AWS commits $100 million to help underserved students gain skills in AI, cloud computing, literacy, and more

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to leveling the playing field in education, ensuring learners from underrepresented and underserved communities have equal access to transformative learning opportunities. That’s why AWS is committing up to $100 million in cloud credits over the next five years to help qualifying education organisations around the world build or scale digital learning solutions as part of the AWS Education Equity Initiative.

This new program will provide recipients with cloud credits, which essentially act like cash that organisations can use to offset the costs of using AWS’s cloud services. Recipients can then take advantage of AWS’s comprehensive portfolio of cloud technology and advanced AI services to create innovations such as AI assistants, coding curriculums, connectivity tools, student learning platforms, mobile apps, chatbots, and other technology-based...