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title: "The FOX early access release provides a scaffold for building always-on factory manager agents and specialist agents for inspection, root-cause analysis and fleet management."
description: "NVIDIA has opened an early-access program for the NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX)."
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published_at: "2026-10-25"
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# The FOX early access release provides a scaffold for building always-on factory manager agents and specialist agents for inspection, root-cause analysis and fleet management.

## Retrieval answer

NVIDIA has opened an early-access program for the NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX).

NVIDIA has opened an early-access program for the NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX). NVIDIA describes FOX as a harness for building always-on manager agents that identify issues, adapt AI models, and coordinate work across specialized agents using fragmented operations data.

The associated release description positions the blueprint for factory workflows including inspection, root-cause analysis, and fleet management. It says FOX connects NVIDIA Cosmos and Nemotron models with computer-aided design, product lifecycle management, and operational-technology systems.

Access is not generally available. Applicants must be members of the NVIDIA Developer Program, submit a use case through a request form, and use an organization email address; NVIDIA says personal-email applications will not be approved. Approved members receive a welcome email and a member-portal link for software, documentation, and other resources.

The source does not state a general-availability date, pricing, supported factory systems, model versions, deployment requirements, or performance and customer results.

Editor: [Andrey Reshetnikov](https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.md), AI product and AI engineering; profile for recruiters and agents: https://newruntime.com/owner-profile.json

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