8 Total
2 High severity
5 Medium severity
1 Low severity
Summary

This document is NVIDIA's Software License Agreement governing the use of NIM and associated enterprise AI software products, establishing the permitted uses, restrictions, and operational terms for licensees. The agreement establishes that NVIDIA retains ownership of all software, models, and generated outputs, and authorizes NVIDIA to collect telemetry and usage data from deployed instances. The agreement imposes export compliance obligations on licensees and prohibits reverse engineering and unauthorized redistribution of licensed components.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is the NVIDIA Software License Agreement governing use of NVIDIA NIM and related enterprise software, establishing the legal basis for access to NVIDIA's AI inference microservices and associated software components. The agreement states that users are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software solely for authorized purposes, and the terms authorize NVIDIA to collect telemetry, usage data, and diagnostic information from deployed software instances. The agreement includes a broad intellectual property retention clause under which NVIDIA asserts ownership of all software, models, and derivative works, and incorporates an export control compliance obligation on the licensee that is notably specific compared to standard consumer software agreements. The terms engage U.S. export administration regulations, sanctions frameworks administered by OFAC, and data protection frameworks including GDPR and CCPA depending on the deployment geography and user type; compliance exposure is jurisdiction-dependent and will vary for enterprise deployers operating across multiple regulatory environments. Organizations deploying NVIDIA NIM in regulated industries should evaluate whether the telemetry and data collection provisions intersect with sector-specific obligations under HIPAA, financial services data governance requirements, or EU AI Act obligations applicable to high-risk AI system deployments.

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5 important changes detected

6 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

What changed NVIDIA NIM's Terms of Use were updated on June 24, 2026 with minor changes to the Industries section of their product navigation. Two categories were removed from the Industries listing: 'Cybersecurity', 'Game Development', 'Manufacturing', and 'Smart Cities', and 'Supercomputing' were removed, while 'Industrial Sector' was added. The navigation reflects which industry verticals NVIDIA highlights in its public product documentation. This change has no impact on user rights, obligations, fees, or service terms.
Why this matters This change does not materially affect consumer rights, obligations, or the terms under which NVIDIA NIM services operate. The updated document reflects a reorganization of how NVIDIA categorizes industry sectors in its public product navigation. No changes to service features, data practices, fees, or user responsibilities are introduced by this modification.
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What changed NVIDIA updated product descriptions within its Terms of Use on June 12, 2026. The change modified two product name references: 'DGX Station The ultimate desktop AI supercomputer powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell' was updated to 'DGX Station The ultimate deskside AI supercomputer powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell', and a new product line 'DGX Station for Windows The world's most powerful deskside AI supercomputer for Windows' was added. These are product naming and descriptive clarifications with no operational impact on user rights, obligations, or service terms.
Why this matters This change does not materially affect consumer rights, obligations, or service terms. NVIDIA updated descriptive language for product names within the terms document, changing 'desktop' to 'deskside' for one workstation model and adding a Windows-specific variant description. These are editorial updates to product nomenclature only.
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June 1, 2026 low

NVIDIA updated its website navigation and product listing structure on June 1, 2026. The change removed the BioNeMo product listing from the Cloud Services section and reorganized several product categories. …

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May 29, 2026 low

NVIDIA NIM detected 2 sentence modifications in their Terms of Use on May 29, 2026. The primary detectable changes involve removal of a product listing reference ('NVIDIA RTX PRO AI …

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May 23, 2026 low

NVIDIA updated its Software License Agreement on May 23, 2026, making several administrative and structural changes. The company reorganized how product-specific terms are referenced, replacing references to 'the Agreement below' …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 24, 2026

8 provisions unchanged.

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High — 2 provisions
Medium — 5 provisions
Low — 1 provision

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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 24, 2026 01:20 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000808
Version ID CA-V-004193
SHA-256 9485520faf348f789603a14fd677d42b257ba09fee8a8e671dba65d02d7239bf
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