From providing educators with AI resources to helping small businesses advertise online, tech companies are creating new opportunities to learn, work, and build. See how tech is empowering the workforce through upskilling and community investment in this week’s Tech at Work.

How Tech is Empowering the Workforce Through Upskilling and Community Investment

Amazon committed $1 billion to the Career Choice employee education program as part of the Future Ready 2030 fund, which supports students, employees, and those looking to expand their skills.

Anthropic’s Claude for Teachers provides K-12 educators with free access to Claude, a library of teaching skills, and a direct connection to evidence-based curricula mapped to academic standards across all 50 states.

Apple’s Developer Academy in Detroit is a free, intensive program that equips students with app development and business skills to set them up for future careers.

Block’s Square launched AI-powered integrations that give sellers a new means of accessing customers without added complexity, setup, or fees.

Learn with Cisco provides learning opportunities for skills development, industry-recognized certifications, and product training to help organizations thrive in today’s digital economy.

Cohere’s LLM University offers comprehensive resources, expert-led courses, and step-by-step guides to help developers and technical professionals start building quickly.

Google is funding three long-term partners on education and AI, including co-developing comprehensive AI readiness strategies, funding a field study on AI-informed assessments, and supporting the Reimagining Assessment initiative.

The HITRUST Academy offers training to help security professionals stay up-to-date and learn how to use the HITRUST approach to manage technological risks.

Indeed helps 31 people get hired every minute, powered by AI tools like Smart Sourcing, Career Scout, and Smart Screening.

Meta partners with Be Pro Be Proud and has introduced over 54,000 students to immersive hands-on skilled workforce development experiences.

Nebius Academy trains users on how to get more from AI and put it into practice by connecting real engineering work with professional learning and applied AI research.

NVIDIA’s Training for AI Infrastructure Professionals teaches people to deploy, run, and optimize AI infrastructure.

OpenAI introduced three new courses to OpenAI Academy to help organizations build fluency across their workforce: AI Foundations, Applied AI Foundations, and Agents and Workflows.

Pinterest launched new AI tools to help small businesses and advertisers, including Business Assistant, Pinterest Model Context Protocol, and Pinterest Performance+ creative.

Salesforce’s Trailhead provides training for in-demand skills to drive companies and people’s careers forward.

TSMC will invest another $100 billion in Arizona as it expands its production in the U.S., creating jobs in the community.

Verizon’s reskilling and career transition fund offers free digital training and other resources to help eligible Verizon alumni take their next career step.

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Etsy announced the Craft Catalyst Initiative, a new partnership between Etsy and the Center for Craft that will invest $10 million over three years in Craft Hubs across the United States: geographic areas where makers, craft institutions, and community organizations are uniquely concentrated. In its first round, the Craft Catalyst Initiative will award $2 million across 20 nonprofit organizations in five craft communities. Beyond direct funding, leaders from recipient organizations will be invited to participate in a yearlong cohort designed to strengthen collaboration.
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