Red Hat Launches Third Generation of Its AI Platform to Drive Enterprise Innovation
Red Hat Unveils Red Hat AI 3 to Empower Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Worldwide
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source software solutions, has officially
announced Red Hat AI 3, marking a major milestone in the evolution of enterprise artificial intelligence.
The new platform unifies Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AI (RHEL AI), and Red Hat OpenShift AI into a single integrated ecosystem designed to
move AI workloads from experimentation to large-scale production with greater speed and efficiency.
Distributed AI Inference at the Core of Red Hat AI 3
Red Hat AI 3 introduces Distributed AI Inference, enabling enterprises to deploy and manage
intelligent models seamlessly across hybrid environments—whether in data centers, public clouds, or
sovereign infrastructures.
According to Red Hat, this architecture allows IT and engineering teams
to run any model on any infrastructure, ensuring maximum flexibility while reducing operational costs.
Addressing Enterprise AI Challenges
A recent study by the MIT NANDA Project revealed that nearly 95% of organizations
fail to generate measurable financial returns from their AI investments—estimated to exceed $40
billion globally.
Red Hat AI 3 aims to overcome these barriers by simplifying model management, unifying user
experiences, and accelerating inference performance through high-efficiency, open-source technologies.
From Training to Production: A New Era of AI Deployment
As organizations transition from training to deployment, Red Hat focuses on optimizing inference
workflows with tools such as vLLM and llm-d, which allow large language models (LLMs) to run
efficiently within Kubernetes environments.
These innovations enable enterprises to reduce costs and improve response times through intelligen
t model scheduling and dynamic load distribution.
The Next Generation of AI Collaboration
Red Hat AI 3 serves as a unified platform connecting platform engineers and AI engineers
within a collaborative environment.
Key new capabilities include:
Model as a Service (MaaS): Delivering AI models as internal services.
AI Hub: A centralized interface for managing AI assets and models.
Gen AI Studio: Accelerating the development of generative AI applications and prototypes.
Laying the Foundation for Agentic AI
The new Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.0 provides the backbone for Agentic AI—a new generation of intelligent, interactive systems.
The platform leverages Llama Stack and Model Context Protocol (MCP) to unify APIs and facilitate seamless
communication between models and external tools, supporting the development
of adaptive, autonomous AI agents.Advanced Open-Source Development Tools
Red Hat AI 3 includes a new set of customization and evaluation tools, built on Python
libraries and technologies such as Docling for unstructured data processing.
The suite also features synthetic data generation and integrated model evaluation
centers to ensure accuracy, transparency, and performance at every stage of deployment.
Executive Insights on the Future of AI
Joe Fernandes, Vice President and General Manager of AI at Red Hat, said:
“We’re empowering organizations to move confidently from experimentation
to production with an open, scalable AI platform that can run anywhere.”
Dan McNamara, Senior Vice President at AMD, added:
“We’re proud to partner with Red Hat to deliver the high-performance foundation that powers Red Hat AI 3.”
Strategic Partnerships Driving an Open and Sustainable AI Future
Red Hat confirmed ongoing collaborations with NVIDIA, AMD, and IDC to advance
an open and sustainable AI ecosystem, helping enterprises build scalable, secure, and future-ready AI solutions.
Red Hat is the global leader in open-source software solutions, offering technologies
for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and IT automation.
The company helps organizations build, manage, and secure their infrastructures from data
centers to the network edge while driving innovation through collaboration with the global open-source community.
