Raft AI service ported to Timeweb Cloud

2024: Virtual Infrastructure Provision

Timeweb Cloud provided Raft, the developer and integrator of LLM models, with a virtual infrastructure for hosting client projects and transferring AI service from a foreign site. Timeweb Cloud announced this on July 15, 2024.

Previously, the company worked with foreign vendors, but after their departure from Russia, it considered an alternative to foreign solutions. Raft was looking for a domestic provider that provides services to Kubernetes, S3, databases and Apps for automatic application deployment. In addition, reliable storage of personal data and compliance with 152-FZ was required.

The Timeweb Cloud team offered the client the necessary services for testing, and later Raft migrated the infrastructure from an overseas site in 2 weeks. At the Russian cloud the same time, Raft began to collaborate with Timeweb Cloud on AI, train models and advise colleagues.

As part of the project, Timeweb Cloud provides the client with VDS to run the environments and test environments that are needed for analytics integration and with applications. The cloud also has a service deployed, Kubernetes it is required for AudioInsights, a proprietary product that is a set of microservices implemented on the basis of a failover cluster. files information Object S3 storage is used to host clients, including audio and text recordings.

The Timeweb Cloud also hosts business-critical services. Especially large customers work in a secure loop, use the cloud infrastructure to develop and quickly deploy test environments.

We offered Raft an alternative to foreign clouds, provided an infrastructure with the right set of services and the ability to scale flexibly. As a result, the customer transferred client projects and AI service to our cloud. The Timeweb Cloud infrastructure completely closes the needs of the business and costs less than foreign solutions, "said Sergey Naumov, CEO of Timeweb Cloud.

By migrating services to Timeweb Cloud, we reduced operating costs and got a ready-made cloud environment. Availability, tools and clear instructions are especially important for our business. An important role is played by technical support, which can quickly help. We had difficulties working with databases, but the support team was able to quickly close all problems, - said Alexander Konstantinov, CTO Raft.