Nvidia $NVDA ( ▲ 3.74% ) pushed higher in early trading after unveiling an updated suite of open AI models under its Nemotron 3 family, giving the stock a strong start to the week.
The Nemotron 3 lineup comes in three sizes: Nano, which is available now, and Super and Ultra, both slated to launch in the first half of next year. The different sizes reflect varying parameter counts, which determine how complex a task each model can handle.
Nvidia emphasized the flexibility of the models, noting that developers can pair them with proprietary systems to cut costs. As the company put it, developers are increasingly mixing state of the art proprietary models with more efficient open models to balance performance and economics. Routing tasks between frontier models and Nemotron in a single workflow, Nvidia said, allows AI agents to maximize intelligence while optimizing token usage.
The announcement comes at a helpful moment for Nvidia shares. The stock has lagged peers in recent months and is the only member of the VanEck Semiconductor ETF $SMH that has declined since the S&P 500 hit an intermediate low on November 20.
Last week, Nvidia also hit its weakest relative level versus the ETF in 2025, slipping below the lows seen during the DeepSeek selloff, when nearly $600 billion in market value was wiped out in a single session.