Amid growing competition globally, the White House unveiled a new initiative to promote American AI technologies abroad.
Dubbed Tech-Corps Initiative It was unveiled by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, at the India AI Impact Summit last week.
The program will operate under the umbrella of the Peace Corps, which sends American volunteers abroad to support local development projects.
Under the new model, the Tech Core will recruit engineers and STEM graduates to help partner countries adopt US-developed AI systems.
According to the new launch of the program websiteTech Core volunteers will promote AI to solve “real-world grassroots problems” in key sectors including agriculture, education, health and energy.
Volunteers will be assigned to participating countries in the US AI Export Program, created last July by the Trump administration to maintain US leadership in advanced technologies.
Although the full list of participating countries has not been disclosed, India is expected to join them, with the Commerce Department welcoming its participation earlier this month.
speaking in India AI Impact SummitKratsios said the initiative will boost AI adoption in developing countries, and “provide last-mile support in deploying powerful AI applications for advanced public services.”
“In everything from energy and education to manufacturing and medicine, to transportation and agriculture, I am confident that the American AI stack can be critical in unlocking new economic and social benefits for your people,” he said.
The launch comes as part of broader US efforts to maintain momentum in the global AI race, especially in the face of increasing competition from China, its main AI competitor.
In addition to the Tech Core, the White House also unveiled a National Champions Initiative at the India AI Summit, designed to integrate technologies from leading foreign AI companies into a customized US AI export stack.
“We recognize that partners need the opportunity to build their core technology industries and believe that facilitating this will be an important part of the export programme,” Kratsios said in his statement.
Kratsios also outlined a plan to help partner countries overcome financing barriers associated with importing US AI infrastructure, potentially using institutions such as the World Bank, the US Trade and Development Agency and the US International Development Finance Corporation.
