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AI Software Ecosystem Expansion

NVIDIA CORP · 2026-10-21 · Importance 31 · Surprise 42

NVIDIA expanded its open-source Agent Toolkit with the Agent Knowledge Foundation, Nemotron Retriever and Kumo open models, and the OpenShell secure agent runtime. These tools are designed to ground enterprise AI agents in proprietary company data while adding isolation, governance, and operational controls. Palantir, Databricks, Snowflake, and SAP are already adopting the capabilities for specialized enterprise agents. ServiceNow separately launched the generally available Arc enterprise agent, integrating NVIDIA OpenShell with ServiceNow’s Super Intelligence Control Tower for policy enforcement and security checks.

Key facts

• NVIDIA expanded its open-source Agent Toolkit and added the NVIDIA Agent Knowledge Foundation, new open models like Nemotron Retriever and the Kumo family, and the OpenShell secure agent runtime. source