# ONNX

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Open Neural Network Exchange, ONNX Runtime

An open file format for [AI models](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model), so a model [trained](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/training) with one tool can run with another, on [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server), phones or in a [browser](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-browser).

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) converts an [embedding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/embedding) model to ONNX so it runs inside the app on users' laptops.

Official site: <https://onnx.ai>

## Connects to (5)

- [Model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/model): The trained system at the center of an AI product.
- [Inference](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/inference): An AI model producing an answer to a request.
- [Embedding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/embedding): A way of turning a piece of text into a list of numbers that captures its meaning, so software can tell which pieces of text are about…
- [Local model](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/local-model): A model that is downloaded and run on a person's own computer or a company's own servers, not on a provider's.
- [CUDA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cuda): NVIDIA's platform for writing software that runs on its GPUs.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/onnx