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NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning for AI agent execution

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NVIDIA has released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open 30B Mixture-of-Experts model optimized for the execution layer of AI agents. This model, with only 3B active parameters, is designed for high-frequency operational tasks such as tool calling, output validation, and code formatting, offering a lower latency and cost alternative to larger models for these specific functions. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is available for free use on the AIHubMix platform, supporting up to 1 million token context windows and featuring an OpenAI-compatible API for integration. AI

IMPACT Optimizes AI agent execution layer, potentially reducing costs and latency for high-frequency tasks.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning for AI agent execution

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · AIHubMix ·

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Is Now Free on AIHubMix

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