UVA Research Computing (UVA RC) GenAI

Now available from UVA Research Computing is UVA RC GenAI, a high‑powered generative AI platform running on Kimi K2.5, an open-source, 1-trillion parameter multimodal model well suited for visual analysis, agentic applications, and code‑based tasks. Open to Research Computing users, the tool runs on eight NVIDIA H200 graphics processing units (GPUs) and allows researchers to submit up to 60 queries per minute at no charge.

Compared to commercial tools or other large language models built for specific research tasks, UVA RC GenAI offers reduced costs, enhanced data security, operational efficiency, and clear institutional ownership.

Within Research Computing’s Afton and Rivanna systems, researchers can access UVA RC GenAI via a web portal and application programming interface (API). The web portal interface resembles familiar AI chatbots, allowing users to submit questions or requests in natural language and receive responses generated from the model’s trained data. API access supports more advanced use cases, including complex analyses and large-scale or automated workflows.

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UVA RC GenAI is part of Research Computing’s Early Access program, designed to give full access to new services sooner. During the Early Access phase, tech support will be limited. While the team completes final optimizations and testing, please provide feedback on tech issues and features you’d like to see in the future through our Support Request form.

This project underscores Research Computing’s commitment to research excellence, strong data stewardship, and responsible AI innovation and was guided by best practices demonstrated at peer R1 institutions.

Research Computing will continuously assess enhancements and emerging LLMs to provide the UVA research community with modern, evolving AI services.

Research Computing is part of UVA Information Technology Services, the central service provider for information technology services across the University with over 100 services.