A new artificial intelligence assistant, Lapathoniia, has been launched in Ukraine, utilizing domestic large language models (LLMs). The entire infrastructure for this project is hosted within Ukrainian data centers, ensuring complete control and security of user data.
Lapathoniia Chat operates on the De Novo cloud infrastructure, which guarantees that all user data remains within the country and is not transmitted to foreign servers. The project is positioned as a demonstration service aimed at showcasing the capabilities of Ukrainian LLMs in a familiar chat format.
Developers emphasize that the true potential of the language model is best evaluated through user interaction rather than mere numerical data. Users can currently test features such as file handling, web search, model memory, and complex analytical tasks.
The advantages of this Ukrainian development include:
- OpenAI-compatible API: Users can modify the base_url and utilize the familiar OpenAI SDK.
- Ukrainian language support: The models are optimized for queries, contexts, and products in Ukrainian.
- Streaming: Support for streaming generation for interactive applications.
- Access management: API keys, budgets, and limits for teams and testing integrations.
- Up to 32,000 tokens per request, including input context and response.
- The infrastructure and data for the beta service are hosted in Ukraine.
The service is currently undergoing closed beta testing (screenshot: Lapathoniia).
Users have immediate access to two domestic language models: MamayLM and Lapa LLM. The team plans to significantly expand this list in the future.
Notably, the project is being developed with the support of the Department of Artificial Intelligence Systems at Lviv Polytechnic National University. Representatives from the university stated, “The development of Ukrainian AI technologies is extremely important today, and the emergence of such initiatives helps to form a domestic technological ecosystem and create solutions tailored to the Ukrainian context and needs.”
Currently, the service is in a closed beta testing phase. The team is collecting feedback on response speed, contextual handling, and interface usability.
To gain access, interested users must send a brief description of their task and their company name to the developers via email.
Lapathoniia, a new AI assistant developed in Ukraine, leverages local infrastructure to ensure data security and offers features optimized for the Ukrainian language. Currently in closed beta testing, it aims to demonstrate the capabilities of domestic language models while fostering a local technological ecosystem.