Nvidia’s scale-in play: Controlling agents is the next infrastructure priority

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Having built out its scale-up, scale-out and scale-across network architecture, the company is introducing another category it is calling scale-in . is extending the data processing unit from infrastructure offload to a broader security role across the artificial intelligence factory.

The opportunity is to make agentic (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question) AI safer to operate at scale. UPDATED 15:47 EDT / SEPTEMBER 29 2026 INFRA Nvidia’s scale-in play: Controlling agents is the next infrastructure priority SPECIAL BREAKING ANALYSIS by Dave Vellante Nvidia Corp. NVIDIA is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, and its products and services include graphics processing units.

The strategic implication is an even larger role for Nvidia in enterprise infrastructure. With the current climate focused intensely on AI safety, this accelerates trust.

It also deepens Nvidia’s foothold on the ecosystem. Its purpose is to connect more of the AI factory’s resources while extending security controls across the infrastructure. The reason for this move is an AI system that simply answers a question presents one set of infrastructure requirements.