diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3405f660d2..066a7c877a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ target/
 .settings/*
 .idea/*
 h2o.iml
-h2o.eml
+*.eml
 h2o-samples/h2o-samples.iml
 experiments/experiments.iml
 /libpeerconnection.log
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ R/.Rhistory
 R/tests/Rsandbox/
 Rsandbox
 h2o-perf/perf-target/*jar
+semantic.cache
+.Rhistory
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5357c7a443..67d61ecca9 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /bin/bash -x
 
 # determine the correct separator of multiple paths
 if [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ fi
 JAVAC_ARGS="-g
     -source 1.6
     -target 1.6
+    -J-Xms1024m 
+    -J-Xmx1024m
     -XDignore.symbol.file
     -Xlint:all
     -Xlint:-deprecation
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ function build_javadoc() {
     echo "creating javadoc files..."
     local CLASSPATH="${JAR_ROOT}${SEP}${DEPENDENCIES}${SEP}${JAR_ROOT}/hadoop/${DEFAULT_HADOOP_VERSION}/*"
     mkdir -p target/logs
-    "${JAVADOC}" -overview ${SRC}/overview.html -classpath "${CLASSPATH}" -d "${OUTDIR}"/javadoc -sourcepath "${SRC}" -subpackages hex:water >& target/logs/javadoc_build.log
+    "${JAVADOC}" -J-Xms256m -J-Xmx256m -overview ${SRC}/overview.html -classpath "${CLASSPATH}" -d "${OUTDIR}"/javadoc -sourcepath "${SRC}" -subpackages hex:water >& target/logs/javadoc_build.log
 }
 
 function junit() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMModel.java b/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMModel.java
index 2fbf5da1bc..269095ba1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMModel.java
@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ public static class GLMXValidationTask extends GLMValidationTask<GLMXValidationT
     }
   }
 
+  public GLMParams getParams() {
+      return glm;
+  }
+
+  public Key getJobKey() {
+      return job_key;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString(){
     final double [] beta = beta(), norm_beta = norm_beta();
diff --git a/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMParams.java b/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMParams.java
index 4bdf4d0524..d8098c2669 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMParams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hex/glm/GLMParams.java
@@ -194,4 +194,8 @@ static final double y_log_y(double y, double mu) {
     return (y != 0) ? (y * Math.log(y / mu)) : 0;
   }
 
