The Linux Foundation AI & Data announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as its latest Sandbox Project, alongside Intel, Cloudera, Domino, VMware, etc., to foster the development of open, multi-provider, and composable generative AI systems. This will accelerate secure, cost-effective generative AI deployments for businesses by driving interoperability across a diverse ecosystem, starting with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
OPEA aims to facilitate and enable the development of flexible, scalable Gen AI systems that use the best open-source innovation for enterprises from across the ecosystem. It will also define a platform for the next phases of developer innovation that utilize the potential value generative AI can bring to enterprises.
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports Linux development and open-source software projects. It was founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides resources to collaborate with industry leaders to promote the adoption of open-source technologies across multiple sectors.
