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+<img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/tvm-site/main/images/logo/tvm-logo-small.png width=128/> Open Machine Learning Compiler Framework
+==============================================
+[Documentation](https://tvm.apache.org/docs) |
+[Contributors](CONTRIBUTORS.md) |
+[Community](https://tvm.apache.org/community) |
+[Release Notes](NEWS.md)
+
+Apache TVM is an open machine learning compilation framework,
+following the following principles:
+
+- Python-first development that enables quick customization of machine learning compiler pipelines.
+- Universal deployment to bring models into minimum deployable modules.
+
+License
+-------
+TVM is licensed under the [Apache-2.0](LICENSE) license.
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+Check out the [TVM Documentation](https://tvm.apache.org/docs/) site for installation instructions, tutorials, examples, and more.
+The [Getting Started with TVM](https://tvm.apache.org/docs/get_started/overview.html) tutorial is a great
+place to start.
+
+Contribute to TVM
+-----------------
+TVM adopts the Apache committer model. We aim to create an open-source project maintained and owned by the community.
+Check out the [Contributor Guide](https://tvm.apache.org/docs/contribute/).
+
+History and Acknowledgement
+---------------------------
+TVM started as a research project for deep learning compilation.
+The first version of the project benefited a lot from the following projects:
+
+- [Halide](https://github.com/halide/Halide): Part of TVM's TIR and arithmetic simplification module
+ originates from Halide. We also learned and adapted some parts of the lowering pipeline from Halide.
+- [Loopy](https://github.com/inducer/loopy): use of integer set analysis and its loop transformation primitives.
+- [Theano](https://github.com/Theano/Theano): the design inspiration of symbolic scan operator for recurrence.
+
+Since then, the project has gone through several rounds of redesigns.
+The current design is also drastically different from the initial design, following the
+development trend of the ML compiler community.
+
+The most recent version focuses on a cross-level design with TensorIR as the tensor-level representation
+and Relax as the graph-level representation and Python-first transformations.
+The project's current design goal is to make the ML compiler accessible by enabling most
+transformations to be customizable in Python and bringing a cross-level representation that can jointly
+optimize computational graphs, tensor programs, and libraries. The project is also a foundation
+infra for building Python-first vertical compilers for domains, such as LLMs.