Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels

Originally published at: Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels | NVIDIA Technical Blog

In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and NVIDIA will be growing and maturing CUDA Rust into 2027 and beyond The systems layer of AI spans inference engines, serving infrastructure, drivers, and agent runtimes, and it churns constantly asโ€ฆ

Why did you select the cuda-oxide crate name when there is already a crate on crates.io with that name? Admittedly, it appears unmaintained, but it seems like it will lead to needless confusion.