NVIDIA Corporation acquired SchedMD (Slurm), a transaction announced in December 2025.
SchedMD (Slurm) operates in HPC / AI workload management software, is based in United States. SchedMD is the company behind Slurm, the open-source workload manager that queues, schedules and allocates compute across HPC and AI clusters and runs on more than half of the top 100 supercomputers. NVIDIA acquired SchedMD while pledging to keep distributing Slurm as vendor-neutral, open-source software and to accelerate its development for next-generation HPC and AI.
NVIDIA said it would strengthen the open-source software ecosystem and speed Slurm's development to meet growing HPC and AI demands, while keeping the software vendor-neutral.
Stewardship of Slurm, the de facto scheduler across supercomputing and large AI training clusters. Tighter co-design of scheduling software with NVIDIA HPC/AI systems; continued open-source distribution. Joined NVIDIA while continuing to develop Slurm as open source.
We're thrilled to join forces with NVIDIA, as this acquisition is the ultimate validation of Slurm's critical role in the world's most demanding HPC and AI environments.Danny Auble, CEO, SchedMD
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.