Applies to SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA

1 How is SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA different from SUSE AI? #

SUSE AI is the complete, sovereign AI solution, while SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA is the component that builds and manages AI applications and blueprints on the platform. The relationship can be summarized as: Infrastructure Platform (like SUSE Rancher Prime) + Application Platform (SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA) = SUSE AI.

While they are part of the same ecosystem, they serve different functions:

Table 1.1: SUSE AI vs. SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA #

	SUSE AI	SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA
Core Focus	Infrastructure and security	AI application deployment and lifecycle management
Primary Goal	Provides a secure, vendor-agnostic foundation to run and govern AI workloads.	Standardizes and automates the deployment of AI applications using preconfigured templates.
Operational Role	Acts as the stable and manageable environment (the "factory floor").	Provides the tools to build, deploy, and manage AI workloads (the "assembly line").
NVIDIA Support	Does not directly enable or manage NVIDIA applications.	Enables you to deploy and manage NVIDIA applications and blueprints from the NGC.