Nebius Opens 2026 Physical AI Awards: Five $150K Compute Credit Prizes

Once a physical AI product is in the field, the compute problem changes shape. Fleet data starts arriving faster than a team can label it, every retraining cycle has to be validated before it ships to hardware, and the sim-to-real loop stops being a research exercise and becomes a release process. That is the stage the 2026 Nebius Physical AI Awards is built for: startups with a demonstrable product, meaningful traction, and a plan to scale.

Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) runs the program with NVIDIA. Applications are open now and close October 25, 2026. Finalists and winners are announced in mid-November 2026. The competition is global, with five categories and a $150,000 compute credit prize in each. What winners receive The winner in each of the five categories gets: $150,000 in Nebius compute credits, positioned by Nebius as credits to put directly into the next training run.

Joint promotion from Nebius and NVIDIA across both companies’ channels. Executive mentorship: working sessions with a Nebius C-level leader on scaling what the team has built. A Winners Circle feature: content on the team…