# Inside the Together AI kernels team

DevFeed: [Inside the Together AI kernels team](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-the-together-ai-kernels-team-80189.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.together.ai/blog/inside-the-together-ai-kernels-team>)

Author: Will Van Eaton

Published: 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Together.ai](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/together-ai.md>)

Topics: [High-Performance Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/high-performance-computing.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [Frontier AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontier-ai.md>), [signed distance functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/signed-distance-functions.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blackwell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blackwell.md>), [build-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-tools.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [flashattention](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flashattention.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernels.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

Together AI describes how its kernel research team develops GPU optimizations and translates academic research into production AI infrastructure. The article highlights FlashAttention, ThunderKittens, and a Megakernel deployment, along with the team's collaboration with academic researchers and customers.

## Source excerpt

The team behind FlashAttention and ThunderKittens -- how Together AI's kernel researchers close the gap between GPU hardware and production AI.