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Publication Date: 2026-08-26 13:00:00
Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) is being enhanced and expanded for production agentic AI with its dual-native architecture, including the introduction of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) 2.8 and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.19. The new capabilities give customers a flexible cloud operating model designed to consistently manage and govern AI across environments, supported by a dual-native architecture for virtual machines and containers. NAI 2.8 is available now.
It provides centralized control for AI inference and agentic AI, including Nutanix Agent Gateway, now with a generally available Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway for governing how agents connect with apps and data via MCP. Nutanix Private Inference also provides enhanced capabilities for high-performance fine tuning and inference, along with improved security and governance. NKP 2.19 will be available soon.
It is expected to provide streamlined container management for bare metal and virtualized environments, with a built-in AI catalog designed for building and running agentic AI applications. The new capabilities in NAI 2.8 and NKP 2.19, combined with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) certification, enhance NCP dual-native and AI capabilities. NAI delivers a unified and secure platform to deploy, manage, and scale AI workloads across hybrid environments.
It enables enterprises to enforce governance over their agents and models, gain total visibility over token usage, and streamline AI development with a…
