NVIDIA Agent Toolkit Launches at GTC 2026 with 17 Enterprise Partners and OpenShell Runtime for Policy-Based Agent Security

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NVIDIA's Agent Toolkit bundles Nemotron open models, AI-Q deep-research blueprint, OpenShell runtime (policy-based security guardrails for agent execution), and cuOpt optimization skills. Adopted by 17 enterprise partners at launch including Adobe, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Palantir, CrowdStrike, and Red Hat. OpenShell enforces network, privacy, and security guardrails on autonomous agents while allowing them to browse systems, call APIs, and execute tasks — positioning NVIDIA as infrastructure provider for the enterprise agent deployment wave.