Modverse #49: Modular Platform 25.4, Modular 🤝 AMD, and Modular Hack Weekend

In June, the Modular ecosystem experienced significant advancements, highlighted by the release of Modular Platform 25.4 and a strategic partnership with AMD, enabling seamless deployment across AMD and NVIDIA hardware without code modifications. The release improved throughput on BF16 workloads and expanded hardware support, while the introduction of Mammoth facilitated scaling GenAI inference across GPUs. The Modular Hack Weekend brought together global developers to innovate in GPU programming, leading to projects like GPU-accelerated quantum simulators and bioinformatics libraries. The community also explored enhancements in Mojo and MAX programming, with increased integration into Python workflows and the launch of the "Mojo Miji" guide for Python enthusiasts. Furthermore, the ecosystem expanded with Modular's availability on AWS Marketplace, facilitating access to pre-optimized models and contributing to rapid AI infrastructure development, as demonstrated by Inworld's new speech pipeline.