Decision Optimization

NVIDIA cuOpt

Achieve world-record speed on large-scale problems with millions of constraints and variables—saving time and reducing costs.

Overview

What Is NVIDIA cuOpt?

NVIDIA® cuOpt™ is a GPU-accelerated solver for decision optimization, excelling in mixed-integer linear programming (MILP), linear programming (LP), and vehicle routing problems (VRPs). Designed to tackle large-scale problems with millions of variables and constraints, cuOpt enables near-real-time optimization, driving significant cost savings. 

With a record on the mixed-integer programming library (MIPLIB) and 23 world records in routing benchmarks, cuOpt delivers breakthrough performance in solving complex real-life optimization problems.

NVIDIA Open-Sources cuOpt, Ushering in New Era of Decision Optimization

Gurobi Optimization, HiGHS, SimpleRose, COPT and other industry leaders advance complex decision-making and supply chain optimization with NVIDIA accelerated computing and cuOpt software.

Operational Research, Logistics, and Route Optimization

NVIDIA cuOpt product components

cuOpt uses GPU-accelerated logistics solvers relying on heuristics, metaheuristics, and optimizations to calculate complex vehicle routing problems with a wide range of constraints. cuOpt can be deployed in any data center or cloud. With support for distance and time matrices with asymmetric patterns, it can be seamlessly integrated with popular map engines.

Benefits

Explore the Benefits of NVIDIA cuOpt

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GPU-Powered Speedup

Enjoy significant speedups over CPU LP solvers when lower-accuracy solutions are acceptable. Outperform commercial state-of-the-art VRP solvers.

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World-Record Solutions

Achieve a world-record solution validated on an MIPLIB open problem, competitive performance on large LPs demonstrated by the Mittelmann benchmarks, and unmatched precision for VRP, validated by the Gehring & Homberge and Li & Lim benchmarks.

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Seamless Scalability

Effortlessly scale to handle computationally intensive workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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Dynamic and Batch Optimization

Continuously adapt to changing variables and constraints by rerunning models in near real time or batch mode for optimal decision-making.

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Stand-Alone or Integrated

Use out of the box or seamlessly embed into your solver for unmatched speed, scalability, and accuracy.

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Enterprise-Grade AI

Accelerate time to value with the security, reliability, and enterprise-class support of NVIDIA AI Enterprise for production deployments.

Use Cases

How cuOpt Is Being Used

Explore how NVIDIA cuOpt powers real-world industry use cases, and jump-start your AI development with curated examples.

Supply Chain Management

Optimizing resource allocation in complex supply chains requires efficiently distributing limited resources while adapting to real-time changes. With countless variables at play, achieving maximum productivity and cost efficiency demands rapid, intelligent decision-making. NVIDIA’s cuOpt-powered AI agent enables you to talk to your supply chain data via LLM NIM™, delivering real-time, optimal resource allocation for greater operational agility and optimizing your resource allocation.

Pick-up path optimization within a warehouse from receiving dock to shipping dock

Starting Options

Ways to Get Started With NVIDIA cuOpt

Use the right tools and technologies to take logistics optimization projects from development to production.

Try

Experience cuOpt route optimization through a UI-based portal for exploring and prototyping with NVIDIA-managed endpoints, available for free through NVIDIA’s API catalog.

Develop

cuOpt will be available as open-source software on GitHub for developers to access the latest features and build from source for maximum flexibility and customization.

Deploy

Get enterprise support for cuOpt production deployments with NVIDIA AI Enterprise.

Customer Stories

How Industry Leaders Are Innovating With cuOpt

 Case Study: Reinventing Manufacturing Operations With NVIDIA cuOpt

Reinventing Manufacturing Operations With NVIDIA cuOpt and Jetson Orin

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., a century-old leader in manufacturing large machinery, has enhanced its track maintenance and inspection capabilities using NVIDIA cuOpt and Jetson Orin™, driving greater efficiency and precision in operations.

Adopters

Leading Adopters Across All Industries

Resources

The Latest in NVIDIA cuOpt Resources

NVIDIA Open-Sources cuOpt, Ushering in New Era of Decision Optimization
March 18, 2025
Every second, businesses worldwide are making critical decisions. A logistics company decides which trucks to send where. A retailer figures out how to stock its shelves. An airline scrambles to reroute flights after a storm. These aren’t just routing choices — they’re high-stakes puzzles with millions of variables, and getting them wrong costs money and, Read Article
NVIDIA and Oracle to Accelerate AI and Data Processing for Enterprises
September 11, 2024
Enterprises are looking for increasingly powerful compute to support their AI workloads and accelerate data processing. The efficiency gained can translate to better returns for their investments in AI training and fine-tuning, and improved user experiences for AI inference. At the Oracle CloudWorld conference today, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) announced the first zettascale OCI Supercluster, Read Article
All Aboard: NVIDIA Scores 23 World Records for Route Optimization
March 18, 2024
With nearly two dozen world records to its name, NVIDIA cuOpt now holds the top spot for 100% of the largest routing benchmarks in the last three years. And this means the route optimization engine allows industries to hop on board for all kinds of cost-saving efficiencies. Kawasaki Heavy Industries and SyncTwin are among the Read Article

Next Steps

Ready to Get Started?

