Build Safer Cities, Stronger HBCUs & a Future-Ready Workforce
A $100B national initiative empowering HBCUs to lead in AI innovation, public-safety training, and economic growth— anchored by a $25M federal pre-fund (target: Oct 2025) and a $25B FY26 federal allocation, with private-sector and global investment to scale.
Why This Matters
Historic Investment
Mobilize a bold public–private partnership to modernize HBCU campuses with AI labs, data infrastructure, and safety innovation hubs.
Workforce Readiness
Scale training, apprenticeships, and hackathons that produce AI talent, data scientists, and cybersecurity experts.
Peace & Prosperity
Use AI and evidence-based strategies to reduce violence and expand opportunity in cities and regions anchored by HBCUs.
Join the AI-HBCU Working Group
Choose your path to participate—members receive updates, event access, and opportunities to shape pilots and policy.
Companies / Nonprofits
Help sponsor pilots, mentor teams, and co-design workforce pipelines.
Join – $1,000Colleges & Universities
Participate in the Working Group and help shape grants, labs, and cross-campus consortia.
Join – $5,000Investors & Strategic Partners
Institutional & Sovereign LPs
- GP/LP-style vehicles alongside the $25B FY26 federal allocation.
- Exposure to AI infrastructure, workforce, and public-safety innovation at scale.
- Clear KPIs: jobs created, crime reduced, new ventures launched, patents filed.
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Corporate & Philanthropic Partners
- Fund pilots, scholarships, and labs in AI, energy, health, ag-tech, and mobility.
- Co-brand workforce pathways; recruit directly from HBCU pipelines.
- Measure impact with quarterly dashboards and Demo Day showcases.
Read the Full White Paper
Explore the plan, timeline, pilot cities, governance, and the sustainability flywheel that keeps resources flowing to HBCUs and their communities.
Download the White Paper