NVIDIA's Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 Japanese: Powering Sovereign AI in Japan

product #llm 📝 Blog|Analyzed: Feb 17, 2026 23:30•

Published: Feb 17, 2026 23:28

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Analysis

NVIDIA has launched the Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2-Japanese, a cutting-edge Small Language Model (SLM) achieving state-of-the-art performance for parameter counts under 10B. This model is a significant step forward for Japanese enterprise AI, offering advanced Japanese understanding and robust Agent capabilities in a compact, easily deployable size.

Key Takeaways

•The model excels in Japanese language understanding and Agent functionality.
•It's designed to be easily deployable, especially for on-premise AI applications.
•It leverages proven architecture and high-quality Japanese synthetic data generation.

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"NVIDIA Nemotron is driving sovereign AI by providing open models, datasets, libraries, recipes, and cookbooks, enabling developers to customize models and adapt them to diverse use cases and languages."

Hugging FaceFeb 17, 2026 23:28

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