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University of Florida builds NaviGator AI platform on HiPerGator supercomputer using NVIDIA NIM and Nemotron
University of Florida
The University of Florida uses its HiPerGator supercomputer with NVIDIA NIM microservices and Llama NIM to power NaviGator, a suite of self-service AI tools including chatbots and a toolkit giving students, faculty, and staff access to proprietary and open-source models. The platform is a hybrid service combining on-premises HiPerGator infrastructure with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, built for cost predictability, data privacy, and on-premises control of sensitive research and student PII data. Key takeaways include nearly 24,000 unique users for NaviGator Chat, 1,500+ unique uses of NaviGator ToolKit (52% from university staff), and 20 LLMs available in NaviGator.
