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+# Apache Horn
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+Apache Horn is a neuron-centric programming model and execution framework, inspired by Google's DistBelief, supports both data and model parallelism for training large models with massive datasets, currently in Incubator status.
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+## Getting Involved
+
+Horn is an open source volunteer project under the Apache Software Foundation. We encourage you to learn about the project and contribute your expertise.