NVIDIA launches Open Agent Safety Platform with OpenShell and Sentry

NVIDIA released an open platform and reference design for governing AI agents, built from OpenShell, an open-source runtime, and Sentry, a watchdog running on BlueField-4 DPUs. Named partners include Anthropic, Microsoft, Palantir, Cisco, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. OpenShell is broadly available now, while the release gave no separate availability date for Sentry.

• OpenShell: open-source runtime that enforces policy outside the model
• Sentry: out-of-band watchdog on BlueField-4 DPUs that can quarantine agents
• Partners include Anthropic, Microsoft, Palantir, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Salesforce and SAP
• OpenShell generally available; Sentry date not specified