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Training cluster sourcing for AI labs, model providers, and AI-native startups.

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Group APZ helps AI labs and AI-native companies stand up training and inference clusters: securing GPU allocation, sourcing HGX and rack-scale GPU systems, supplying the InfiniBand or Spectrum-X fabric, and assisting with contract negotiations to protect the company through hypergrowth.

// 01Diagnostic
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Common challenges

01Allocation scarcity on GPUs, servers, and other hardware
02Tight timelines between funding rounds and cluster live dates
03Limited internal procurement capacity competing with engineering priorities
04Multi-region facility decisions with different supplier ecosystems

How Group APZ helps

01Run all hardware sourcing on a founder- or infra-lead-friendly cadence
02Stand up the full cluster BOM: compute, fabric, storage, racks, optics
03Negotiate MSAs, warranties, and spares strategy that fit the burn
04Provide fractional procurement leadership as the company scales

AI-native companies move at a pace that traditional procurement cannot match. We embed quickly, work directly with the founders or infra leads, and run the sourcing process at the speed the roadmap requires — without leaving the company exposed on contracts, warranty, or supply continuity.

// 02Services
2 FEATURED

Hardware Supply

Hardware Supply

Sourcing all your IT HPC needs.

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Procurement Advisory

Procurement Advisory

Interim leadership, sourcing strategy, procurement transformation, and supply chain review.

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// 03Questions

Yes. We're happy to support teams with their first procurement engagement, from initial cluster sizing through PO and delivery, in a hands-on engagement model that fits a small infra team.

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