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We're proud to announce the Pursuit AI Jobs Institute (aiji.pursuit.org), one of the first hubs in the country built to connect New Yorkers directly to the jobs AI is creating. Backed by a $10M public investment from New York State and New York City, the AI Jobs Institute will train as many as 40,000 New Yorkers by 2032 and open real pathways into AI-enabled careers.

Thank you to our partners including Ascendium Education Group, @WellsFargo, Google.org, @OpenAI , @AnthropicAI , @Mizuho, @siegelendowment, @ConEdison, @GetSpectrum, @MetLife, @Adobe, the New York Jobs CEO Council, and the Partnership Fund for New York City, and our full coalition — for helping make this possible.

Learn more:
pursuit.org/blog/ai-jobs-i…

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At Pursuit, Builders ring the Gong when they land their first job. Max Mezalon has rung it twice.

In 2018, he was making pizzas at Domino’s. After learning to code at Pursuit, he became a software engineer at @blackstone. In 2025, seven years after he started, he rang the Gong again to celebrate completing his Good Job Agreement.

Max didn’t pay anything to join Pursuit. Under our Good Job Agreement, Builders pay only when they have a high-paying job. When they don’t, they don’t pay. It’s that simple. Pursuit succeeds only when our Builders do.

Learn more about the Good Job Agreement and Max’s transformation on our Blog: pursuit.org/blog/pursuit-g…

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Next week, 10 teams of Pursuit Builders will demo the AI tools they built for these partners:

Brooklyn Public Library (@BKLYNlibrary)
Queens Community House (@QCHnyc)
Asian Americans for Equality (@AAFE1974)
Fund for the City of New York (@FundforNYC)
Van Alen Institute (@van_alen)
Raices Cyber (@RaicesCyberOrg)
Palo Alto Networks (@PaloAltoNtwks)
M Moser Associates (@mmoserassociate)
Mentorful
QUAY Acceleration

See them live at AI-Native Demo Day.
Monday, November 9, at Scandinavia House in NYC.

Join the waitlist: forms.gle/aawqTn8nLzaa7p…

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Seven Pursuit Builders and seven New York nonprofits showed what they built together over three paid months. They presented and demoed their builds at the AI Nonprofit Build Corps Demo Day at
@MizuhoAmericas' U.S. headquarters.

New York City's nonprofits provide about 641,000 jobs, nearly 17% of private-sector employment. Many of them want practical help putting AI to work. At the same time, New Yorkers who have trained in AI need paid opportunities to apply their skills. The Build Corps connects those two needs.

Paula Lawton built “David” for The Fortune Society(@thefortunesoc), an AI assistant designed to answer staff questions from approved internal documents.
Manuel Roman rebuilt Welcome to Chinatown's canvassing app so volunteers can save the business information they collect. "Without information, it's hard for us to advocate to policymakers about needs and small businesses," said Chief Strategy Officer Bryan Lozano.

The cohort also includes Jonel Richardson with @HeartShare, Pedro Martins with New York Sun Works, Joshua Viera with NMIC, Juan Franco with @MetCouncil, and Mahkeddah Thompson with LeveragED Foundation(@Leveragedfnd).

"People need opportunities to show what they can do. The Build Corps gives Builders paid experience working on real organizational needs and brings AI capacity to nonprofits that serve New York. This is a critical learning experience that helps set our Builders up to succeed in their full-time jobs," said Pursuit CEO Nick Simmons.

Thank you to Mizuho Americas for its three-year FutureReady grant, and to Decoded Futures at @TechNYC for partnering on this cohort.

Hire our AI-native Builders, bring the Build Corps to your nonprofit, or help fund the next cohort.

Read the full story at the link: pursuit.org/blog/mizuho-ai…

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When we grow together, we reach further.

Pursuit Bash 2026 brings leaders from across industries together in one room for an evening of impact. 

This year, we honor @GoldmanSachs, accepted by @asahi_pompey, @alexatallah, and @fatjoe. Dinner is crafted by chef @chefpcarmichael of Bar Kabawa and Kabawa (momofuku.com/restaurants/ka…), The New York Times’ #1 restaurant in New York for 2026 (nytimes.com/interactive/20…).

Come join us on November 18th, 2026 at the iconic David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Connect, celebrate, and help build pathways to good jobs for everyone.

Reserve your table today at bash.pursuit.org

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