AI Factory for Government
At NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C., NVIDIA introduced the AI Factory for Government reference design, a full-stack blueprint for building secure, large-scale AI systems tailored to the needs of federal agencies and regulated industries. The platform integrates NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, now compliant with FedRAMP and other high-assurance security standards, to support mission-critical AI deployments. Built on the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, it uses RTX PRO Servers, HGX B200 systems, and Spectrum-X networking to handle the data intensity, cybersecurity, and operational demands of government AI workloads.
The initiative is supported by a wide ecosystem of technology leaders. Palantir is integrating its Ontology and AI Platform (AIP) with NVIDIA’s AI stack to deliver domain-specific intelligence and autonomous agents for enterprise and government operations. CrowdStrike will extend its Agentic Security Platform to the AI Factory, leveraging NVIDIA’s Nemotron and NeMo tools for real-time cybersecurity agents. ServiceNow is embedding NVIDIA AI Enterprise software into its AI Platform for U.S. federal customers, and Lockheed Martin’s Astris AI, along with Northrop Grumman, will deploy NVIDIA-powered AI factories to accelerate secure, high-performance systems for defense and aerospace missions.
NVIDIA’s partner ecosystem—spanning cloud providers, hardware manufacturers, and AI software firms such as Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Red Hat, DataRobot, and CoreWeave—will use the reference design to help organizations quickly deploy and scale AI factories. The framework aims to ensure that public-sector AI is not only fast and powerful but also secure, auditable, and mission-ready, enabling governments to harness AI responsibly for critical operations, cybersecurity, and data-driven decision-making.
Lucid Partners & NVIDIA for AVs & AI Factories
Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) announced a major partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate its roadmap toward fully autonomous electric vehicles and AI-powered manufacturing. The collaboration aims to deliver one of the first privately owned passenger vehicles with Level 4 (L4) autonomous driving capability, powered by the NVIDIA DRIVE AV platform.
The initiative begins with advanced “eyes-on” (L2++) features debuting in the Lucid Gravity SUV and upcoming midsize models, progressing to full “eyes-off, hands-off, mind-off” driving in future vehicles. Lucid will integrate NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Thor computers and multi-sensor architecture, combining radar, cameras, and lidar for redundancy and safety.
Beyond autonomy, Lucid will implement NVIDIA’s Industrial AI and Omniverse platforms to create smart, reconfigurable factories using digital twins, predictive analytics, and intelligent robotics—streamlining production and reducing costs.
Lucid CEO Marc Winterhoff said the partnership merges AI innovation with Lucid’s engineering excellence, while NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang called it “the next step in reimagining mobility through software-defined, intelligent vehicles.” Together, the companies aim to blend luxury, performance, and autonomy into a seamless, continuously evolving EV experience.
International, PlusAI, & NVIDIA Level 4 Autonomous Trucks
International Motors, LLC and PlusAI are partnering with NVIDIA to accelerate the development of factory-built Level 4 autonomous trucks designed for large-scale freight operations. Built on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion platform, the collaboration combines International’s nearly two centuries of vehicle manufacturing expertise, PlusAI’s SuperDrive™ autonomous driving software, and NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI compute architecture.
International contributes its proven production capabilities and dealer network to support the commercialization and servicing of autonomous fleets, while PlusAI brings more than six million miles of real-world autonomous driving experience through its AI-based SuperDrive™ system. NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Thor system-on-a-chip, built on the Blackwell architecture, provides the high-performance compute power and functional safety required for scalable, production-ready autonomous driving.
Together, the three companies aim to create autonomous trucks equipped with lidar, radar, and cameras for full 360-degree perception, designed from the factory floor for safety, reliability, and scalability. The partnership marks a major step toward mass deployment of self-driving freight vehicles capable of handling complex, long-haul routes with efficiency and precision.
Foretellix Physical AI Toolchain with NVIDIA DRIVE AV
Foretellix announced the integration of its Foretify Physical AI toolchain with the NVIDIA DRIVE AV platform, marking a major step forward in autonomous vehicle safety, testing, and validation. The collaboration connects Foretellix’s coverage-driven verification and Synthetic Data Generation (SDG) capabilities with NVIDIA’s end-to-end autonomous driving software stack to accelerate safe deployment of Level 2++ to Level 4 self-driving systems.
The partnership builds on NVIDIA’s earlier investment in Foretellix’s Series C funding and deepens the use of NVIDIA technologies such as Omniverse and Cosmos within the Foretify environment. Foretellix’s platform enables developers to simulate a vast range of driving scenarios and edge cases, identifying gaps in safety and performance before real-world testing. This rigorous validation process helps ensure that AI-driven autonomy systems meet the highest safety and reliability standards.
Executives from both companies emphasized that safety remains the defining challenge for large-scale autonomous deployment. Ziv Binyamini, CEO and Co-Founder of Foretellix, said the collaboration aims to make the DRIVE AV stack “safe by design,” while Xinzhou Wu, NVIDIA’s Vice President of Automotive, noted that combining the two companies’ technologies will set new benchmarks for transparency, robustness, and scalability in autonomous vehicle development.