Artificial Intelligence Prep, RFP

ESD's Office of Strategic Workforce Development (OSWD) is launching AI Prep, an applied training program aimed at expanding access to the specialized skills and opportunities needed for AI jobs. Recruiting practices at tech companies tend to favor students at elite schools and those with personal connections to prominent technology companies. AI Prep levels the playing field by training low-income New Yorkers in cutting edge AI skills with the goal of connecting them with AI internships or jobs at leading New York tech companies.

AI Prep will have two dedicated tracks to serve New Yorkers who are currently underrepresented in the tech industry and who cannot reasonably access training on their own.

Track A: AI Prep 4 Internships will provide low-income matriculating undergraduate students with AI training with the goal of securing paid internship opportunities at leading tech companies.

• Track B: AI Prep 4 Jobs will connect low-income New Yorkers with barriers to employment with AI jobs through an accelerated training or bootcamp that serves as an alternative to traditional degree programs.

OSWD seeks to award contracts to up to two (2) qualified program administrators to develop the curriculum for and to administer AI Prep for Track A and Track B.