Amazon joins global coalition to advance AI education and digital skills for students - About Amazon
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Key takeaways
- Amazon is advancing First Lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future Together coalition with leaders from over 45 countries.
- The company is expanding access to its AI coding tool Kiro to 132 universities and launching AI education programs.
- The efforts build on Amazon's $2.5 billion Future Ready 2030 commitment to help upskill over 50 million people.
New Amazon efforts in support of the coalition
- In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Amazon is partnering with Khalifa University to launch the AWS Data Center Infrastructure Training Program. It provides students with practical, hands-on experience using an AWS-supplied data center training rack, complemented by AWS Academy's Data Center Engineering Operations curriculum. Top-performing students will gain priority to apply for work experience positions at AWS in the UAE.
- Amazon is also launching Coding Clubs across schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, reaching more than 460 students aged 12–18 with foundational coding and computational thinking skills.