# Modal plans to add Nvidia Vera CPUs for hosting AI agents

_Published Monday, October 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM EDT · AI, Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

AI infrastructure startup Modal plans to use Nvidia's Vera CPUs for hosting agents for the first time, Reuters reports. The processors would join Intel and AMD chips already used by Modal, giving Nvidia central processor business at a startup that previously relied on those suppliers.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/261019/p31#a261019p31)

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