Four modular components ship alongside the code, including a GPU-aware scheduler and a CUDA-native GPU sharing operator.

On October 13, 2026, NVIDIA published the full Run:ai platform as open source software under the DSX AI Factory Platform umbrella. The release covers production-grade AI workload and GPU orchestration on Kubernetes, and it gives customers, developers, and ecosystem partners direct access to the same code that powers the commercial product.

Run:ai has spent years helping organizations run AI workloads on Kubernetes at scale, dynamically allocating GPUs and managing the full lifecycle from data processing and training through inference. Eight DSX ecosystem partners, among them Crusoe, Mirantis, Nebius, OpenNebula Systems, Rafay, Saturn Cloud, Spectro Cloud, and vCluster, are integrating the open source platform into their own offerings.

The release splits into four modular pieces that teams can adopt on their own: KAI Scheduler for GPU-aware Kubernetes scheduling, GPU Fractioning Operator for CUDA-native GPU sharing, KAI Resource Management for quota and hierarchy, and Workload Map for a consistent workload-management contract. Operators can raise throughput and GPU utilization without rebuilding their orchestration stack.

The related open source projects Model Streamer and Grove ship alongside the platform, accelerating model loading and orchestrating multicomponent inference workloads. Teams evaluating the code should watch how partners like Crusoe, Nebius, and Spectro Cloud package these pieces into managed AI cloud services over the coming quarters.

What matters

• NVIDIA released the full Run:ai platform as open source, adding it to the DSX AI Factory Platform.
• Operators gain GPU-aware Kubernetes scheduling, CUDA-native GPU sharing, and quota controls.
• Eight partners including Crusoe, Mirantis, Nebius, and Rafay are folding the platform into their products.

Why it matters

Eight partners including Crusoe, Mirantis, Nebius, and Rafay are folding the platform into their products.

This GenAI News article was prepared in original wording using reporting and materials published by NVIDIA Developer Blog. Source reference: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-runai-is-now-open-source-as-part-of-nvidia-dsx-ai-factory-platform/.

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