Catenaa, Friday, January 09, 2026-Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo, a new AI platform designed to help autonomous vehicles reason like humans, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
The technology enables self-driving cars to navigate complex environments, handle rare scenarios, and explain their driving decisions.
The company has begun producing a driverless Mercedes-Benz CLA powered by Alpamayo, with a U.S. release planned in the coming months followed by Europe and Asia.
Nvidia emphasized that the system learns from human demonstrations, allowing vehicles to anticipate actions while providing clear reasoning for each maneuver.
Alpamayo is open source and available on Hugging Face, enabling researchers and partners to retrain and adapt the model.
The move positions Nvidia as a platform provider for physical AI systems, expanding its footprint beyond AI compute hardware into autonomous vehicle ecosystems.
Analysts say the platform reinforces Nvidia’s leadership in AI integration and physical AI solutions.
The announcement may intensify competition with Tesla, which offers Autopilot driver assistance. Nvidia also indicated plans to launch a robotaxi service next year with an unnamed partner.
In addition, Nvidia revealed its Rubin AI chips, which are in production and set for release later this year. The chips are designed to deliver high performance with lower energy consumption, potentially reducing the cost of AI development for autonomous vehicles.
Shares of Nvidia rose slightly in after-hours trading following the presentation.
