Grid.ai is a cloud-based platform designed to democratize state-of-the-art AI research by focusing on machine learning, not infrastructure. It allows researchers and companies to train hundreds of machine learning models on the cloud directly from their laptops without any code modifications. The platform simplifies the deployment and scaling of machine learning workloads, providing robust tools for model building, training, and monitoring, thereby speeding up AI development and reducing overheads associated with managing infrastructure.