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Namestring
Univa
Legal namestring
UNIVA Corp.
Websiteurl
univa.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2004
Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
51–100
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersHoffman Estates, United States
HQ citystring
Hoffman Estates
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
HPC workload management, grid computing software, data center optimization, job scheduling software, hybrid cloud orchestration
Industry2 codes
1HPC System Software & Resource Management (Schedulers, MPI, OS Images)
CodeHDACAOAHPrimaryYes
2Compute Resource Management & Scheduling (Cluster/Workload Managers)
CodeHDABADAKPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Software Publishers513210
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services518210
Product category
HPC Workload Management Software
Cost components4 values
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeSoftware
Software
Core offering1 text field

Univa develops and sells optimization and management software for traditional, dynamic, and cloud data centers. Its platform provides HPC workload scheduling, job submission and prioritization, license utilization tracking, and resource orchestration across on-premises clusters and cloud environments for enterprise customers running compute-intensive workloads such as EDA, CAE, AI/ML, and research simulations.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

UNIVA Corp. is an AI company specializing in the development of AI foundation models for drug discovery. Founded as a startup of DGIST, the company is leading a national research project to develop AI technology that connects drug candidate predictions to experimental validation. The offering consists of AI foundation models utilizing NVIDIA B300 GPUs to power pharmaceutical research workflows.

Product and service1 record
1Data Center Optimization and Management Software
CategoryHPC Workload Management
Scale indicator4 records

Each record includes

Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership4 partners
1Kyungpook National University
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2026-04-01
Description

Leading the consortium for the AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project. UNIVA Corp. will develop AI foundation models while Kyungpook National University provides experimental validation capabilities. Project runs from April 2026 to December 2030.

2Daegu Metropolitan City
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2026-04-01
Description

Participating as consortium member in the AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project, providing regional support for the AI-based drug discovery initiative.

3Kyungpook National University Hospital
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2026-04-01
Description

Provides clinical and experimental validation infrastructure for AI-predicted drug candidates in the closed-loop drug discovery system.

4Daegu Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Industry Promotion Foundation
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2026-04-01
Description

Participating as consortium member to support the advancement of medical industry through AI-driven drug discovery research.

Recent move5 records

Each record includes

Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight2 records

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Type, Description

Peers10 records
1Altair
TypeDirect peer
Description

Altair's PBS Works suite (PBS Professional, GridWorks, etc.) is the most direct commercial competitor to Univa's HPC workload management and scheduling software, serving the same enterprise HPC customer base with comparable scheduling, reporting, and cloud-bursting capabilities.

2IBM (Spectrum LSF)
TypeDirect peer
Description

IBM Spectrum LSF (formerly Platform Computing) is a long-standing direct competitor in enterprise HPC workload scheduling, with strong presence in EDA, financial services, and research computing — the same segments Univa targets.

3SchedMD (Slurm)
TypeDirect peer
Description

SchedMD develops Slurm Workload Manager, the dominant open-source HPC scheduler deployed across most Top500 supercomputers and increasingly AI/ML clusters. It is the primary open-source alternative to Univa's commercial scheduler.

4Siemens (HPCWorks)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Siemens' HPCWorks portfolio covers workload management, license optimization, flow management, and cloud scaling for engineering and AI workloads — directly competing with Univa while also bundling broader industrial software capabilities.

5Adaptive Computing
TypeDirect peer
Description

Adaptive Computing's Moab HPC Suite provides workload scheduling and resource management for HPC and cloud environments, positioning it as a close direct peer to Univa in enterprise HPC orchestration.

6AWS (ParallelCluster)
TypeEmerging player
Description

AWS ParallelCluster and AWS Batch offer managed HPC workload orchestration natively in AWS, representing the cloud-native displacement risk to traditional on-prem HPC scheduler vendors like Univa.

7Microsoft (Azure CycleCloud / Azure Batch)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Microsoft's Azure CycleCloud and Azure Batch provide HPC workload scheduling and cluster management within the Azure cloud, offering an alternative path for enterprises moving HPC workloads to hyperscale cloud.

8Google Cloud (HPC Toolkit)
TypeEmerging player
Description

Google Cloud's HPC Toolkit and Cluster Toolkit enable cloud-based HPC environment provisioning and workload orchestration, increasingly competing for AI/HPC compute workloads that might otherwise run on traditional scheduler-managed clusters.

9Oracle (Sun Grid Engine fork)
TypeDirect peer
Description

Oracle Grid Engine (originating from Sun Grid Engine, which itself descended from the original Grid Engine project) is a direct functional peer to Univa Grid Engine, serving similar HPC and enterprise grid computing use cases.

