# NVIDIA Nemotron-Nano-12B-VL Vision-Language Model via x402

> NVIDIA Nemotron-Nano-12B-VL Vision-Language Model via x402 is a paid API for AI agents from x402-nvidia.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.086429/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Run inference on NVIDIA's Nemotron-Nano-12B-VL vision-language model via x402 micropayment-gated chat completions API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-nvidia.vercel.app/api/nemotron-nano-12b-vl
- Price: $0.086429/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nvidia-nemotron-nano-12b-vl-vision-language-model-via-x402-25e43471
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_truVCoeRNyVtniY6XIl9c

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability nvidia-nemotron-nano-12b-vl-vision-language-model-via-x402-25e43471 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you use the NVIDIA Nemotron-Nano-12B vision-language model to look at this image of my dashboard and tell me what warning lights are on? Pay with USDC via x402 micropayment.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need multimodal (vision + language) inference using NVIDIA's Nemotron-Nano-12B-VL model and want to pay per-call via x402 USDC micropayments without a traditional API subscription. Ideal for agents that need occasional multimodal AI calls billed automatically via crypto, or when specifically targeting NVIDIA NIM model quality at a small model size.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if insufficient USDC balance for the $0.086429 per-call fee
- 402 Payment Required if x402 payment header is missing or invalid
- Model overload or rate limit returning 429 Too Many Requests
- Malformed input schema causing 400 Bad Request
- Image URL inaccessible or unsupported format causing inference failure
- Cold start latency on Vercel serverless function causing timeout

## How this service works

Access 48+ NVIDIA NIM AI models via x402 micropayments. Chat completions, vision, safety, translation, and more.

## Output

Returns a chat completion response object containing an array of 'choices', each with a message from the assistant role including the model's generated text content answering the user's prompt or describing/analyzing the provided image.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "choices": [
   {
    "message": {
     "role": "assistant",
     "content": "Hello!"
    }
   }
  ]
 },
 "properties": {
  "choices": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Model responses"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/nvidia-nemotron-nano-12b-vl-vision-language-model-via-x402-25e43471/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-nvidia.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-nvidia.vercel.app/llms.txt)