nemotron-3.5-lightning:freeNVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is an open Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 30B total parameters and 3B active per token, optimized for high-throughput agentic workloads and efficient inference. Its lightweight active compute and open design make it well suited for specialized agents, domain-specific customization, and scalable production deployments where speed, cost efficiency, and adaptability are key.
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from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.apertis.ai/v1") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="nemotron-3.5-lightning:free", messages=[ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"} ], max_tokens=1024, temperature=0.7) print(response.choices[0].message.content) # Optional: Enable context compression to reduce token usage# response = client.chat.completions.create(# model="nemotron-3.5-lightning:free",# messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],# extra_body={"compression": {"enabled": True, "model": "gpt-4.1-mini"}}# )modelmessagesmax_tokenstemperaturetop_pstreamtoolsreasoning_effortstream_optionsthinkingextra_bodyUse these namespaced identifiers in Cursor IDE to avoid conflicts with built-in models.
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