Why Nvidia builds open models with Bryan Catanzaro

Interconnects interview #17 on the past, present, and future of the Nemotron project.

This post originally appeared in Interconnects.

“Nvidia understands their unique role as a company that both builds and directly captures the value of open language models — giving them a uniquely sustainable advantage.”

One of the big stories of 2025 for me was how Nvidia massively stepped up their open model program — more releases, higher quality models, joining a small handful of companies releasing datasets, etc. In this interview, I sat down with one of the 3 VP’s leading the effort of 500+ technical staff, Bryan Catanzaro, to discuss: