# Ukraine — National LLM · sovereign AI programme Sovereign programme record · Ukraine · 2025–2030 ## Ukraine: programme funding and hardware # Ukraine: National LLM / Diia AI / NVIDIA Sovereign AI Partnership ### The reconciliation This record has no dollar amount for these funding stages. Programme details and source amounts appear below. Cite **Announcement recorded**. No commitment or disbursement recorded. ### Hardware on record #### Empanelled partners · 5
PartnerAcceleratorsModelStageSource
Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine———Primary source · 2025-11-17

The ministry announced its NVIDIA partnership in November 2025. The first joint project is a model for Diia’s public-service applications, with NVIDIA providing software and technical advice.

  • Software or advisory role; no GPU procurement allocation disclosed.
NVIDIA Corporation———Primary source · 2025-11-17

NVIDIA will provide software, workshops and reviews of infrastructure architecture for the Diia-focused model. The November 2025 announcement specifies no hardware purchase.

  • Software or advisory role; no GPU procurement allocation disclosed.
WINWIN AI Center of Excellence———Primary source · 2025-08-08

WINWIN develops the government AI services intended for the planned AI Factory, beginning with the Diia assistant and an AI tutor for the Mriia education platform.

  • Software or advisory role; no GPU procurement allocation disclosed.
Eurasia Foundation———Primary source · 2025-09-01

Eurasia Foundation implements UK DIGIT, funded by UK Dev. The September 2025 Diia.AI launch article credits the project with support for the public-service assistant; it gives no hardware allocation or funding amount.

  • Software or advisory role; no GPU procurement allocation disclosed.
East Europe Foundation———Primary source · 2025-09-01

East Europe Foundation implements the Swiss-Ukrainian EGAP programme. The September 2025 Diia.AI launch article credits EGAP with support for the public-service assistant; it gives no hardware allocation or funding amount.

  • Software or advisory role; no GPU procurement allocation disclosed.
### External dependence NVIDIA hardware: High · US technology: High. These are editorial assessments based on the programme’s procurement disclosures. Named partners: Kyivstar (VEON), Google (Gemma, Cloud/Vertex AI), NVIDIA, Ministry of Digital Transformation, WINWIN AI Center of Excellence. Kyivstar finances and leads the national model, based on Google’s Gemma family with Vertex AI computing support. The January 2026 update set a spring beta target, followed by transfer to the state and an open-source release after validation. Diia.AI had already entered public beta in September 2025, with an income-certificate service available through chat. NVIDIA’s November partnership supports a further Diia-focused model through software and technical advice. The planned AI Factory would host government AI services in Ukraine; the cited announcements give no GPU procurement quantity or infrastructure budget. ### Data-quality caveats on this record · 5 - The January 2026 statement that no public budget funds were being used applies to Kyivstar’s national language-model development at that stage. - VEON identifies the Gemma model family and Vertex AI computing support. It names neither the Gemma version nor the physical location of the training hardware. - The spring 2026 national-model beta date was a target in the January update; it does not confirm a release. - The August 2025 AI Factory plan describes domestic GPU clusters, cooling and data infrastructure. Its announcement does not establish that this equipment was installed. - Eurasia Foundation and East Europe Foundation are credited for support to the Diia.AI service. Their cited roles do not establish AI Factory financing or hardware procurement. ### The evidence trail 6 cited sources - [Cabinet of Ministers’ November 17, 2025 announcement of the NVIDIA partnership and the proposed Diia-focused model.](https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/mintsyfry-z-partneramy-rozbudovuie-suverennoho-shi-v-ukraini) — Primary source · accessed 2026-04-07 - [VEON’s December 1, 2025 announcement of Gemma selection and Vertex AI support for the Kyivstar-led national model.](https://www.veon.com/newsroom/press-releases/kyivstar-and-ukrainian-ministry-of-digital-transformation-select-google-gemma-as-the-foundation-for-ukraines-national-llm) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08 - [Digital State’s January 7, 2026 update on national-model financing, development and planned release.](https://digitalstate.gov.ua/news/govtech/ukraine-moves-toward-a-sovereign-ai-model-national-llm-to-enter-beta-in-2026) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08 - [Digital State’s November 17, 2025 description of NVIDIA’s software and technical-advisory role.](https://digitalstate.gov.ua/news/govtech/suverennyy-shi-ukrayina-pochynaye-spivpratsiu-z-nvidia) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08 - [Digital State’s August 8, 2025 AI Factory plan for domestic compute and government services.](https://digitalstate.gov.ua/news/govtech/ukrayina-buduye-natsionalnu-infrastrukturu-dlia-shi-start-roboty-nad-ai-factory) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08 - [Digital State’s September 1, 2025 Diia.AI launch article, including service-specific support from UK DIGIT and EGAP.](https://digitalstate.gov.ua/news/govtech/ukrayina-pershoiu-u-sviti-nadavatyme-derzavni-posluhy-za-dopomohoiu-ai) — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08 Machine access The same record, machine-readable: the [evidence-trail feed](https://scrutica.com/sovereign-ai/program/sovereign-ua/feed.xml) and the [derivation-chain export](https://scrutica.com/api/sovereign-programs/derivation-chain/ua).