NVIDIA Maxine

NVIDIA Maxine is a high-performance suite of GPU-accelerated SDKs and cloud-native microservices designed to revolutionize real-time communication. Built on the NVIDIA RTX platform, Maxine leverages state-of-the-art AI models to address common video conferencing challenges such as poor lighting, background noise, and lack of eye contact. As of 2026, the platform has transitioned heavily toward NVIDIA NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices), allowing for seamless deployment across hybrid cloud environments and edge devices. Technically, it utilizes Tensor Cores to execute complex deep learning models for video upscaling, noise cancellation, and facial expression estimation with sub-millisecond latency. Its market position is dominant within the enterprise sector, powering major integrations for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Logitech. The architecture is optimized for high-density deployments, allowing service providers to support thousands of concurrent AI-enhanced streams per server. By offloading heavy compute tasks to the GPU, Maxine enables features like 'Live Portrait' and 'Eye Contact' that were previously impossible in real-time consumer software without specialized hardware.