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 ## Quick start
 
-Curoverse maintains an Arvados public cloud demo at
-[https://cloud.curoverse.com](https://cloud.curoverse.com).  A Google account
-is required to log in.
+Veritas Genetics maintains a public installation of Arvados for evaluation and trial use, the [Arvados Playground](https://playground.arvados.org). A Google account is required to log in.
 
 To try out Arvados on your local workstation, you can use Arvbox, which
 provides Arvados components pre-installed in a Docker container (requires
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 ## Community
 
-The [#arvados](irc://irc.oftc.net:6667/#arvados) IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
-channel at the
-[Open and Free Technology Community (irc.oftc.net)](http://www.oftc.net/oftc/)
-is available for live discussion and support.  You can use a traditional IRC
-client or [join OFTC over the web.](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=arvados)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados](https://badges.gitter.im/curoverse/arvados.svg)](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+The [curoverse/arvados channel](https://gitter.im/curoverse/arvados)
+channel at [gitter.im](https://gitter.im) is available for live
+discussion and support.
 
 The
 [Arvados user mailing list](http://lists.arvados.org/mailman/listinfo/arvados)