NVIDIA launches OpenShell Reference Architecture for safe enterprise AI agents
nvidia · x · 2026-10-21
At GTC Berlin, NVIDIA announced the OpenShell Reference Architecture for building, containing, observing and enforcing safe AI agents at industrial scale across enterprise infrastructure and edge.
- Stack: OpenShell secure runtime software + Vera Rubin infrastructure for inference + Vera CPUs for agent harnesses/tool use + BlueField-4 DPUs running NVIDIA Sentry for in-silicon enforcement
- Edge reach: extends to RTX Spark, DGX Spark and DGX Station systems
- OS support: Canonical, Red Hat, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Execution Containers
- Ecosystem: Anthropic, AWS, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Palo Alto Networks, Perplexity, SAP, ServiceNow, Siemens, SpaceX Super Intelligence and others are adopting it for agent security
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