Amii receives $9 million from feds to equip energy workers with AI skills | BetaKit
Summary
The Canadian federal government awarded $9 million to Amii to train nearly 5,000 mid-career energy workers in AI skills over three years. The program will support workers in clean energy fields such as wind, solar, geothermal, and hydrogen. Amii will deliver the training with the University of Alberta and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, using both in-person and online formats. The announcement also highlighted additional federal AI compute funding for Amii and broader efforts to push AI adoption in Canada.
Funding
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$10.0M
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Date
September 4, 2025
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Investors
Status of Women Canada, Google.org, University of Alberta, CIBC
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Company
https://etcentre.ca
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