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How Modal Changes Serverless Python Deployments Explained

Modal allows you to run Python scripts in the cloud with zero infrastructure configuration. Here is why AI developers love it.

July 7, 2026Right to Knowledge

For years, deploying Python code to the cloud meant wrestling with Dockerfiles, AWS IAM roles, and Lambda zip size limits. If you wanted a GPU, you were out of luck.

Enter Modal

Modal solves this by allowing you to define your cloud infrastructure directly in your Python code using decorators. Need a GPU? Just add @app.function(gpu="A100").