Changing the Path to Power & Influence in a Tech-Enabled World
Those who break into today's tech jobs will write the rules that shape the future for all of us. We're making sure more people get a seat at the table.
Our Approach
Closing the Access Gap to AI Careers
Break Through Tech is expanding access to career pathways for undergraduate students pursuing tech careers.
Our programs are helping to build a strong, future-ready AI workforce by training, empowering, and connecting high potential undergraduate students from across the country to influential tech opportunities. Because those who break into today's tech jobs will be writing the rules that will shape the future for all of us.
Get Involved
Shape The Future Of Tech Talent
Break Through Tech helps industry partners unlock innovation and growth by connecting them with emerging technologists through co-designed education and work-based learning experiences.
Innovate With Us
Gain early insight into emerging tech-talent and help shape how the next generation approaches work, collaboration, and impact.
Volunteer With Us
Help fellows unlock their potential while strengthening your own leadership skills, expanding your professional network, and supporting aspiring AI, data science, and machine learning professionals on their career
journeys.
Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
Sprinternships™
A micro-internship that bridges the gap between college and careers through short-term, paid, company-hosted tech projects during academic breaks.
AI Program
The AI Program prepares undergraduates for AI careers through a 9-week ML course, team-based industry projects, and professional readiness support.
Fellow Community
Our fellow community is a network of Break Through Tech's current and past students - all talented technologists who are redefining what innovation and excellence look like in a tech-enabled world.
Our Impact
11,000+
Undergraduate students trained and connected to industry since 2016
300+
Industry partners co-designing the talent pipeline
75%
Of fellows land a tech job within six months of graduating
93%
AI Program Fellows believe they can apply their skills & experience to future work responsibilities
Latest News & Stories
From fellow milestones to industry partnerships, here's what's happening inside the Break Through Tech network.
Posted on May 22, 2026
Lindsay Feldstein’s journey as a Break Through Tech mentor began with Yvonne Wong, another AI Program mentor and former colleague. Yvonne not only introduced Lindsay to Break Through Tech, but also inspired her to grow her career by taking on roles outside of her comfort zone.
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Posted on May 6, 2026
Elif Ozturk is still defining what her career will look like, and that is exactly what excites her. As a Computer Science and Engineering student at the University of Iowa with a minor in Economics, she is drawn to work that connects technical systems with real-world decision making. She is not focused on a single title. She is focused on growth, collaboration, and impact.
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Posted on April 10, 2026
Maame Abena Boateng didn’t arrive at tech through a traditional route. As a Public Health and Applied Statistical Modeling student at the University of Texas at Austin, she brought a perspective that most engineering programs don’t produce: one shaped by an understanding of people, systems, and the gaps that technology can either widen or close.
Invest In The Next Generation Of Technologists
Your gift funds hands-on, industry-connected experiences that help undergraduate students move from academic preparation into their first roles in AI and technology.