NVIDIA and Microsoft Launch RTX Spark and Expanded AI Agent Support for Windows PCs

NVIDIA and Microsoft jointly announced RTX Spark, a new local AI compute initiative, alongside expanded AI agent capabilities for Windows at a dedicated hardware event. The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, targeted at developers needing local AI inference, is now available for preorder at $5,999. Microsoft is simultaneously giving Copilot deeper system-level control over Windows, including file management and search, representing a meaningful step toward always-on agentic OS integration. For developers, RTX Spark provides a dedicated local inference platform that reduces reliance on cloud APIs for latency-sensitive or privacy-sensitive workloads. This signals a broader industry push to make the PC a first-class AI development and deployment target.
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