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Mississippi AI Collaborative
Build what works. Share what we learn.
We help people understand AI and emerging technology, question the claims around it, practice responsibly, and turn learning into something useful for the people and places they know.
Start with what you need
Three clear ways into the Collaborative.
You do not need to know which program or technology comes next. Choose the outcome that matters now.
Bring a real organizational challenge.
Explore workshops and AI Agency support for Mississippi small businesses, nonprofits, students, and community organizations.
Learn locally and connect across Mississippi.
Find educator programs, workforce pathways, Spark Studios conversations, and tools for creating gatherings that fit your community.
3,427+people engaged
1,408+educators trained
86businesses supported
Responsible and research-informed
People stay at the center of the work.
MAIC works with educators, researchers, technologists, workforce leaders, entrepreneurs, and students when their experience can help. Our teach-the-teacher model helps knowledge travel into classrooms and communities. Our resources show their sources, and our Trust Center explains how information is reviewed and corrected.
Mississippi’s technology story
Good ideas grow close to the people they are meant to serve.
Across Mississippi, grassroots entrepreneurs and small businesses often begin with a practical problem, a close understanding of their customers and communities, and the determination to make something work. Their progress may start small, but it can create lasting value when people have access to useful knowledge, trusted relationships, and room to learn.
How MAIC helps
Support local ideas without prescribing one answer.
We make emerging technology easier to understand, help people test ideas responsibly, and connect them with learning and expertise when it is useful. Entrepreneurs and communities decide what fits their goals, resources, and lived experience. Our role is to help them move forward with more clarity, confidence, and capacity.
Core relationships
We do the work with people we know and trust.
These partners help MAIC connect K–12 education, workforce development, technical practice, entrepreneurship, and university-based learning. Each relationship has a practical role in helping people take a useful next step.
CSTA Mississippi
Mississippi Coding Academies
The Bean Path
Innovate Mississippi
Jackson State UniversityWe also collaborate with local initiatives across Mississippi when a program, resource, or introduction can support work already taking shape in a community.
What’s happening
Workshops, Spark Studios, and community gatherings.
See opportunities to learn with others online and in communities across Mississippi.