NVIDIA announced new support for Artificial Intelligence education for K-12 programs at a White House event celebrating public-private partnerships. The announcement follows recent NVIDIA commitments tied to academic research and national initiatives, including a contribution to the National Artificial Intelligence Research pilot that the company described but did not quantify. NVIDIA also cited a U.S. National Science Foundation partnership and said that over the last five years it has invested an amount in higher education and academic research that it did not specify. In the current announcement NVIDIA said it is pledging an amount to support K-12 AI education programs, but the specific dollar figure was not stated.
To deliver the initiative, NVIDIA is partnering with Study Fetch and CK-12 to adapt NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute content and NVIDIA Academy materials for K-12 classrooms. Initial activities in the first year will include curriculum adaptation, platform integration, educator training, institutional engagement and ecosystem-wide outreach. NVIDIA described plans to make DLI teaching kits and industry training materials available to help empower high school educators. While NVIDIA DLI courses are geared toward professional developers, the partners will curate and tailor the content so high school students can gain hands-on experience, practical skills and exposure to Artificial Intelligence concepts aimed at preparing future job seekers.
The partnership aims to reach 1 million K-12 students within three years and is aligned with the White House executive order Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth. NVIDIA also signed the White House’s Pledge to America’s Youth: Investing in AI Education, committing to deliver Artificial Intelligence literacy, credentialing and educator enablement. The announcement referenced the White House’s America’s AI Action Plan, which includes federal measures to accelerate data center permitting and promote the U.S. technology stack, and noted a recent, unspecified NVIDIA and National Science Foundation commitment to support development of open Artificial Intelligence models through Ai2.
