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 | [**Examples**](https://github.com/google/jaxopt/tree/main/examples)
 | [**Cite us**](#citeus)
 
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+## ⚠️ We are in the process of merging JAXopt into [Optax](https://github.com/google-deepmind/optax). Because of this, JAXopt is now in maintenance mode and we will not be implementing new features ⚠️
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 Hardware accelerated, batchable and differentiable optimizers in
 [JAX](https://github.com/google/jax).