Red Hat/NVIDIA Partnership Takes Another Step

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At Red Hat Summit, company leaders positioned the partnership as a way to help enterprises run artificial intelligence workloads consistently across hybrid cloud environments, with governance built in from the start.

The expanded collaboration introduces new capabilities within Red Hat's portfolio to deliver hybrid AI solutions and accelerate enterprise and cloud AI adoption. These enhancements will be part of the Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA, a co‑engineered environment designed to streamline AI deployment at scale.

A major highlight is Day‑0 support for NVIDIA's Blackwell and Vera Rubin architectures, now included in the newly released Red Hat AI 3.4. This brings immediate support for NVIDIA's latest GPU platforms.

The Red Hat/NVIDIA partnership is also expected to play a significant role in the channel. Joe Fernandes, vice president and general manager of Red Hat's AI Business Unit, told E‑ChannelNews that the NVIDIA‑aligned offerings will be delivered through trusted partners.

"We are activating a diverse ecosystem of partners spanning OEMs, SIs, ISVs, VARs, and distributors to support and deliver the Red Hat AI Factory with NVIDIA," Fernandes said.  

The collaboration also includes a new open‑source project for AI agents, co‑developed with NVIDIA, aimed at aligning with broader agentic AI trends. Red Hat and NVIDIA will additionally focus on Zero‑Trust AI Architecture for Sovereignty, targeting regulated industries and national cloud providers that require strict data‑control and compliance frameworks.