Blaize secures $120M contract for hybrid AI infrastructure in Asia

Blaize Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BZAI, NASDAQ: BZAIW) announced a partnership with Starshine Computing Power Technology Limited to deploy hybrid AI infrastructure across Asia, with an initial agreement valued at a minimum of $120 million over 18 months.

The collaboration will begin in fiscal Q3 2025 and continue through 2026, targeting deployments in India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and China. The partnership focuses on smart city applications, with plans to expand into additional industries through accelerated software development.

The deployment will utilize Blaize's GSP-based (Graph Streaming Processor) AI platform integrated with GPU-based infrastructure to create hybrid AI computing clusters. Target sectors include smart city surveillance, retail and security, industrial automation, and agricultural technology.

"This is the beginning of real-world AI infrastructure at scale," said Dinakar Munagala, co-founder and CEO of Blaize. "Asia represents a $112B opportunity for next generation intelligent systems, and inference is leading the charge."

Teng Ma, Chairman of Starshine, stated: "Hybrid AI is no longer an experiment; it's infrastructure. Blaize delivers exactly what our customers demand: flexibility, power efficiency, multimodal support, and scalability."

El Dorado Hills, California-based Blaize develops programmable, energy-efficient edge AI computing solutions. The company has more than 200 employees worldwide with operations in the United States, India, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates.

Starshine Computing Power Technology provides intelligent computing infrastructure solutions across Asia, focusing on hardware, software, and scenario-based systems for smart cities, industrial automation, and cloud-edge applications.

The information is based on a press release statement from Blaize Holdings, Inc.

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