Tom Secunda’s generous donation supports AI education and Innovation

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Cornell Tech, the tech campus of Cornell University in New York City, has received a generous gift of $10.5 million from Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg LP and a signatory of the Giving Pledge. The donation, which will be disbursed over five years, will support the Cornell Empire AI Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program Fund.

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The gift will advance the mission of Empire AI, a higher education consortium established by New York State to create an AI academic research computing system. It will also support an annual public conference at Cornell Tech, showcasing research work conducted by Cornell fellows and faculty utilising Empire AI.

The fund will be established in partnership with the Jacobs Tech-Cornell Institute and will benefit researchers at both the Cornell Tech campus in New York City and at Cornell’s Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca

“Mr. Secunda’s generous support represents a remarkable opportunity for Cornell University, which is already a national leader in AI research, to bring more top AI scholars from around the world to both its Cornell Tech campus in New York City and to the Bowers College of Computing and Information Science on our Ithaca campus,” said Cornell University Provost Kavita Bala.

“The transformational potential of their work will be facilitated by the computing resources now available through the Empire AI consortium and will also showcase New York State’s leadership in AI,” she added.

The gift is expected to have a significant impact on Cornell University’s AI research capabilities, enabling the institution to attract top talent from around the world and further establish itself as a leader in the field.

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