1,263 women undergraduates in Fall 2016 to 2,040 in Fall 2019. These gains are due to a variety of factors both nationally and in the New York metro area.

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"Tech is built by and for people. So the question is: Who do we want our future builders to be, and how do we invest in them?”
Judith Spitz
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Founder and Executive Director of Break Through Tech, former CIO at Verizon
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Stories and Insights

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Linn Khant Thuya: Building AI Solutions and Breaking Barriers in Tech
Beyond technical skills, Break Through Tech’s AI Program provided Linn Khant Thuya with invaluable mentorship.

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From Noise to Knowledge: Break Through Tech Fellows Help Clorox Make Sense of Customer Feedback
Using Large Language Models (LLMs) and a range of machine learning techniques—including clustering, dimensionality reduction, and sentiment analysis— AI Program fellows worked to organize unstructured customer feedback into 10–15 distinct, meaningful themes.

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Predicting Insurance Claim Costs: AI Studio Challenge Project with Allstate
Using insurance claim data, Break Through Tech AI fellows worked with Allstate to develop machine learning models that forecast the ultimate cost of insurance claims.