple sources. 

And we’re not solving the problem alone. 

Dell + NVIDIA: Powered by Starburst 

Starburst’s partnership with Dell Technologies is aimed at making every enterprise AI-ready. The Dell Data Lakehouse powered by Starburst is specifically designed for clients wishing to realize value from their data–whether that’s AI, ML, or analytics workflows. It represents a dream combination of Dell hardware and Starburst software, unlocking powerful capabilities for enterprises around the world. The solution leverages Dell PowerEdge, object storage, and Apache Iceberg to create a modern data lakehouse solution with unparalleled: 

• Hybrid data access
• Compliant data control
• Data governance for AI

Enter NVIDIA, the leading partner in AI processing acceleration

Today, we’re happy to announce that Dell and NVIDIA are strengthening their partnership with the introduction of the Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA. Powered by Starburst, this enhancement of the Dell Data Lakehouse will deliver new Apache Spark support with NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark, allowing for GPU acceleration. This new approach harnesses the power of GPU vector acceleration, allowing unmatched parallel processing capabilities, founded on a lakehouse format that leverages the power of Apache Iceberg. This innovation significantly reduces the bottlenecks facing the adoption of AI, paving the way for faster insights and smarter decisions. 

This advancement pairs Dell’s expertise in enterprise with NVIDIA’s leadership in hardware and software for AI acceleration, all powered by Starburst’s ability to access data at any scale. Together, we are proud to offer a robust, comprehensive solution to the problems that organizations face when implementing AI. 

The best AI solution for organizations at any scale

The new Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA is more than a data management solution. It is an all-in-one platform to accelerate the adoption of the value of AI in Enterprises. Its open, high-performance architecture is capable of ingesting, transforming, processing, and securing massive datasets for AI applications of any scale. It can be used for all AI workloads. And it doesn’t stop there–it can also be used for data analytics. As such, the solution should be seen as robust and comprehensive, addressing the full spectrum of enterprise data needs. 

Improved support and efficiency for Agentic and RAG workflows

With the growth of Agentic and RAG architecture today, it is fast becoming one of the main ways in which businesses find value from AI workflows, including through the use of AI agents and Agentic design. Here, context is key, and the Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA allows that context to flow from source data to insight. 

This creates faster, more cost-effective RAG pipelines that allow enterprises to build scalable GenAI systems today and tomorrow. Whether powering advanced support chatbots or accelerating research-intensive workflows, the solution moves the business status of RAG projects from project risk to project success. 

Business of the Dell AI Data Platform 

As a joint venture between Dell, NVIDIA, and Starburst, the solution already offers best-in-class technology. It also offers significant business benefits for organizations seeking to adopt it to solve AI data architecture problems. These include: 

• Massive acceleration: Leverage NVIDIA GPU parallelism and software libraries to enhance your ETL data pipeline, machine learning, and data analytics workflows.
• Cost savings: Reduce operational costs by completing tasks faster.
• Scalability: Address larger datasets of any scale without compromising performance or introducing bottlenecks.
• Unified acceleration: The combination of CPU and GPU processing optimizes end-to-end workflows for peak efficiency, ushering in a new era of compute optimization.
• Acceleration for AI and Generative AI (GenAI) workflows: GPU-powered parallelism simplifies and speeds up processes like AI workflows and analytical insights, allowing faster and more straightforward scalability.
• Data Management for AI: Access to all data sources and maintaining secure, governed, and compliant data with the LLM model.

AI support for data across industries

Every industry has data needs, but every business also has unique use cases that matter most to them. Today, every industry is also transforming in the face of AI. As such, the value that the platform brings can be felt in every business vertical, including: 

• Retail: AI models trained faster lead to improved inventory forecasting and demand predictions.
• Manufacturing: Streamlined predictive maintenance minimizes downtime by detecting potential failures early.
• Finance: Accelerated fraud detection and real-time insights improve decision-making pipelines.

 

The AI solution of tomorrow, today

By integrating NVIDIA RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark into the Dell Data Lakehouse, something powerful happens. Not only does it enhance support for AI workflows, but it also creates the data infrastructure capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges today. 

Data is the fuel for AI, but using it properly isn’t easy. This solution reduces data complexity, eliminating data silos and accelerating the data pipelines that feed AI models. It also builds the data architecture you need, reducing bottlenecks and unlocking value. 

Solving this problem is why Starburst exists, it’s why we’ve partnered with some of the best companies in the world–Dell Technologies and NVIDIA–to drive the pace of innovation forward. 

Together, we help create one foundation for all your data using the Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA.

Want to learn more about the Dell + Starburst? Start here.