Use the right tools and technologies to take logistics optimization projects from development to production.

For Developers

Explore everything you need to start developing with NVIDIA cuOpt, including the latest documentation, tutorials, technical blogs, and more.

Get in Touch

Talk to an NVIDIA product specialist about moving from pilot to production with the security, API stability, and support of NVIDIA AI Enterprise.

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Domino’s Pizza

Vehicle Routing at Domino’s: Exploring a GPU-Enabled Approach

Domino’s Pizza delivers thousands of pizzas a day and requires real-time planning and logistics capabilities. Domino’s has implemented a real-time planning system that fits its strict requirements and delivers sub-second runtimes for its use case.

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Kawasaki

Reinventing Maintenance Operations With cuOpt and Jetson Orin

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki) is a manufacturing company that’s been building large machinery for more than a hundred years. With NVIDIA cuOpt and NVIDIA Jetson™ Orin, Kawasaki partnered with Slalom, Inc. to transform its track maintenance and inspection capabilities.

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Shell

Shell Optimizes Energy Markets With AI-Powered Simulations

Shell is integrating NVIDIA cuOpt to batch optimizations across multiple simulations, addressing unpredictable control issues in power and gas markets. Now, Shell has the ability to make competitive bids, while simultaneously reducing costs and improving efficiency in energy infrastructure; this innovation supports the global transition to lower-carbon energy.

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AMPL

AMPL Accelerates Electricity Market Optimization With NVIDIA cuOpt

AMPL, an industry-leading modeling system built specifically for large-scale optimization, has seamlessly integrated NVIDIA cuOpt to revolutionize optimization. By harnessing GPU-accelerated computing, AMPL has reduced problem-solving times from 2 minutes to just 2-3 seconds, significantly enhancing efficiency, scalability, and real-time decision-making in performance-critical energy applications.

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Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder Accelerates Last-Mile Delivery With cuOpt

Blue Yonder is transforming supply chain planning and management with AI-powered solutions. Accelerated by NVIDIA cuOpt, its end-to-end supply chain solution platform optimizes last-mile delivery, enabling thousands of deliveries daily across hundreds of vehicles with greater efficiency.

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Deloitte

Deloitte Unveils Suite of AI Service Offerings Built on NVIDIA Platforms

Deloitte Compass AI, powered by NVIDIA cuOpt, revolutionizes fleet routing and dispatch optimization by embedding AI directly into workflows. By rapidly processing data and simulating scenarios in seconds, Compass AI enables organizations to reduce costs, improve delivery speed, and enhance customer satisfaction. Announced alongside Deloitte recognition as NVIDIA Consulting Partner of the Year, Compass AI exemplifies cutting-edge AI-driven logistics solutions.

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EY

Revolutionize Supply Chain Analytics With AI and Accelerated Computing

EY Supply Chain & Operations Platform (SC&OP) leverages NVIDIA cuOpt and NIM-powered AI agents to optimize supply chain decision-making in seconds instead of hours. By integrating advanced solvers (Heuristics, MIP, LP), SC&OP orchestrates logistics, manufacturing, and sourcing with AI-driven precision—boosting efficiency, agility, and resilience while driving measurable EBITDA improvements.

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Lyric

AI-Driven Decision Intelligence for the Modern Supply Chain

Lyric is the first enterprise AI platform for supply chain decision intelligence, empowering organizations to design, plan, and operate with unprecedented agility. By integrating data, algorithms, workflows, and user experiences, Lyric delivers dynamic, AI-driven solutions.

As an NVIDIA partner, Lyric leverages NVIDIA cuOpt to accelerate distribution optimization for major consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, cutting routing times from 4 hours to just 2 minutes—a 120X speedup—while improving solution quality by 200 basis points. Lyric and NVIDIA cuOpt continue to expand GPU acceleration in supply chain decision-making, boosting efficiency, resilience, and competitive edge at scale.

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Microsoft

Enhancing Logistics With Azure Maps and NVIDIA cuOpt for Multi-Itinerary Optimization

At its core, effective route optimization requires reliable inputs to estimate travel times and the ability to apply key constraints such as driver availability, service duration, operating hours, demand, and capacity. In the solution, Azure Maps supplies the essential routing data, while NVIDIA cuOpt processes these constraints to deliver optimized, real-time scheduling and logistics efficiency.

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SimpleRose

Turbocharging Prescriptive Analytics and Optimization With GPU Acceleration

As industries face increasing demands in logistics, scheduling, and portfolio management, traditional optimization approaches struggle to scale efficiently. SimpleRose integrates NVIDIA cuOpt to accelerate linear programming (LP) and mixed-integer linear programming (MILP), delivering significant speedups without compromising accuracy.

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Slalom

Reinventing Maintenance Operations With cuOpt and Jetson Orin

Slalom, Inc. partnered with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. to transform track maintenance and inspection using NVIDIA cuOpt and NVIDIA Jetson™ Orin. With over a century of experience in manufacturing large machinery, Kawasaki leveraged Slalom’s experience to enhance operational efficiency in maintenance processes.

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