A public, status-based view of approved TritonAI work from the 2023 chatbot launch through the 2026 governed builder path. The platform now serves 73,000+ students, faculty, and staff. Completed work links to verified program updates when a corresponding public update is available.
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What each status means
ShippedPublicly available
PilotBounded testing with oversight
In developmentActive work without a committed launch date
ExploringDiscovery only; no delivery commitment
Current horizon
2026 delivery detail
Each quarter groups supervised solutions, the reusable pieces underneath them, and the work of getting prototypes to supported services. A quarter's status covers the group as a whole, so an individual service linked below may be further along.
Q1 2026 — Agents
Pilot
Ecosystem Expansion
Launched transcript OCR and student record matching, expanded instructional AI to 8 courses with scheduling assistant pilots, and opened the TritonAI site with API access and early N8N workflows.
Transcript verification moved from an OCR and matching proof of concept toward an OnBase handoff for enrollment operations.
Instructional AI added one-click assistant creation while scheduling and spring-course pilots continued.
Contract review expanded as a supervised Procurement workflow with configurable, policy-backed redlining.
The TritonAI site and Developer APIs opened governed model access for campus builders.
Research proposal risk and research alignment proofs of concept tested focused research-support workflows.
Owner TritonAI solutions team and sponsoring unitsReviewed 2026-07-27
Q2 2026 — Refine
Pilot
Process Automation
The builder path expanded, and TritonGPT moved into the campus mobile app. A Canvas-integrated instructional assistant shipped. Teams also advanced pilots in finance, transcript processing, and contract review. Research, BioBib, and observability pilots moved ahead as well.
Developer API access and N8N Agent Builder broadened the path from model access to supervised workflow orchestration.
TritonGPT extended into the campus mobile experience and began surfacing live campus signals with stronger response traceability.
A Canvas-integrated instructional assistant established a reusable delivery pattern for course support.
Transcript matching reached production with an OnBase handoff for enrollment while contract review graduated to a supervised Production workflow.
BioBib formatting, risk-based proposal review, and AI IT observability expanded the bounded prototype portfolio.
Owner TritonAI solutions teamReviewed 2026-08-10
Q2–Q3 2026 — Expand
In development
Multi-Institution Expansion
The platform is expanding beyond UC San Diego as a governed multi-tenant service shared across UC and partner institutions.
BearGPT is live at UC Berkeley as a partner deployment of the shared TritonAI gateway and governance model.
ANR AI serves staff at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources under a renewed multi-year services agreement.
FredGPT is live at Fairleigh Dickinson University as a research-oriented institution instance.
UC Merced is actively deploying its instance of the shared platform.
Partner instances inherit the same hosting, model choice, trust, and observability controls as the UC San Diego deployment.
The expansion reuses the existing platform rather than duplicating governance and infrastructure per campus.
Owner TritonAI platform teamReviewed 2026-08-10
Q3 2026 — Ecosystem
In development
Governed Builder Path
Launching the TritonAI Harness pilot and initial hosted applications, organizing reusable skills and connector patterns, and preparing governance and observability for broader agentic development.
A bounded Citizen Developer pilot is testing a gateway-connected harness, tiered model access, and early project accountability patterns.
The TritonGPT Class Planner is moving through a supervised student rollout tied to registration readiness.
Campus App Hosting is beginning with limited-scope proof-of-concept apps and a shared-responsibility path to support.
The skills pipeline is organizing reusable UC San Diego skills, MCP integrations, and data-source patterns.
Shared knowledge work is testing reviewed promotion, source provenance, freshness checks, and scoped retrieval before context can be reused.
Academic advising remains in a scoped prototype and build phase.
Governance and observability work is documenting data, security, reliability, and operational requirements before broader access.
Owner TritonAI platform and solutions teamsReviewed 2026-08-10
Beyond Q3 2026
Exploring
Governed agency at campus scale
Evaluating repeatable, supervised agent workflows that can use approved tools and connectors while retaining accountable human review.
Agents would retrieve approved data and call approved tools only within bounded workflows.
Shared context would move from private task context to reviewed team or service knowledge through explicit promotion.
Human review would remain at consequential decisions and actions.
Observability would capture the reliability, usage, and evidence needed to operate services responsibly.
Successful pilots would graduate through a named service owner, governance review, support model, and approved hosting path.
Owner TritonAI program and campus governance partnersReviewed 2026-07-27
Foundation
How we got here
Earlier milestones, from opening up broad access to building the shared infrastructure and the first focused campus workflows.
2023 — Alpha
Shipped
Beta & Training
Secured Chancellor's Office funding, invited 400+ staff to the campus beta, and launched AI Essentials I in the UC Learning Center.
Owner TritonAI program
Q1 2024 — Rollout
Shipped
Early Launch
Began the phased rollout and launched the UC San Diego Assistant and Job Description Helper.
Owner TritonAI platform team
Q2 2024 — Live
Shipped
Campus-Wide
Opened campus-wide availability for ~37K employees, upgraded to Llama 3 with campus SSO, and refreshed the UI with file upload.
Owner TritonAI platform team
Q3–Q4 2024 — Growth
Shipped
Adoption
Grew Fund Manager Coach adoption, expanded departmental use cases, and began infrastructure planning for the next platform phase.
Owner TritonAI solutions team
Q1 2025 — Build
Shipped
Platform Prep
Upgraded the platform architecture for scale and prepared the model gateway for both commercial and local LLMs.
Owner TritonAI platform team
Q2 2025 — Students
Shipped
Universal Access
Onboarded 45K students, made GPT-4o and Llama 4 Scout the default models, and launched the 128K context window with My Documents.
Owner TritonAI platform team
Q3 2025 — Integrate
Shipped
Widget & Infra
Deployed the Blink AI widget without a login requirement and integrated LiteLLM to enable model choice.
Owner TritonAI platform team
Q4 2025 — Next-Gen
Shipped
Advanced Tools
Launched AI-powered search and the Blink AI overview, expanded model choice for higher-value use cases, and began the Deep Research and chat UI refresh.