Government-Ready NVIDIA AI Enterprise Containers Now Available for Customers of VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA

Why This Matters What It Enables STIG & FIPS Capabilities in VCF 9.0 STIG Compliance FIPS 140 Support Ready to get started on your AI and ML journey? Check out these helpful resources: Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog Related Articles Build, Deploy, and Scale with Confidence: vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.5 is Now Live with 24-Month Support VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 71: Maximizing VCF Resource Prudency through Capacity Management Government-Ready NVIDIA AI Enterprise Containers Now Available for Customers of VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA We’re excited to announce a major milestone in our mission to bring secure, enterprise-grade AI to regulated industries. Starting today, VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA is part of the NVIDIA AI Factory for Government reference design. This reference design is based on NVIDIA accelerated compute and NVIDIA AI Enterprise , and now includes government-ready software that meets security requirements for use within high assurance deployments. With this new reference design, VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA customers can deploy GenAI workloads more securely to meet the requirements of regulated industries. Generative AI is reshaping industries; however, government agencies, defense, healthcare and financial institutions face unique challenges: Sensitive data can be locked in secure enclaves governed by strict compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST 800-53. Deploying Generative AI (GenAI) agents (e. g. , research assistants, chatbots) in these environments requires bespoke engineering, manual hardening, and non-repeatable processes. These barriers prevent regulated users from realizing the full benefits of GenAI and agentic AI. To support AI deployments for the public sector and other regulated industries, the NVIDIA AI Factory for Government reference design which includes the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise release, provides guidance to deploy AI workloads. It is: Built on STIG hardened configurations and requirements for containers Uses FIPS validated cryptographic modules and related capabilities Is subject to ongoing monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities including CISA KEVs By leveraging this secure, performant reference design through VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, customers can confidently harness the power of AI to achieve their goals faster and more securely. VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA , a joint AI platform between Broadcom and NVIDIA, enables enterprises to run RAG workflows, fine-tune and customize LLM models, and run inference workloads in their data centers, addressing privacy, choice, cost, performance and compliance concerns.