NVIDIA released the full Run:ai platform as open source on October 13, 2026, as part of the DSX AI Factory Platform. The release includes four independently adoptable components, with KAI Scheduler contributed to CNCF as a Sandbox project.
Modular published the cohort of its Community Grant Program on October 9, 2026, naming six open-source projects that will receive small grants to build Mojo and MAX libraries. The company said it received far more strong proposals than it could support.
NVIDIA's Seattle Robotics Lab and Isaac team detail how a modular classical pipeline, not end-to-end learning, achieved over 95% success on GB300 tester tray busbar assembly, with a 160-second cycle time.
Modular announced native support for Qualcomm's Cloud AI 100 Ultra NPU in its MAX and Mojo platform, letting developers run the same code on NVIDIA, AMD, and Qualcomm silicon without rewrites. The bring-up reached Gemma 4 serving in under six months.
Modular has released Mojo 1.0, marking a stable foundation for the language after years of rapid evolution. The 26.5 release also adds new model families to MAX and simplifies installation.
Qualcomm closed its acquisition of Modular on July 29, 2026. Mojo, MAX, and Modular Cloud continue as products, and Modular's CEO Chris Lattner becomes Qualcomm's EVP of Advanced AI Software and Platforms.
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