NVIDIA Blog·Apr 19, 2026

🚙NVIDIA Unveils Alpamayo R1, First Open Reasoning VLA Model for Self-Driving

NVIDIA Unveils Alpamayo R1, First Open Reasoning VLA Model …

TL;DR

NVIDIA announced Alpamayo, an open portfolio of reasoning vision-language-action models for autonomous driving, headlined by Alpamayo R1 — the industry's first…

NVIDIA announced Alpamayo, an open portfolio of reasoning vision-language-action models for autonomous driving, headlined by Alpamayo R1 — the industry's first open reasoning VLA for AVs. The all-new Mercedes-Benz CLA will be the first passenger car shipped on NVIDIA's full-stack autonomous platform in the US.

NVIDIA Unveils Alpamayo R1, First Open Reasoning VLA Model for Self-Driving

Key Points

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Alpamayo R1: first open reasoning VLA for autonomous vehicles

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Full-stack AV platform debuts on Mercedes-Benz CLA

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Released alongside new Isaac GR00T robotics models

Why It Matters

Open reasoning models for driving shift the balance of power in AV software away from vertically integrated stacks — smaller OEMs can now compete on capability.

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Why does this matter?

Open reasoning models for driving shift the balance of power in AV software away from vertically integrated stacks — smaller OEMs can now compete on capability.

What happened?

NVIDIA announced Alpamayo, an open portfolio of reasoning vision-language-action models for autonomous driving, headlined by Alpamayo R1 — the industry's first…

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