This month we lead on how with Cloudera ’ s advanced AI solutions are accelerating global humanitarian aid for Oregon based Mercy Corps – an organization working with communities in over 40 countries affected by crisis , disaster , poverty and climate change to address urgent needs and develop long-term solutions for lasting change .

Formed through the company ’ s participation in Tech To The Rescue ’ s AI for Changemakers program , the collaboration leverages Cloudera ’ s new AI Inference solution with NVIDIA AI on Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) to enable Mercy Corps to advance the precision and effectiveness of its aid distribution technology .

On p56 , Alicia Morrison , Director of Data Science , Mercy Corps , outlines what the collaboration now makes possible .

With combined funding totaling $ 1 billion , this investment will support the launch of the first-of-itskind CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute .

We analyze what that means for US tech on p53 .

Editor ’ s Question on p32 asks if genAI can be a ‘ secret weapon ’ for enhancing customer service .

Eric Johnson , CIO , PagerDuty , says CIOs have a unique opportunity to both lead the genAI conversation and implement strategic initiatives to improve customer experience – referencing his own company ’ s example .

In Get to Know on p79 , Roger Wigenstam , Chief Innovation Officer , NeuShield tells what time in tech has taught him so far .

That ’ s just a sample of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read . Have an innovative month .

Make stuff happen .

One of the last official acts of the outgoing Biden- Harris administration was to confirm that the US Department of Commerce and the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation ( SRC ) are entering negotiations for the Department to provide SRC $ 285m to establish and operate a Manufacturing USA Institute .

Bill Tanner Editor

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