Nvidia unveils Nemotron coalition with Mistral, Perplexity and others to build open frontier agentic AI models
At GTC 2026 day 2, Nvidia announced the Nemotron coalition uniting 8 AI labs including Mistral AI, Perplexity, LangChain to co-develop base open models trained on DGX Cloud. Focus on efficient, multimodal Nemotron Ultra, Omni, Voice models for agentic AI. First project: Mistral-Nvidia base model emphasizing open ecosystems over closed systems.
Pushes open-source frontier models into agentic era, challenging closed labs and accelerating customizable AI for enterprises.