NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform
Announced by NVIDIA on 28 September 2026 and described as an open software platform and reference system design to strengthen AI security from agent testing to deployment: it consists of the NVIDIA OpenShell open source runtime and the NVIDIA Sentry reference system design, delivering full-stack governance and control across software, hardware, compute and robotics systems, with OpenShell running on NVIDIA Vera CPUs and Sentry running on BlueField-4 DPUs to quarantine agents that step outside their boundaries in milliseconds
Tool Overview
Features, steps and FAQ below
Features
- ✓ OpenShell secure runtime boundary: NVIDIA says OpenShell is open source software that sets boundaries for agents running on CPUs, traces all actions and enforces policy, delivering protection with minimal overhead on NVIDIA Vera, the first purpose-built CPU for agentic AI, and extendable to third-party compute platforms including those from Arm and Intel
- ✓ Sentry in-silicon watchdog: NVIDIA says Sentry is an out-of-band watchdog running on NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs that continuously monitors agent behavior and, if an AI agent attempts to move outside its software boundary, quarantines and stops it in milliseconds from an isolated, out-of-band trust domain invisible to agents and attackers
- ✓ Built on NVIDIA DOCA: NVIDIA says Sentry is built on NVIDIA DOCA software, which lets it inspect agent requests and responses, provide attested telemetry, verify agent identity and enforce granular zero-trust access policies for data, tools, APIs and services
- ✓ Ecosystem collaboration and Claude Managed Agents: NVIDIA says Anthropic and NVIDIA have collaborated so that Claude Managed Agents establish a security boundary by running the agent loop on a separate server from the sandboxes where work executes, with OpenShell and BlueField integrations to enforce strict control over sandbox access
- ✓ Broad industry adoption: NVIDIA says more than 100 organizations including Anthropic, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Dell, HPE, Hugging Face, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Perplexity, Red Hat, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow and SpaceXAI are working with NVIDIA on the platform's technologies
How to Use
- Visit the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform official solutions page to understand the composition and deployment of OpenShell and Sentry
- Deploy the open source OpenShell runtime on NVIDIA Vera CPUs to establish a traceable, policy-enforcing security boundary for agents
- Enable the Sentry out-of-band watchdog on BlueField-4 DPUs for continuous in-silicon monitoring and millisecond quarantine of agent behavior
- Organizations can deploy platform elements according to their needs, and reinforce sandbox access control with integrations such as Claude Managed Agents
FAQ
What is this platform?
NVIDIA says the Open Agent Safety Platform is an open software platform and reference system design to strengthen AI security from agent testing to deployment, with full-stack governance and control across software, hardware, compute and robotics systems.
What are its core components?
NVIDIA says it consists of the NVIDIA OpenShell open source runtime software and the NVIDIA Sentry reference system design, with OpenShell setting boundaries for agents running on CPUs and Sentry running on BlueField-4 DPUs as an out-of-band watchdog.
How does Sentry quarantine agents that step out of bounds?
NVIDIA says Sentry provides in-silicon security enforcement, so if an AI agent attempts to move outside its software boundary, Sentry quarantines and stops it in milliseconds, enforcing policies independently in an isolated, out-of-band trust domain.
Is it open source and interoperable?
NVIDIA says OpenShell is open source software that can be extended to work with third-party compute platforms including those from Arm and Intel, and Sentry is built on NVIDIA DOCA software to inspect requests and responses and enforce zero-trust access policies.
Which ecosystem partners are involved?
NVIDIA says more than 100 organizations including Anthropic, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Dell, HPE, Hugging Face, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Perplexity, Red Hat, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow and SpaceXAI are working with NVIDIA on the platform's technologies.