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How to Connect Cursor to LLM Pods on Runpod for Seamless AI Dev

How to Connect Cursor to LLM Pods on Runpod for Seamless AI Dev

Use Cursor as your AI-native IDE? Here’s how to connect it directly to LLM pods on Runpod, enabling real-time GPU-powered development with minimal setup.
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AI Workloads
Why AI Needs GPUs: A No-Code Beginner’s Guide to Infrastructure

Why AI Needs GPUs: A No-Code Beginner’s Guide to Infrastructure

Not sure why AI needs a GPU? This post breaks it down in plain English—from matrix math to model training—and shows how GPUs power modern AI workloads.
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Learn AI
Automated Image Captioning with Gemma 3 on Runpod Serverless

Automated Image Captioning with Gemma 3 on Runpod Serverless

Learn how to deploy a lightweight Gemma 3 model to generate image captions using Runpod Serverless. This walkthrough includes setup, deployment, and sample outputs.
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AI Workloads
From OpenAI API to Self-Hosted Model: A Migration Guide

From OpenAI API to Self-Hosted Model: A Migration Guide

Tired of usage limits or API costs? This guide walks you through switching from OpenAI’s API to your own self-hosted LLM using open-source models on Runpod.
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AI Infrastructure
From Pods to Serverless: When to Switch and Why It Matters

From Pods to Serverless: When to Switch and Why It Matters

Finished training your model in a Pod? This guide helps you decide when to switch to Serverless, what trade-offs to expect, and how to optimize for fast, cost-efficient inference.
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AI Infrastructure
How a Solo Dev Built an AI for Dads—No GPU, No Team, Just $5

How a Solo Dev Built an AI for Dads—No GPU, No Team, Just $5

No GPU. No team. Just $5. This is how one solo developer used Runpod Serverless to build and deploy a working AI product—"AI for Dads"—without writing any custom training code.
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AI Workloads
RunPod Just Got Native in Your AI IDE

RunPod Just Got Native in Your AI IDE

RunPod now integrates directly with AI IDEs like Cursor and Claude Desktop using MCP. Launch pods, deploy endpoints, and manage infrastructure—right from your editor.
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AI Workloads

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