Rafay and Dell Technologies Forge a Faster Path to Production AI

Enterprises are increasingly buying AI infrastructure faster than they can operationalize it. Dell and Rafay are forging a faster path to production AI by delivering a powerful solution to help enterprises, telcos and neoclouds to build and scale sovereign AI platforms with confidence. With a full-stack approach and automation at its core, this joint offering supports innovation while ensuring operational control, compliance, data sovereignty and rapid ROI.

Starting this week, Dell customers have two new ways to consume the Rafay Platform alongside the Dell infrastructure they already trust.

Two announcements, one direction

First, Rafay is now part of the Dell Extended Technology Complete (ETC) program. Dell sales teams and channel partners can quote and resell the Rafay Platform globally as part of a Dell deal. For customers, that consolidates procurement, accelerates time to value, and turns Rafay into an option on the same paper as the Dell AI infrastructure their teams are already standing up.

Second, Rafay has joined Dell’s new AI Ecosystem Program, unveiled this week at Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas.  For Rafay, this recognition reflects the growing importance of open, production-ready AI platforms that help enterprises operationalize AI across complex environments. We see strong future opportunities to work alongside Dell to help customers simplify deployment, improve governance, and accelerate the path from early AI initiatives to scalable real-world outcomes.

Why this fits the Rafay strategy

For us, this is a continuation of a deliberate strategy: meet customers where their AI infrastructure decisions actually get made. The Rafay Platform already supports a wide range of AI use cases: 

• Enterprise GPU PaaS for platform engineering teams. 
• Multi-tenant GPU clouds for service providers and neoclouds. 
• AI model serving and metering through Token Factory. 
• Slurm-on-Kubernetes for HPC-style workloads. 

Each of these looks different in the rack and on the org chart, and yet they share a common need: a single orchestration and governance layer that turns infrastructure into a self-service experience without sacrificing security or cost control.

The Dell relationship matches that pattern. AI factories live on infrastructure. Dell is building the infrastructure. Rafay is the layer that makes that infrastructure feel like a cloud to the developers and data scientists who consume it—and to the end customers that rely on it.

What customers get

Rafay and Dell help platform teams compress the path from procurement to operational AI services from months to weeks. Specifically:

• Faster ROI on Dell AI investments. GPUs that sit idle while platform teams hand-roll provisioning, slicing, and quota systems are expensive. Rafay turns Dell infrastructure into a multi-tenant, policy-governed AI Factory out of the gate.
• Self-service for AI builders. Data scientists, ML engineers, and AI app teams get standardized workload SKUs and AI catalogs they can consume on their own terms, while platform teams retain the controls they need.
• A simpler procurement path. Customers can purchase Rafay alongside Dell PowerEdge servers, networking, and storage through the same Dell motion they already use, without standing up a separate vendor relationship.
• Production governance from day one. Multi-tenancy, GPU slicing, quota enforcement, RBAC, and cost visibility are native to the Rafay Platform, not bolted on after the fact.

Looking ahead

For the past year, the conversation around enterprise AI has shifted from “do we have GPUs” to “are our GPUs delivering business outcomes.” Dell’s AI Ecosystem Program is a recognition that the answer depends as much on the software stack as on the silicon underneath. Bringing Rafay into that motion underscores our commitment to meeting our customers in the channels they rely on.

If you are at Dell Technologies World 2026 in Las Vegas this week, find Rafay in booth 207 to see the integration in action. Our team is ready to walk through what the collaboration means for your AI roadmap.

Learn more about the Dell AI Ecosystem Program announcement

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