A new bipartisan nonprofit, RAISE US, led by former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and ex–Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, is launching with more than $500 million to pilot state-based training, education and tax-incentive programs aimed at cushioning AI-driven job disruption. Initial pilots in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland and Utah will link schools more tightly to employers and test incentives to keep people working, backed by corporate partners including Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, the OpenAI Foundation, Bank of America, UPS, GM, Eli Lilly, Mastercard, AMD, Cisco and IBM. The board pulls from labor, business and academia. The push comes as consultants estimate AI could reshape roughly half of U.S. jobs and eliminate up to 25 million in five years, while the Trump administration plays down near-term displacement and highlights AI-related investment.
Related article:
– Google Career Certificates: Training pathways for in-demand jobs
