Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models 

Nvidia is strengthening its presence in open source AI through two major initiatives: the acquisition of SchedMD and the release of a new family of open AI models. SchedMD, founded in 2010 by the original developers of the widely used open source workload management system Slurm, has been a long-term partner of Nvidia. The acquisition, with undisclosed terms, aims to leverage SchedMD’s technology as critical infrastructure for generative AI, enabling Nvidia to accelerate access to diverse computing systems. Nvidia plans to continue investing in this technology to support AI development at scale. In addition to the acquisition, Nvidia introduced the Nemotron family of open AI models, which it claims to be the most efficient open models for building accurate AI agents. This lineup includes the Nemotron 3 Nano for targeted tasks, Nemotron 3 Super for multi-agent AI applications, and Nemotron 3 Ultra for more complex tasks. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang emphasized that Nemotron represents a move toward open innovation,