Updated March 10, 2026

What Is NemoClaw?

NVIDIA's new open-source AI agent platform for enterprises — everything you need to know ahead of its GTC 2026 debut.

NemoClaw, Explained

NemoClaw is NVIDIA's open-source enterprise AI agent platform, built on the foundation of OpenClaw — the agent orchestration engine with over 200,000 GitHub stars. It extends OpenClaw with enterprise-grade authentication, multi-agent orchestration, a tool use framework, and infrastructure optimizations designed for production deployments at scale.

Unveiled at GTC 2026, NemoClaw represents what Jensen Huang called "30 years of NVIDIA computing, distilled into an agent platform." It is NVIDIA's answer to a growing enterprise need: organizations want AI agents that can do real work, but they need a platform that handles the hard parts — security, orchestration, auditability — without locking them into a single vendor.

The platform is hardware-agnostic at the agent layer. While NVIDIA naturally optimizes for their own GPUs, NemoClaw runs on AMD and Intel hardware as well as major cloud instances. This is a deliberate strategic move: NVIDIA wants NemoClaw to become the default agent platform regardless of what silicon sits underneath.

At its core, NemoClaw provides four things: an agent orchestration layer that coordinates multi-agent workflows with hierarchical task delegation, enterprise authentication and authorization that integrates with existing identity providers, a tool use framework that lets agents interact with external APIs and services, and an inference layer inherited from OpenClaw that handles the actual model execution.

The platform is Apache 2.0 licensed, with an enterprise tier for managed infrastructure, compliance tooling, and support SLAs. This mirrors NVIDIA's approach with NeMo for LLM training — open core with paid enterprise extensions.

Key Features

Enterprise Security

Role-based access control, credential isolation, and comprehensive audit logging for every agent action and decision.

Hardware Agnostic

Runs on NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs as well as major cloud instances. Not locked to any single hardware vendor.

Open Source

Apache 2.0 licensed with full source access. Community-driven development with NVIDIA backing and enterprise support tiers.

Agent Orchestration

Multi-agent workflows with hierarchical task delegation, inter-agent communication, and coordinated execution across complex processes.

Enterprise Integrations

Pre-built connectors for Salesforce, Cisco, Google Cloud, Adobe, and CrowdStrike. Extensible framework for custom integrations.

Built on OpenClaw

Inherits OpenClaw's battle-tested inference engine with 200K+ GitHub stars. Proven foundation with NVIDIA's enterprise layer on top.

NemoClaw at GTC 2026

GTC 2026 runs March 15–19 in San Jose. Jensen Huang's keynote is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17. NemoClaw is expected to be one of the flagship announcements, alongside new hardware and partnership expansions.

What to watch for: live demos of multi-agent workflows in production environments, detailed partnership integrations with Salesforce, Cisco, Google Cloud, Adobe, and CrowdStrike, pricing and deployment model specifics for the enterprise tier, and an updated roadmap for the open-source core.

The CrowdStrike partnership is particularly worth watching. Security operations is one of the highest-value use cases for AI agents — alert-heavy, time-sensitive, and deeply constrained by compliance requirements. If NemoClaw can demonstrate clean operation in that environment, it signals real platform maturity.

Live updates: This section will be updated live as GTC announcements happen. Check back during the week of March 15–19.

Who Is NemoClaw For?

Great fit

  • Large engineering teams with dedicated DevOps and MLOps resources
  • Need full source control and the ability to customize every layer
  • Already invested in NVIDIA infrastructure or planning to be
  • Want to contribute to and influence the open-source roadmap
  • Have the runway to invest 3–6 months in platform setup and tuning

Consider alternatives if

  • No dedicated AI infrastructure team to manage self-hosted deployments
  • Need production AI agents running this week, not this quarter
  • Want managed security, credential isolation, and audit trails out of the box
  • Prefer predictable per-agent pricing over variable infrastructure costs
  • Want pre-built agents that work across email, Slack, CRM, and code today

NemoClaw vs. Managed AI Agent Platforms

Open-source gives you control. Managed platforms handle infrastructure. Here's how they compare.

Category NemoClaw (Open Source) Shellbox (Managed)
Deployment Self-hosted on your infrastructure Fully managed, deployed in days
Security You build and manage security layers Zero-trust sandboxing built in
Maintenance Your team handles updates and ops Managed updates, monitoring, SLAs
Cost Model Infrastructure costs + engineering time Predictable per-agent pricing
Customization Full source access, modify anything Configurable within platform guardrails
Time to Value Weeks to months for production Production agents in days
Foundation OpenClaw open-source engine OpenClaw with managed infrastructure

NemoClaw is impressive technology. For teams with infrastructure expertise and the engineering bandwidth to manage a self-hosted deployment, it is a strong choice. For teams that want production AI agents this week with enterprise security built in, Shellbox exists.

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Sandboxed execution, credential isolation, and a full audit trail for every action. Security is not an add-on.

7 ready-to-deploy agents

Research, code review, exec assistant, sales ops, and more. Production-ready agents that start working on day one.

Works where you work

Email, Slack, CRM, GitHub, Jira — no new tools to learn. Agents operate inside the systems your team already uses.

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Frequently Asked Questions

NemoClaw is NVIDIA's open-source enterprise AI agent platform built on OpenClaw, the inference and orchestration engine with over 200,000 GitHub stars. NemoClaw adds enterprise agent orchestration, authentication and authorization layers, a tool use framework, and hardware-optimized deployment infrastructure. It is Apache 2.0 licensed.
NemoClaw is expected to be officially unveiled at GTC 2026, running March 15–19, 2026 in San Jose, California. Jensen Huang's keynote is scheduled for March 17, where full details on availability, pricing tiers, and partner integrations are anticipated.
Yes, NemoClaw's core is Apache 2.0 licensed and free to use. However, self-hosting involves significant infrastructure costs: GPU compute, storage, networking, monitoring, and dedicated DevOps and MLOps resources to operate and maintain the platform. NVIDIA also offers a paid enterprise tier with managed infrastructure, compliance tooling, and support SLAs.
NemoClaw is hardware-agnostic at the agent orchestration layer. It runs on NVIDIA GPUs (H100, Blackwell, etc.), AMD GPUs, Intel GPUs, and major cloud provider instances. While NVIDIA naturally optimizes performance for their own hardware, the platform is not locked to any single vendor.
OpenClaw is the open-source inference and agent orchestration engine — the foundation layer with over 200,000 GitHub stars. NemoClaw is NVIDIA's enterprise platform built on top of OpenClaw. It adds multi-agent orchestration with hierarchical task delegation, enterprise authentication and authorization, a tool use framework for external APIs, and NVIDIA-optimized infrastructure. Think of OpenClaw as the engine and NemoClaw as the full vehicle.
Alternatives include managed platforms like Shellbox (zero-trust managed AI employees with pre-built agents), CrewAI (open-source multi-agent framework), AutoGen (Microsoft's agent framework), Salesforce Agentforce, and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Each has different trade-offs around control, security, time to production, and total cost of ownership.
NemoClaw is open-source and self-hosted — you get full source control and customization, but you manage the infrastructure, security, and operations. Shellbox is a managed platform with zero-trust security built in, 7 pre-built agents, and enterprise integrations out of the box. NemoClaw suits teams with dedicated DevOps resources and months of runway. Shellbox suits teams that want production AI agents deployed in days with predictable pricing.