+ public Family getFamily() {
+   return family;
+ }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/water/api/Models.java b/src/main/java/water/api/Models.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56f70188bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/water/api/Models.java
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package water.api;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import water.*;
+import water.util.Log;
+
+public class Models extends Request2 {
+
+  ///////////////////////
+  // Request2 boilerplate
+  ///////////////////////
+  static final int API_WEAVER=1; // This file has auto-gen'd doc & json fields
+  static public DocGen.FieldDoc[] DOC_FIELDS; // Initialized from Auto-Gen code.
+
+  // This Request supports the HTML 'GET' command, and this is the help text
+  // for GET.
+  static final String DOC_GET = "Return the list of models.";
+
+  public static String link(Key k, String content){
+    return  "<a href='/2/models'>" + content + "</a>";
+  }
+  ///////////////////////
+
+
+  public static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().serializeSpecialFloatingPointValues().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+
+  private class ModelSummary {
+    public String model_type = "unknown";
+    public String family = "unknown";
+    public String state = "unknown";
+    public List<String> input_column_names = new ArrayList<String>();
+    public String response_column_name = null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Summarize fields which are generic to water.Model.
+   */
+  private void summarizeModel(ModelSummary summary, Value value, water.Model model) {
+    String[] names = model._names;
+
+    summary.model_type = model.getClass().toString();
+
+    summary.response_column_name = names[names.length - 1];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < names.length - 1; i++)
+      summary.input_column_names.add(names[i]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Summarize fields which are specific to hex.glm.GLMModel.
+   */
+  private void summarizeGLMModel(ModelSummary summary, Value value, hex.glm.GLMModel model) {
+    // add generic fields such as column names
+    summarizeModel(summary, value, model);
+
+    summary.model_type = "GLM";
+    summary.family = model.getParams().getFamily().toString();
+
+    // Job.JobHandle = (Job)DKV.get(model.getJobKey());
+    // summary.state = job.state.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Summarize fields which are specific to hex.drf.DRF.DRFModel.
+   */
+  private void summarizeDRFModel(ModelSummary summary, Value value, hex.drf.DRF.DRFModel model) {
+    // add generic fields such as column names
+    summarizeModel(summary, value, model);
+
+    summary.model_type = "DRF";
+    // summary.family = model.getParams().getFamily().toString();
+
+    // Job.JobHandle = (Job)DKV.get(model.getJobKey());
+    // summary.state = job.state.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Summarize fields which are specific to hex.deeplearning.DeepLearningModel.
+   */
+  private void summarizeDeepLearningModel(ModelSummary summary, Value value, hex.deeplearning.DeepLearningModel model) {
+    // add generic fields such as column names
+    summarizeModel(summary, value, model);
+
+    summary.model_type = "DeepLearning";
+    // summary.family = model.getParams().getFamily().toString();
+
+    // Job.JobHandle = (Job)DKV.get(model.getJobKey());
+    // summary.state = job.state.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Summarize fields which are specific to hex.gbm.GBM.GBMModel.
+   */
+  private void summarizeGBMModel(ModelSummary summary, Value value, hex.gbm.GBM.GBMModel model) {
+    // add generic fields such as column names
+    summarizeModel(summary, value, model);
+
+    summary.model_type = "GBM";
+    // summary.family = model.getParams().getFamily().toString();
+
+    // Job.JobHandle = (Job)DKV.get(model.getJobKey());
+    // summary.state = job.state.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Response serve() {
+
+    // Get all the model keys.  Right now it's a hack to determine which values are models.
+    Set<Key> keySet = H2O.globalKeySet(null);
+
+    Map map = new TreeMap(); // Sort for pretty display and reliable ordering.
+    for (Key key : keySet) {
+      String keyString = key.toString();
+      ModelSummary summary = new ModelSummary();
+
+      Value value = DKV.get(key);
+      // TODO: we don't have a way right now of getting the type without deserializing to a POJO.
+      // This is going to deserialize the enture KV store.  We need a less brute-force way.
+      Iced pojo = value.get();
+
+      if (pojo instanceof hex.glm.GLMModel) {
+        summarizeGLMModel(summary, value, (hex.glm.GLMModel) pojo);
+      } else if (pojo instanceof hex.drf.DRF.DRFModel) {
+        summarizeDRFModel(summary, value, (hex.drf.DRF.DRFModel) pojo);
+      } else if (pojo instanceof hex.deeplearning.DeepLearningModel) {
+        summarizeDeepLearningModel(summary, value, (hex.deeplearning.DeepLearningModel) pojo);
+      } else if (pojo instanceof hex.gbm.GBM.GBMModel) {
+        summarizeGBMModel(summary, value, (hex.gbm.GBM.GBMModel) pojo);
+      } else if (pojo instanceof water.Model) {
+        // catch-all
+        summarizeModel(summary, value, (water.Model) pojo);
+      } else {
+        // skip
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      map.put(keyString, summary);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: temporary hack to get things going
+    String json = gson.toJson(map);
+    Log.info("Json for kv store: " + json);
+
+    JsonObject result = gson.fromJson(json, JsonElement.class).getAsJsonObject();
+    return Response.done(result);
+  } // serve()
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/water/api/RequestServer.java b/src/main/java/water/api/RequestServer.java
index 941812802f..a943da0ce2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/water/api/RequestServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/water/api/RequestServer.java
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ public enum API_VERSION {
 //    registerRequest(new GLMValidationView());
     registerRequest(new LaunchJar());
     Request.initializeNavBar();
+
+    // Pure APIs, no HTML, to support The New World
+    registerRequest(new Models());
   }
 
   /**