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Purple

Last updated: February 17, 2026

PURPLE - AI for All

What is Purple?

Purple is UW’s generative AI tool to supports teaching, learning, research, and daily operations across campuses. It helps you work smarter, faster, and more creatively. All while ensuring that UW’s values of trust, integrity, and responsible innovation are at the core. Purple is not live to everyone yet. Follow the weekly reports for updates.

Why Purple?

Purple gives the entire UW community easy, safe access to generative AI tools in one trusted platform. It keeps data inside UW‑controlled systems, applies strong identity and access controls, meets compliance requirements, and reduces risk.

Purple provides a single, UW ready solution that supports UW specific workflows, scales across the University, and offers a safe place to learn and experiment, building AI skills without putting UW data at risk.

Purple empowers the entire UW community with secure, personalized GenAI.
Get started with Purple today!

Get Started

Purple is going live soon. But we are so excited we want you to get in on the ground floor on how to use this amazing tool.

Get support on coursework and aides for teaching or help with campus operations and research, Purple is your partner. Check out these guides get your jump start today!

Purple Quick Guide

Get going with this quick guide on using Purple, UW’s generative AI tool.

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FAQs

Got a question about using Purple, the generative AI tool for UW? Get answers here.

Common questions answered

Request Purple

Early access is rolling out gradually and isn’t yet available to UW Medicine staff or students.

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Purple supports students, faculty, staff, and researchers.
Find out how Purple can help you.

How can Purple help you?

Explore scenarios of how Purple can support your specific needs. So you can work smarter across, teaching, learning, research, and campus operations.

Students

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Unlock your full potential! Accelerate your work, study smarter, and receive personalized support.

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Faculty

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Revolutionize your research and teaching with powerful data analysis, streamlined workflows, and tailored insights.

Faculty Prompting Guide

Staff

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Transform your daily operations by navigating tasks more efficiently and boosting productivity with intelligent assistance.

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Researchers

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Push the boundaries of discovery by harnessing advanced AI to analyze big data and ignite innovation.

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We are here to support you learn and grow with Purple.

Community and Connection

Get support, training, and stay connected with the UW AI Community. Learn, share, and grow with others exploring AI and Purple.

Monthly Training

Join us monthly on Zoom to learn about AI, prompt engineering, and agent building. Get training strait from the experts!

Purple Training

Weekly Office Hours

Our office is open weekly on Thursdays from 3 to 4 via Zoom. Ask our experts anything about Purple, UW’s GenAI tool.

Review Office Hours

UW’s AI Community

Join the UW AI Community. Talk, learn, grow, create with others about AI and Purple.

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