Neighborhood youth ages 11–17 enter the AI Academy and build real technical skill in their own neighborhood, not across town.
Paid internships with the technology companies and founders operating in the building, with measurable placement goals.
Working adults access AI and technology upskilling designed to translate directly into employment and income growth.
Workspace, mentorship, technology resources and capital access, with priority for historically underrepresented founders.
Resident companies commit to local hiring, neighborhood vendor participation and local procurement goals.
Successful participants return as mentors, and the pipeline compounds instead of resetting every cohort.
A preliminary program stack. Every level feeds the one above it, so learning, working, hiring and mentoring happen in one place.
Café, retail, public lobby and community events open to the neighborhood.
Classrooms and build labs for participants ages 11–17.
Evening and weekend upskilling for working adults.
Flexible desks, studios and cohort programming space.
Anchor tenants and scaling companies that hire locally.
Event terrace for industry, civic and community convenings.
Skills that convert into internships, jobs and income.
NODE is being built now. The next cohorts, partners and employers are being lined up today.
If you hire technical talent, fund workforce programs, mentor founders or want to teach — there is a seat for you in this building.
We are actively assembling employer partners, program funders, mentors, instructors and founding members ahead of opening. Tell us which one you are and we will follow up with the details.
Through a blended structure — private capital, mission-oriented debt, philanthropy, corporate partnerships, grants and earned revenue. The model deliberately separates capital, program funding and community access, so programming never depends on a single source staying generous.
In Miami. Site selection is underway and we will announce the address once it is confirmed. The program is designed to sit directly inside the community it serves rather than asking residents to travel to an ecosystem built somewhere else.
NODE's accountability framework reports publicly every quarter on training completion, employment outcomes, company formation, jobs created, local purchasing, participant demographics and ecosystem activity. Commitments are written into our partner and funder agreements, not left to good intentions.
No. Coworking is one of five functions. NODE is a physical economic-development platform where students, working adults, founders, investors, employers and residents operate under one roof, connected by a single mobility pipeline.
All program elements, levels and participation targets shown are preliminary and subject to final site, financing and partner agreements.