Juniper Networks and Recogni Announce Venture Funding and Collaboration for High Performance, Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Multimodal Generative AI Inference Systems

Juniper Networks and Recogni announced Juniper’s investment in Recogni and an ongoing collaboration. Juniper has participated in Recogni’s $102 million Series C funding round, which has been co-led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint Ventures.

The collaboration will focus on AI inference compute and will address the growing demand from hyperscalers, compute service providers and enterprises for a cost-effective, scalable, energy-efficient solution to run increasingly complex AI models across cloud environments and data centers. The innovation will leverage Recogni’s patented AI inference accelerator, based on Pareto math, which is designed from the ground up to optimize energy efficiency and model accuracy.

“The market for multimodal GenAI inference is accelerating rapidly and Recogni is at the forefront of exploring power efficiency without compromising performance or accuracy,” said Rami Rahim, CEO of Juniper Networks. “In this phase of inference innovation, cost-effectiveness and power efficiency—aligned with scalable fabric and network solutions—are extremely important. We were impressed with the team’s expertise and ability to approach complex issues with new ideas, so providing venture funding and collaboration made a great deal of sense.”

“Juniper’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of networking aligns perfectly with Recogni’s mission to make AI more economical and accessible,” said Marc Bolitho, CEO of Recogni. “We are collaborating on a solution that will allow the world’s largest models to run at unprecedented speed, accuracy, and efficiency—drastically lowering total cost of ownership for our customers.”

With new capital and a vision shared with innovative organizations such as Juniper, Recogni will be well-positioned to drive AI innovation forward, empowering hyperscalers, cloud service providers and enterprises to scale AI economically and responsibly.

Source: Juniper Networks and Recogni media announcement