SageMaker Hyperpod Flexible Training Plans now supports instant start times and multiple offers

Amazon SageMaker has enhanced its Flexible Training Plans (FTP) with new features to improve machine learning workload resource procurement:

• Instant start times within 30 minutes of booking
• Ability to automatically split reserved capacity across two time segments if a continuous block is unavailable
• Returns up to three distinct compute resource options
• No long-term commitments required
• Customers can create training plans via SageMaker AI console or programmatically using AWS CLI or SDKs

These updates provide ML developers with more flexibility and faster access to GPU resources for their training workloads.