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New Dell Production-Ready Agentic AI Solutions on Market

Dell Deskside Agentic AI allows enterprises to stand up agentic AI locally and securely.

New Dell Production-Ready Agentic AI Solutions on Market
NVIDIA OpenShell integration provides a sandboxed runtime to build, test and govern AI agents with security and privacy controls across the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA from deskside workstations to Dell PowerEdge XE servers. Image courtesy: Dell Technologies

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May 18, 2026

Dell Technologies debuts Dell Deskside Agentic AI, a new addition to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA that gives workgroups the ability to deploy and scale agentic AI workflows locally. With the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime now supported across the entire Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, enterprises benefit from a single security and policy enforcement layer from deskside workstations to Dell PowerEdge XE servers.

Why It Matters

Deskside Agentic AI systems keep inferencing local, costs predictable and data secure. NVIDIA OpenShell gives developers and IT teams a secure, sandboxed environment to build, deploy and govern AI agents across the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA from workstations to servers. 

Production-ready deskside agentic AI

The solution offers a range of Dell high-performance workstations, each sized for different workload and budget requirements. These pair with the NVIDIA NemoClaw reference stack and Dell Services to handle heavy AI workloads wherever they make economic sense. 

  • Dell Pro Max with GB10: Compact and power-efficient system for small-scale, individual agent prototyping.
  • Dell Pro Precision 9: Enterprise workstation towers featuring Intel Xeon 600 processors for workstation and up to five NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU configurations.
  • Dell Pro Max with GB300: Powered by the NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip and Dell’s MaxCool technology, this platform is purpose-built for inference of frontier-level AI models from 120 billion up to 1 trillion parameter models.
  • NVIDIA NemoClaw reference stack: An open-source foundation for managing always-on AI agents built on OpenClaw, the agentic framework that powers autonomous, multi-step AI workflows on local hardware. 
  • Dell Services: End-to-end guidance through the full agentic AI lifecycle—from initial strategy and hardware deployment to workflow alignment.

A framework for every workload

Deploying agentic AI in production requires a framework that protects sensitive data, integrates with current operations and covers the full infrastructure stack. NVIDIA OpenShell, now supported across the entire Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, gives organizations a sandboxed environment to build, deploy and govern agents with privacy and security controls at runtime. It spans Dell high-performance workstations through Dell PowerEdge XE servers on Canonical Ubuntu and Red Hat AI in the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA. 

NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0 blueprint support gives a foundation to deploy multi-agent workflows handling research, decision support and complex tasks. Now available as the Dell-NVIDIA AI-Q 2.0 Reference Architecture, powered by Dell AI Data Platform, it is engineered for on-premises workloads in regulated industries.

"The most efficient token is the one produced closest to the data, and most enterprise data isn't in the cloud," says Jeff Clarke, chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. "Dell Deskside Agentic AI gives every workgroup a secure local environment to run agents, keep costs predictable and keep IP inside the building. What works at the desk scales to the data center."

“As enterprises reshape and scale the future of work with agentic AI, they’re seeking infrastructure that spans the full enterprise — from our desks where work happens to the AI factories where intelligence scales," says Justin Boitano, vice president, AI Platforms, NVIDIA. "With NVIDIA OpenShell across the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, enterprises can develop locally, scale securely and deploy agentic AI on one consistent platform.”

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.

 
 

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