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Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open-source AI model

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11 August 2026

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opportunities

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AI & ML

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United States

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Fusion42 · 23 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30-billion-parameter open-source AI model designed for autonomous agent workloads that runs efficiently on a single GPU, offering up to four times faster output speeds. Alongside it, Nvidia launched NeMo Switchyard, a model routing library that significantly reduces task completion costs while maintaining high accuracy.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 10 sources have reported it between 11 Aug 2026 and 18 Aug 2026.

◆ The Wire takeaway

You now have access to a leading open-source AI model that runs on a single GPU with notable speed and cost efficiency gains. Nvidia’s release opens doors for rapid experimentation and deployment without expensive hardware, making it a game-changer for AI startups building autonomous agents.

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10 sources · first reported 11 Aug 2026 · latest 18 Aug 2026

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