We're joining RAISE US as a founding partner. RAISE US is a nonprofit coalition working to strengthen the American workforce through employer-led action, AI-enabled training, and policy innovation to support the transition to transformative AI.
RAISE US is a national nonprofit building America's people strategy for the AI economy -- the workforce infrastructure the country needs so workers can train, transition, and thrive. We are co-chaired by Gina Raimondo - the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and 75th Governor of Rhode Island - and Eric Holcomb, the 51st Governor of Indiana. A little more about what we do: AI-Ready States: RAISE US partners with governors to reorient public workforce and education infrastructure for a shifting labor market. In practice, that means earn-and-learn apprenticeships and short-term credentials mapped to real employer demand, public funding that rewards job outcomes rather than enrollment. It also means creating incentives that give employers a reason to retrain and redeploy workers rather than lay them off, and providing modern transition supports — from wage insurance to career navigation — so changing jobs no longer means financial ruin. RAISE US is launching with initial partnerships in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, and Utah — states that are out front nationally in preparing for the AI economy. This bipartisan group of states will serve as the first proving grounds for outcome-driven pilots. Additional states will join in the months ahead. Employer Coalition: The RAISE US employer coalition asks something specific of its members: to be vocal public champions for workforce transition and to co-design the pilots that build a shared understanding of what effective worker transition looks like in practice. Crucially, the companies building AI sit at the table alongside the companies adopting it — the first time the technology’s leading developers have joined an independent effort to design and fund worker transition. Education & Training: RAISE US will deploy flexible capital to scale AI-enabled, work-based training models that expand access to affordable, high-quality alternatives to traditional education. It will target the systemic gaps state and employer partners identify, back proven and emerging providers, and measure success by real outcomes: employment, earnings, and advancement. Policy Lab: RAISE US will design new strategies that both support workers through career transitions and encourage employers to retrain and redeploy them. It will test these ideas, study what works, and promote proven solutions that help workers of all backgrounds succeed. The Policy Lab turns data-driven insights into actionable recommendations to scale policy innovations from ideas to national practice. The work of the Policy Lab will not be funded by any corporate contributions. We launched today with founding state partnerships and more than two dozen of America's largest companies and philanthropies - including its leading AI developers. Learn more at raiseus.a i#RAISEUS #FutureOfWork #WorkforceDevelopment #AIReady