Raimondo and Holcomb Launch RAISE US, a $1 Billion AI Workforce Nonprofit

RAISE US, a nonpartisan nonprofit led by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb, has secured over $500 million toward a $1 billion goal to retrain American workers for the AI economy, with Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation as anchor partners.

Raimondo and Holcomb Launch RAISE US, a $1 Billion AI Workforce Nonprofit RAISE US, a nonpartisan nonprofit led by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb, has secured over $500 million toward a $1 billion goal to retrain American workers for the AI economy, with Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation as anchor partners. Aaron Rafferty June 27, 2026 Key Takeaways: Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb launched RAISE US on June 25, a nonpartisan nonprofit that has secured more than $500 million toward a $1 billion goal to help American workers retrain for the AI economy. Anchor partners include Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation, with Bank of America and more than two dozen companies and philanthropies backing the effort. RAISE US is starting with pilots in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, and Utah, a bipartisan mix of states, with more expected to join. Gina Raimondo, the former U.S. Commerce Secretary, and Eric Holcomb, the former Indiana governor, launched RAISE US on June 25, a nonpartisan national nonprofit built to help American workers train for and move through the disruption that artificial intelligence is bringing to their jobs. The group says it has already secured more than $500 million toward a $1 billion target, money that is private and philanthropic rather than federal. The backer list is unusual for crossing lines that rarely meet. Amazon, Microsoft, Anthropic, and the OpenAI Foundation signed on as anchor partners, the first time the companies building AI have joined an independent effort to fund worker transition, and Bank of America is sponsoring an advanced manufacturing apprenticeship program. More than two dozen companies and philanthropies are involved, from General Motors and IBM to Eli Lilly and the Rockefeller Foundation.