# NVIDIA Run:ai REST API Documentation

NVIDIA Run:ai is a platform for accelerating and managing AI workloads in shared computing environments. It enables teams to dynamically schedule, allocate, and monitor GPU resources across clusters.

The NVIDIA Run:ai control plane API provides programmatic access to these capabilities, allowing you to integrate workload submission, resource management, and administrative operations directly into your own applications, services, or automation pipelines.

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## Why Integrate with NVIDIA Run:ai APIs

Developers use the NVIDIA Run:ai APIs to:

* **Automate workload management** - Submit, suspend/resume, and monitor AI training and inference jobs programmatically.
* **Optimize resource utilization** - Dynamically allocate GPU and CPU resources based on workload demand.
* **Integrate with existing systems** - Connect NVIDIA Run:ai with CI/CD pipelines, data science platforms, or custom dashboards.
* **Manage multi-tenant environments** - Streamline access control, quotas, and user management across teams or projects.

By integrating with the API, you gain fine-grained control and scalability beyond the user interface, making it easier to embed NVIDIA Run:ai capabilities into your organization’s AI infrastructure.