Announcing Salad’s SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

We are pleased to announce that Salad Technologies is now SOC 2 Type I Compliant, reinforcing our commitment to democratize the cloud while ensuring the highest standards of security & compliance. This certification is in accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) standards for SOC for Service Organizations also known as SSAE 18. […]
Comparing Price-Performance of 22 GPUs for AI Image Tagging (GTX vs RTX)

Older Consumer GPUs: A Perfect-Fit for AI Image Tagging In the current AI boom, there’s a palpable excitement around sophisticated image generation models like Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) and the cutting-edge GPUs that power them. These models often require more powerful GPUs with larger amounts of vRAM. However, while the industry is abuzz with these […]
The AI GPU Shortage: How Gaming PCs Offer a Solution and a Challenge

Reliability in Times of AI GPU Shortage In the world of cloud computing, leading providers have traditionally utilized expansive, state-of-the-art data centers to ensure top-tier reliability. These data centers, boasting redundant power supplies, cooling systems, and vast network infrastructures, often promise uptime figures ranging from 99.9% to 99.9999% – terms you might have heard as […]
Optimizing AI Image Generation: Streamlining Stable Diffusion with ControlNet in Containerized Environments

Implementing Stable Diffusion with ControlNet in any containerized environment comes with a plethora of challenges, mainly due to the sizable amount of additional model weights required to be incorporated in the image. In this blog, we discuss these challenges and how they can be mitigated. What is ControlNet for Stable Diffusion? ControlNet is a network […]