The paid training program<\/a> \u2014 $18 to $22 per hour, to be exact \u2014 involves partnerships with job services firm Workforce Solutions Borderplex<\/a>, the city and county of El Paso and Pioneers 21<\/a>, a startup incubator.<\/p>\n People taking part in the program receive guidance from professionals who have worked with artificial intelligence, including for such companies as Coca-Cola and Nike. The program, which runs for 16 weeks, offers training with various AI tools from OpenAI, Anthropic and others.<\/p>\n SuperCity AI\u2019s apprenticeship program is based in El Paso, the hometown of SuperCity AI CEO and co-founder Miguel Gami\u00f1o Jr.<\/p>\n He\u2019s the former chief technology officer for New York City<\/a> who held similar leadership roles in San Francisco and El Paso. His private-sector experience includes an executive vice president position at Mastercard.<\/p>\n He told Government Technology that he still has a lot of \u201clocal relationships\u201d in El Paso, a group that includes business people and investors. He also says his hometown is big but not overwhelming, and diverse \u2014 factors that could work in favor of the apprenticeship program.<\/p>\n SuperCity plans to hire 10 people for the initial cohort, and selection was ongoing as of the Thanksgiving break, Niko Dubovsky, company co-founder and partnership lead, told Government Technology.<\/p>\n Funding comes from Workforce Solutions, with an estimated cost of perhaps $140,000 for the first cohort, depending on how many people are selected. Plans call for the company to establish similar programs in other cities as well.<\/p>\n Even as the AI gov tech field becomes ever more crowded, SuperCity AI has a vision about how to stand out from the pack.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are built for local government, full stop,\u201d Gami\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n After all, he explains, that’s where the things most important to daily life usually happen \u2014 garbage collection, safe and maintained roads, public safety.<\/p>\n AI apprentices who take part in the program could end up working for SuperCity or its clients, or maybe not.<\/p>\n Gami\u00f1o said the program has larger goals, which include building awareness of \u201cwhat it means to act locally, and the opportunity to help build the [AI workforce]. It\u2019s important to develop the skill set, and it helps us build a talent pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n
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