In this Supermicro Open Storage Summit 2025 segment, theCUBE’s Rob Strechay sits down with Sherry Lin, William Li, Vince Chen, John Fragalla, Balaji Venkateshwaran, Steve Umbehocker and Jeffrey Slapp to unpack the next wave of software-defined storage solutions fueling enterprise AI infrastructure. The conversation brings together leaders from Supermicro, NVIDIA, DDN, OSNexus and SteelDome to highlight how partnerships across silicon, storage and system design are enabling scalable, secure and efficient AI deployments. John Fragalla (NVIDIA) outlines the NVIDIA Cloud Partner program’s AI factory model and certification process, emphasizing performance, efficiency and multi-tenancy as critical to accelerating time-to-first token in agentic AI workflows. Balaji Venkateshwaran (DDN) shares how the new EXAScaler AI400X3 platform supports multi-protocol, modular scalability from small footprints to 100,000+ GPUs. Vince Chen (Supermicro) details how Supermicro’s building-block architecture delivers pre-validated solutions that integrate compute, networking and storage for end-to-end AI factory deployments. The discussion then turns to William Li (Supermicro) and Steve Umbehocker (OSNexus), who showcase QuantaStor’s grid-based management and hybrid scale-up/scale-out capabilities, including ransomware protection, compliance with HIPAA and CJIS standards, and simplified design utilities for flash and hybrid storage clusters. Closing the session, Sherry Lin (Supermicro) and Jeffrey Slapp (SteelDome) reveal how their joint solutions with StratiSYSTEM and StratiSTOR accelerate time-to-value by breaking down storage silos, streamlining deployments and enabling unified management of block, file and object storage across Supermicro’s diverse hardware portfolio. From modular AI data centers to hyperconverged stacks, the panel underscores how Supermicro and its partners are rethinking infrastructure to deliver faster results, stronger security and flexible growth paths for enterprises building out AI-driven operations.