NVIDIA · 2026-03-16 · major
NVIDIA Agent Toolkit — Enterprise AI Agent Platform
NVIDIA launches its Agent Toolkit at GTC 2026 with Nemotron models, AI-Q blueprint, OpenShell runtime, and cuOpt optimization — adopted by Adobe, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, and 17 enterprise partners.
NVIDIA's open platform for building enterprise AI agents, with 17 major software companies already on board.
Key specs
| Launch partners | 17 |
|---|---|
| Query cost reduction | 50%+ |
What is it?
The NVIDIA Agent Toolkit is an open-source platform for building autonomous AI agents, announced at GTC 2026. It includes Nemotron (open models for agentic reasoning), AI-Q (blueprint for custom agents), OpenShell (runtime with policy-based security), and cuOpt (optimization skills). Launch partners include Adobe, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Siemens, CrowdStrike, Atlassian, Cadence, Synopsys, IQVIA, Palantir, Box, Cohesity, Dassault Systemes, Red Hat, Cisco, and Amdocs.
How does it work?
AI-Q combines frontier models for orchestration with Nemotron open models for research tasks, reportedly reducing query costs by 50%+ while achieving top-tier accuracy on DeepResearch Bench. OpenShell enforces policy-based security, network, and privacy guardrails with compatibility from Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft Security, and TrendAI. Developers access tools via build.nvidia.com.
Why does it matter?
NVIDIA is positioning itself to own the platform layer of the AI agent era just as it owns the hardware layer of LLM training. The 17 enterprise software partners touch virtually every Fortune 500 company. Jensen Huang stated NVIDIA believes the agent era will be larger than the model era.
Who is it for?
Enterprise software teams building AI agent capabilities into their products.
Try it
Access via build.nvidia.com