10Penguin Computing (H5 Data Centers)
TypeRegional player
Description

Penguin Computing (now part of H5 Data Centers) provides integrated HPC solutions including cluster management and workload scheduling software, serving as a regional peer particularly in North American enterprise and academic HPC markets.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Customer concentration

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Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI capability3 records

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Type, Description, Source

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Feature1 record

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Profiles1 record

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds9 records

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors14 records

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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Univa

HPC Workload Management Softwareuniva.com

Univa firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Univa
Legal name
UNIVA Corp.
Website
https://univa.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2004
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
51–100 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Univa industry classification

Industry
Product category
HPC Workload Management Software
NAICS
Software Publishers (513210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)
akta.pro primary industry
HPC System Software & Resource Management (Schedulers, MPI, OS Images) (HDACAOAH)
akta.pro secondary industry
Compute Resource Management & Scheduling (Cluster/Workload Managers) (HDABADAK)

Keywords

  • HPC workload management
  • Grid computing software
  • Data center optimization
  • Job scheduling software
  • Hybrid cloud orchestration

Where Univa is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Hoffman Estates
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

Univa business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Univa product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Univa develops and sells optimization and management software for traditional, dynamic, and cloud data centers. Its platform provides HPC workload scheduling, job submission and prioritization, license utilization tracking, and resource orchestration across on-premises clusters and cloud environments for enterprise customers running compute-intensive workloads such as EDA, CAE, AI/ML, and research simulations.

Product overview

UNIVA Corp. is an AI company specializing in the development of AI foundation models for drug discovery. Founded as a startup of DGIST, the company is leading a national research project to develop AI technology that connects drug candidate predictions to experimental validation. The offering consists of AI foundation models utilizing NVIDIA B300 GPUs to power pharmaceutical research workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Data Center Optimization and Management Software

Companies that use Univa

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Univa technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Univa partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

  • Kyungpook National UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Leading the consortium for the AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project. UNIVA Corp. will develop AI foundation models while Kyungpook National University provides experimental validation capabilities. Project runs from April 2026 to December 2030.
  • Daegu Metropolitan CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Participating as consortium member in the AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project, providing regional support for the AI-based drug discovery initiative.
  • Kyungpook National University HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Provides clinical and experimental validation infrastructure for AI-predicted drug candidates in the closed-loop drug discovery system.
  • Daegu Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Industry Promotion FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Participating as consortium member to support the advancement of medical industry through AI-driven drug discovery research.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Univa competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Altair: Altair's PBS Works suite (PBS Professional, GridWorks, etc.) is the most direct commercial competitor to Univa's HPC workload management and scheduling software, serving the same enterprise HPC customer base with comparable scheduling, reporting, and cloud-bursting capabilities.
  • IBM (Spectrum LSF): IBM Spectrum LSF (formerly Platform Computing) is a long-standing direct competitor in enterprise HPC workload scheduling, with strong presence in EDA, financial services, and research computing — the same segments Univa targets.
  • SchedMD (Slurm): SchedMD develops Slurm Workload Manager, the dominant open-source HPC scheduler deployed across most Top500 supercomputers and increasingly AI/ML clusters. It is the primary open-source alternative to Univa's commercial scheduler.
  • Adaptive Computing: Adaptive Computing's Moab HPC Suite provides workload scheduling and resource management for HPC and cloud environments, positioning it as a close direct peer to Univa in enterprise HPC orchestration.
  • Oracle (Sun Grid Engine fork): Oracle Grid Engine (originating from Sun Grid Engine, which itself descended from the original Grid Engine project) is a direct functional peer to Univa Grid Engine, serving similar HPC and enterprise grid computing use cases.

Broad incumbents

  • Siemens (HPCWorks): Siemens' HPCWorks portfolio covers workload management, license optimization, flow management, and cloud scaling for engineering and AI workloads — directly competing with Univa while also bundling broader industrial software capabilities.
  • Microsoft (Azure CycleCloud / Azure Batch): Microsoft's Azure CycleCloud and Azure Batch provide HPC workload scheduling and cluster management within the Azure cloud, offering an alternative path for enterprises moving HPC workloads to hyperscale cloud.

Emerging players

  • AWS (ParallelCluster): AWS ParallelCluster and AWS Batch offer managed HPC workload orchestration natively in AWS, representing the cloud-native displacement risk to traditional on-prem HPC scheduler vendors like Univa.
  • Google Cloud (HPC Toolkit): Google Cloud's HPC Toolkit and Cluster Toolkit enable cloud-based HPC environment provisioning and workload orchestration, increasingly competing for AI/HPC compute workloads that might otherwise run on traditional scheduler-managed clusters.

Regional players

  • Penguin Computing (H5 Data Centers): Penguin Computing (now part of H5 Data Centers) provides integrated HPC solutions including cluster management and workload scheduling software, serving as a regional peer particularly in North American enterprise and academic HPC markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Univa social profiles

Digital presence

Univa financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Univa leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Univa funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds9 records

Investors14 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Univa M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Univa

What does Univa do?

