The Future of AI Education and the Tech Incubator Program

The rapidly changing landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning requires us to think differently about how we prepare students to advance in this evolving field. Capital One created a campus Tech Incubator at the University of Maryland, where students worked on emerging AI and ML capabilities that will transform the financial services industry. UMD’s Tech Incubator opened in the fall of 2018 and celebrates its five-year anniversary this year. The unique center provides students the opportunity to apply their curriculum in hands-on roles through student employment at Capital One throughout the year. 

The Tech Incubator’s mission does not stop with student programming. The spaces serve as a place to create and connect the technical community, including groups historically underrepresented. 

Just this year at UMD, we partnered with Break Through Tech to host two field trips for the Guild Program. Guild is focused on first- and second-year women and non-binary students with little to no tech experience. This year the theme was “fin tech,” so our incubator was a natural fit. The program has a high success rate, with around 80% of participants indicating their interest in pursuing a tech career or major after completion. 

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