{"slug":"university-of-florida-builds-navigator-ai-platform-on-hipergator-supercomputer-using-nvidia-nim-and-nemotron","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/university-of-florida-builds-navigator-ai-platform-on-hipergator-supercomputer-using-nvidia-nim-and-nemotron","title":"University of Florida builds NaviGator AI platform on HiPerGator supercomputer using NVIDIA NIM and Nemotron","description":"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.","company":"University of Florida","industry":"Education","country":"United States","aiCapabilities":["Conversational AI","Large Language Models","Generative AI"],"technology":["NVIDIA NIM","NVIDIA Nemotron","Llama NIM"],"deployment":"Hybrid","problemStatement":"As AI transforms university campuses, institutions need to give students, faculty, and staff access to AI capabilities while controlling costs, avoiding vendor lock-in, and protecting sensitive research data and student personally identifiable information (PII).","solutionApproach":"The University of Florida built NaviGator, a suite of self-service AI tools including chatbots and a toolkit, using its HiPerGator supercomputer with NVIDIA NIM microservices and Llama NIM to efficiently serve and scale models like NVIDIA Nemotron. NaviGator is a hybrid service combining on-premises HiPerGator infrastructure with access to AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and is centrally administered by the university's IT department to control costs and avoid lock-in to any single AI solution.","businessValue":"NaviGator Chat has nearly 24,000 unique users, the NaviGator ToolKit has had 1,500+ unique uses (52% from university staff), and 20 LLMs are available in NaviGator. Central administration has allowed the university to control costs and produce cost savings shared across the institution.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/university-of-florida/","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-08-17T00:33:23.201Z","publishedAtSource":"ledger","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T13:47:06.571Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/university-of-florida-builds-navigator-ai-platform-on-hipergator-supercomputer-using-nvidia-nim-and-nemotron. Bulk republication requires permission."}