meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct by NVIDIA NIM

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Model ID
meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct
Base URL
https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1
Checked
Jun 15, 2026

Quickstart

curl https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"meta/llama-3.1-405b-instruct","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"hi"}]}'

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