# AI Lab 3.4 launch: GPUs for UDFs are here!

**URL:** <https://community.exasol.com/t/ai-lab-3-4-launch-gpus-for-udfs-are-here/238>\
**Category:** AI & Data Science\
**Tags:** ai, udf\
**Created:** [October 27, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.exasol.com/t/ai-lab-3-4-launch-gpus-for-udfs-are-here/238 "2025-10-27T14:53:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.exasol.com/t/ai-lab-3-4-launch-gpus-for-udfs-are-here/238/1 "2025-10-27T14:53:25Z")

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We’re so excited for the newest launch of AI Lab - this version includes includes **GPU support for UDFs**! You can now run user defined functions on GPU hardware.

You can now write UDFs that are designed to be executed on GPUs that are part of your Exasol cluster - this is especially useful for high volume AI & ML-related workflows.

This is a significant step forward that will deliver even better performance for Exasol users and developers!

AI Lab also includes a step by step walk through for configuring and running GPU-accelerated UDFs. The example walks through a **semantic search** use case - a great fit for the additional compute power GPUs can deliver.

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Read more about this new functionality here: [Release 3.4.0: Support GPU usage in AWS EC2 instances · exasol/ai-lab · GitHub](https://github.com/exasol/ai-lab/releases/tag/3.4.0)

As we roll out this new functionality we would love your feedback! Give it a try and let us know how it works for you!