Who can use CalCompute

This page reports what the sources say. It is not a position of the consortium.

Positions

• Statute. (b)(1) “Fostering research and innovation that benefits the public” and (b)(2) “Enabling equitable innovation by expanding access to computational resources” (SB-53 Gov Code 11546.8).
• Sponsors and author. “academics and startups” (SB-53 Assembly Floor analysis 2025-09-08). “free and low-cost access to compute for startups and academic researchers” (Wiener SB-53 expansion release 2025-07-09). “AI researchers and smaller developers”, with the community college system (Wiener SB 294 announcement 2023-09-13).
• Ability to pay. UC plans access that “does not depend on a campus’s or laboratory’s ability to pay” (UC Regents B4 Update on AI 2026-09-16, p. 7).