4 billion dollars for AI education in schools

Ensuring that students in every school in the country have access to an AI education

Microsoft has announced a significant investment of over $4 billion in the form of artificial intelligence services and cloud computing credits to support large-scale AI education.

Microsoft plans to give more than $4 billion in cash and technology services to train millions of people to use A.I., amid an intensifying Silicon Valley crusade to embed chatbots into classrooms.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-07-09T18:10:04.937629Z

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Targeting schools, colleges, non-profits

According to the New York Times, the company’s president, Brad Smith, said these resources will be targeted towards schools, community colleges, technical institutes and non-profits.

The goal, he explains, is to “ensure that students in every school in the country have access to an AI education”.

Integration into classrooms

Microsoft did not specify how the funds invested would be distributed.

With this initiative, Microsoft aims to integrate its AI chatbot, Copilot, into classrooms.

The company also announced a new training program, the Microsoft Elevate Academy, aimed at providing AI education and skills on a large scale.

Microsoft also announced its support for a new Code.org initiative, called “Hour of A.I.”. This announcement comes as major tech companies are gradually moving away from traditional code learning, since AI tools can now create code automatically.

According to the New York Times, Microsoft did not specify how the funds invested would be distributed.