RAISE US Launches $500 Million AI Jobs Push, Targeting $1 Billion for Workforce Overhaul
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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 25
RAISE US Launches $500 Million AI Jobs Push, Targeting $1 Billion for Workforce Overhaul
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 25
Summary
$500 million will be deployed over the next three to four years as RAISE US starts a bipartisan effort to prepare U.S. workers for AI-driven disruption.
Raimondo and Holcomb say schools are not producing enough in-demand skills and unemployment insurance is outdated for an economy where workers may need to change careers repeatedly.
The nonprofit says it is not another company-led retraining program; it is building a policy lab that will avoid corporate money and focus on state-level solutions governors can move on faster.
RAISE US is still fundraising toward $1 billion, though Holcomb said even that would fall short as the group expands to more states and the scale of AI-related job disruption becomes clearer.
The group is avoiding the broader fight over sharing AI gains through taxes, public wealth funds or government stakes, leaving that debate to Congress even as concern over concentrated job losses grows.