Navan Advances Open Model Strategy with NVIDIA to Deploy NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Fine-tuned NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL delivered strongest overall performance based on Navan’s internal evaluation with lowest latency and significant efficiency

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, today announced that NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is now powering several of its AI travel agents in production. Just three weeks after receiving early access and beginning its work with NVIDIA, Navan trained and deployed the model.

The deployment is the latest example of Navan’s open-model strategy: evaluating models for specific travel tasks, adapting them with Navan’s travel expertise, and self-hosting them to maintain control over performance, cost, and reliability.

Before deployment, Navan internally evaluated Nemotron 3.5 Super VL against its self-hosted production baseline and other models using consistent prompts, tools, travel scenarios and criteria. After fine-tuning with NVIDIA NeMo AutoModel VLM LoRA training recipe, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL delivered the strongest overall performance, beating or tying every competing model on six of seven measures, including having the lowest latency. The model is now in production and powering customer conversations at a lower cost while delivering greater value to Navan users.

“Building reliable agentic travel systems involves much more than choosing a model, but continuously iterating to improve and solve real-world problems,” said Ilan Twig, co-founder and CTO of Navan. “We’re grateful to NVIDIA for early access to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, which shows how open models can help us move faster, maintain control, and deliver meaningful value without compromising quality.”

Navan combines open and closed models to build AI travel agents that understand what travelers want, follow policies, and use the right tools to get the job done.

About Navan

Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN) is the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform that makes travel easy for travelers. From finding flights and hotels, to automating expense reconciliation, with 24/7 support along the way, Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.

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