Nvidia acquired SchedMD, the lead developer of Slurm, and launched the Nemotron 3 family of open source AI models.

Nvidia Corp. has acquired SchedMD LLC, a low-profile company that maintains one of the most important open-source tools in the machine learning ecosystem. The chipmaker announced the deal today. The financial terms were not disclosed.

While one partner said Nvidia’s acquisition of Slurm maker SchedMD, announced on Monday, makes sense for its AI factory push, another raised concerns about Slurm’s future based on Nvidia’s history with a previous software acquisition.

Nvidia has acquired SchedMD, the company behind the development and maintenance of Slurm, an open-source workload manager that plays a central role in

Nvidia has moved to acquire the developers behind Slurm, with the acquisition of SchedMD set to enable Nvidia users to optimize workloads across their entire compute infrastructure.

And parades its latest trio of Nemotron models Nvidia burnished its open source credentials this week after buying the company behind the veteran Slurm scheduler and announcing a slew of open source AI models.

Nvidia expands its open AI strategy with Nemotron 3 and the SchedMD acquisition, aiming to scale AI development, cut costs, and strengthen its growing AI ecosystem.

Nvidia, the chip designer, has acquired SchedMD, an AI software company, to bolster its open-source AI technology and counter increasing competition.