Univa develops and sells optimization and management software for traditional, dynamic, and cloud data centers. Its platform provides HPC workload scheduling, job submission and prioritization, license utilization tracking, and resource orchestration across on-premises clusters and cloud environments for enterprise customers running compute-intensive workloads such as EDA, CAE, AI/ML, and research simulations.

Is Univa a public or private company?

Univa is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.

When was Univa founded?

Univa was founded in 2004. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Univa based?

Univa is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Univa's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Altair, IBM (Spectrum LSF), SchedMD (Slurm), Adaptive Computing and Oracle (Sun Grid Engine fork). Broad incumbents are Siemens (HPCWorks) and Microsoft (Azure CycleCloud / Azure Batch). Emerging players are AWS (ParallelCluster) and Google Cloud (HPC Toolkit). Penguin Computing (H5 Data Centers) is listed as a regional player.

Does Univa have an API?

No public API is recorded for Univa.

What industry is Univa in?

Univa's product category is HPC Workload Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDACAOAH, HPC System Software & Resource Management (Schedulers, MPI, OS Images), with a secondary code of HDABADAK, Compute Resource Management & Scheduling (Cluster/Workload Managers). Its NAICS code is 513210.

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Business StandardUniva Foods reports standalone net loss of Rs 0.05 crore in the June 2026 quarterUniva Foods reported a net loss of Rs 0.05 crore for the June 2026 quarter, which is an improvement from the previous net loss of Rs 0.24 crore in the same quarter the year before.AsiaresearchnewsDGIST Startup UNIVA Corp. to Lead a KRW 4.6 Billion National Research Sub-Project to Develop an AI Foundation Model for Drug DiscoveryUNIVA Corp., an AI company founded as a startup of DGIST, has been selected to lead a KRW 4.6 billion national research sub-project under the Ministry of Science and ICT-promoted "AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project" for AI-based drug discovery. The 5-year project (April 2026–December 2030) will utilize 48 NVIDIA B300 GPUs to develop an AI foundation model, with UNIVA Corp. establishing a closed-loop system connecting AI-driven drug candidate predictions to experimental validation at Kyungpook National University. The consortium, led by Kyungpook National University, includes Daegu Metropolitan City, UNIVA Corp., Kyungpook National University Hospital, and the Daegu Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Industry Promotion Foundation, backed by KRW 49.1 billion in total investment.Venturesquare유니바, 국내 특화 올인원 AI 에이전트 ‘제피(ZEPHY)’ 출시Uniba launched ZEPHY, an all-in-one AI agent for Korean public institutions and enterprises, featuring high-precision HWP, HWPX, and PDF parsing and OCR. It supports both on-premise and SaaS models, complying with National Intelligence Service security guidelines. The company aims to present a standard for smart administrative infrastructure.GlobeNewswireAltair Acquires UnivaAltair announced the acquisition of Univa, a provider of enterprise-grade workload management and scheduling for HPC and AI. The deal expands Altair into life sciences and financial services, with Univa's Grid Engine and Navops products integrated. Altair will continue investing in Univa's technology to support existing customers.SemiWikiEDA: Cloud RamificationsThe article discusses the industry shift towards cloud-based Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, highlighting potential benefits for chip startups and cost optimization through pay-by-the-hour models. It references specific industry developments, including a tutorial at DAC 2020 on cloud migration presented by Google and Univa, and mentions Cadence's existing cloud offerings for startups. The discussion also explores the challenges of licensing transitions and the role of open-source software initiatives like OpenROAD and Skywater PDK in lowering barriers to entry.NextplatformUnderstanding And Balancing HPC On-Premises And In The CloudThe article analyzes the evolving hybrid high-performance computing (HPC) strategies where organizations balance on-premises infrastructure with public cloud resources from providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Key companies such as Univa, Mellanox, Western Digital, and Nvidia are highlighted for their roles in enabling workload offloading, network connectivity, and specialized hardware testing within these hybrid environments.SiliconANGLEWhat Day Can You Expect the Grim Reaper to Show Up? Big Data Knows - SiliconANGLEArchimeds Model, a San Francisco healthcare company, uses Big Data to predict life expectancy, with Univa helping organize the data. The company also cites other Big Data applications, such as mapping the human genome and assisting in autopsies. The article notes that technology has extended into obituary creation via the Memorial app.FinSMEsUniva Raises $7M in new Funding RoundUniva, a Lisle, Illinois-based data center optimization company, raised $7M in new financing from Hatteras Funds, River Cities Capital Funds, and other investors. The company will use the funds to accelerate its market strategy. Univa provides optimization software for traditional, dynamic, and cloud data centers.