Aolani, a Singapore-founded neocloud provider of AI infrastructure, has announced a partnership to supply GPU cloud capacity to FriendliAI, the San Francisco-headquartered inference cloud for frontier AI. The deal, disclosed on 10 September 2026, aims to support the rapidly growing demand for AI inference services as organizations move from experimentation to production-scale deployments.
The global market for AI inferencing is expanding quickly as AI applications become embedded in everyday business workflows. FriendliAI, founded by researchers who invented continuous batching—a now-standard technique across AI inference serving—has built its inference stack end to end, from optimized GPU kernels to global distribution. The company consistently ranks as one of the fastest inference providers on OpenRouter, with enterprise clients including LG, Kilo Code, and Liner running production inference on its platform.
As access to reliable compute becomes a strategic differentiator, more AI natives are turning to Asia for high-performance capacity, attracted by the region's expanding digital infrastructure, strategic connectivity, and growing AI ecosystem. Aolani, one of the leading neoclouds offering purpose-built next-generation AI infrastructure, helps AI natives scale more efficiently. Its capabilities across orchestration, automation, and lifecycle management will directly support FriendliAI's services.
Nicholas Chia, Chief Executive Officer at Aolani, said: "We're seeing inference needs grow faster than companies can find compute to support and service their customers. To narrow the supply and demand gap, we actively partner with companies like FriendliAI to deliver compute capacity on time, at scale, and to rigorous standards. We look forward to partnering with the FriendliAI team to grow its services to bring fast and reliable inference to developers worldwide."
Byung-Gon Chun, Founder and CEO of FriendliAI, said: "We are seeing exponential growth in demand for our frontier AI inference services. Businesses need the freedom to choose the AI models that best suit their applications and the ability to run them efficiently in production. Our job is to deliver high-performance, reliable inference so developers can focus on building their AI applications. Aolani stood out as a trusted infrastructure partner that can help us scale at the pace our customers need. We look forward to working with Aolani to support our mission."
The partnership matters because it addresses a critical bottleneck in the AI industry: the availability of dependable compute for inference, the phase where trained models are deployed to serve real-world requests. As demand for inference surges, companies that can secure scalable, high-performance infrastructure will be better positioned to deliver responsive AI services. For the Long Beach area and beyond, this signals continued investment in AI infrastructure that could drive innovation, attract talent, and support local businesses adopting AI tools. Developers and enterprises relying on FriendliAI can expect more consistent performance as usage grows, while the broader market may see increased competition among neoclouds to meet Asia's rising compute needs. More information is available at Aolani's website and FriendliAI's website.
