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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Vendor-reportedPublic sectorUnited StatesScaledEnterpriseLLMLive 2024

Vendor-reported. The customer is named and the numbers are quoted from the source page, but the account comes from the vendor. No independent confirmation.

Reported by innovationleader.com (vendor self-report). Checked against the source page on 2026-09-05. 4 of 4 figures below appear on that page word for word.

The problem

Many APL staff members were not comfortable implementing Generative AI (GenAI) into their daily work, risking the organization falling behind.

What was deployed

Products
Level Up program, Runway
Technique
LLM
Build or buy
Built in-house or to order
Deployment
Custom build
Scale
2,500 employees (so far)

What changed

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doubledSearches and access of GenAI tools within the organizationby February

This outreach had great impact with searches and access of GenAI tools doubling within the organization by February.

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more than 1,500 employees completed over 6,500 unique training sessionsEmployees completing unique training sessions during competitionduring the competition

During the competition, more than 1,500 employees completed over 6,500 unique training sessions.

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an additional 1,000 staff members have taken Level Up training, and more than 10,000 overall training sessions have been completedAdditional staff members trained and total training sessions completedsince the end of the training in April 2024

Since the end of the training in April 2024, an additional 1,000 staff members have taken Level Up training, and more than 10,000 overall training sessions have been completed.

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more than 60 percentWorkforce trained in GenAI tools and techniquesnow

With more than 60 percent of the workforce now trained in GenAI tools and techniques, GenAI is no longer a niche area reserved for specialists.

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We didn’t have time to wait. If we didn’t empower our workforce to leverage AI as 2023 came to a close, we risked falling behind. These GenAI tools allowed me to create something visual and compelling in just a couple of hours, and it helped us get the buy-in we needed from leadership right away.
Briana Vecchio-Pagán, Innovation and Collaboration Program Manager

Difficulties and limits

Sources

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