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On 2026-10-22 the URL redirects to build.nvidia.com/explore/discover, an NVIDIA moderator wrote on 2025-11-24 that 'the lab has been discontinued and not just redirect folks over to build.nvidia.com', and the lab host dx.nvidialaunchpad.com now serves 'Your environment is no longer active'.","unit":"none","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/launchpad/","read_on":"2026-10-22","notes":"guided-lab-access"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/launchpad/","notes":null},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable","days":null,"source_url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/launchpad/","notes":null},"egress":{"terms":"not stated","metered":false,"free_allowance":null,"price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/launchpad/"},"interface":["unknown"],"interface_detail":"inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed","tooling":"not stated","chaining":"Nothing chains now. 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Two candidates were considered before the verdict: (a) the labs moved to a new URL and are still open, refuted by the staff reply naming discontinuation; (b) the page is A/B tested and reachable on another path, refuted because dx.nvidialaunchpad.com itself reports the environment inactive. What would reopen it: a live lab catalog under a new NVIDIA URL with an application form.","extras":{"wave2":{"class":"refutation","free_tier_kind":"guided-lab-access","shape":null}}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"],["$.egress.terms","not-stated"],["$.identity_cost.detail","process"],["$.interface","interface-unknown"],["$.per_object_cap.notes","process"],["$.per_object_cap.stated","not-applicable"],["$.reliability_note","none-observed"],["$.retention.notes","process"],["$.retention.stated","not-applicable"],["$.tooling","not-stated"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}