Nemotron

Nemotron is NVIDIA’s open-weight AI model family discussed by Jensen Huang as part of NVIDIA’s need to understand frontier model evolution and support AI beyond language.

Key facts

• Type: Open-weight AI model family
• Maker: NVIDIA
• Lex references Nemotron 3 Super as a 120B-parameter open-weight mixture-of-experts model available through Perplexity ^[src-065].
• Jensen says NVIDIA needs to do model research to understand how AI models are evolving so it can co-design the computing systems that run them ^[src-065].
• He frames open models as a way to engage more countries, researchers, industries, and modalities in AI, including biology, chemistry, weather, physics, and physical AI ^[src-065].

Related entities

• NVIDIA
• Jensen Huang
• Perplexity

Related concepts

• Open-Weight Model Strategy
• Extreme Co-Design
• AI For Science
• Physical Safety Constraints for Robots

Source references

• ^[src-065] Lex Fridman – “Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494” (2026-03-23)