AI Ready Florida.
Let's build it together.
A statewide movement to empower every Floridian, every organization, and every community to thrive in the AI economy. Not just ready; empowered to lead, create, and compete. It starts in Tampa this October.
From AI ready to AI empowered.
Being ready means knowing AI is coming. Being empowered means being in the driver's seat when it arrives. AI Ready Florida is the statewide movement to empower every Floridian, every organization, and every community to shape AI on their own terms; and to share in the prosperity it creates.
Empowered Floridians
Career pathways, certifications, and practical skills that let Floridians move into higher-wage roles and take ownership of AI in their own work.
Empowered Organizations
From small businesses to Fortune 500s, hands-on programs that move Florida companies and agencies from AI pilots to real productivity and growth.
Empowered Communities
Every region of Florida connected to the people, partners, and resources to lead AI adoption locally; Panhandle to the Keys, metro and Main Street.
Tampa AI Week. October 2026.
AI Ready Florida launches through Tampa AI Week this October; three days of AI training, workshops, and certificate-eligible programming that kick off the statewide initiative. Built for Florida professionals, employers, and community leaders ready to move from ready to empowered.
AI Certification Workshops
Hands-on, certificate-eligible training delivered alongside Tampa AI Week programming. Earn ETA AI Explorer, Professional, or Leader credentials over the three days.
National and Florida Voices
Federal and state policy leaders, enterprise executives, and practitioners shaping the AI economy; framed around what Florida can build from here.
Coalition Working Sessions
Founding coalition convening where universities, EDOs, enterprises, and civic leaders shape the AI Ready Florida program design and regional rollout together.
A program built for every region of Florida.
Florida is not one economy; it is seven. AI Ready Florida is designed to reach every region of the state, with regional partners anchoring the program on the ground.
Tampa Bay
The launch region. Financial services, defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, and a deep university ecosystem; host of Tampa AI Week and the founding coalition convening.
Orlando & Central Florida
Simulation and modeling capital of the country, UCF research scale, tourism and hospitality innovation; the region already leading applied AI at scale.
South Florida
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm; fintech, global trade, life sciences, and a startup ecosystem ready to scale AI across Latin American markets.
Jacksonville & Northeast
Logistics, military and defense, financial services, and one of the largest port systems on the East Coast; a natural hub for supply chain and defense AI.
Space Coast
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, and the nation's commercial space corridor; where AI meets aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and national security.
Panhandle & North Florida
Pensacola, Tallahassee, and the Emerald Coast; defense installations, state government, and a growing research base ready for AI adoption at scale.
Southwest & Heartland
Fort Myers, Sarasota, Lakeland, and Florida's agricultural and logistics core; communities where AI enablement has the highest potential to expand opportunity.
Your Region, Next
Regional partners are the engine of AI Ready Florida. If your university, EDO, chamber, or civic organization wants to anchor programming in your region, the coalition is open.
Who this is for.
If your organization has a stake in Florida's workforce, economic development, research, or industry, you have a seat at the table.
Universities & Colleges
State University System of Florida, private research universities, and the Florida College System delivering AI certifications.
State & EDOs
State agencies, regional EDOs, chambers, and workforce boards aligning AI as economic infrastructure.
Enterprise & F500
Florida-headquartered and operating companies sponsoring cohorts, upskilling workforces, and co-leading adoption.
Regional Champions
Civic leaders, nonprofits, and community organizations driving AI adoption from Tampa Bay to every region of the state.
Convening the leaders building Florida's AI future.
AI Ready Florida is a coalition effort, convened by the Enterprise Technology Association and built with a growing network of public and private sector leaders from across the state. Founding coalition partners are signing on through Tampa AI Week this October.
Enterprise Technology Association
A national organization accelerating technology education, enablement, and ecosystem building across America; the convener of AI Ready Florida and operator of the program statewide.
Tampa AI Week
The October 2026 launch event for AI Ready Florida. AI training, certification workshops, keynotes, and the founding coalition convening, anchored in Tampa Bay.
Founding Partners, Now Forming
Florida universities, state agencies, regional EDOs, Fortune 500 employers, research institutions, and civic leaders are signing on now as founding coalition members. The first convening happens at Tampa AI Week in October.
A career pathway for every Floridian.
AI Ready Florida delivers a three-tier certification system through university and college partners across the state; moving learners from literacy to leadership with outcomes tied to real work. First cohorts begin at Tampa AI Week in October.
AI Explorer
Foundational AI literacy for every professional. What AI is, what it can and cannot do, and how to use it responsibly in everyday work.
- AI fundamentals and terminology
- Prompting and tool use
- Ethics, risk, and responsible use
AI Empowered Professional
Applied skills for practitioners. How to integrate AI into specific roles across operations, marketing, engineering, finance, HR, and more.
- Role-based AI workflows
- Tool selection and integration
- Team adoption playbooks
AI Empowered Leader
Strategic AI leadership. Governance, investment, and transformation for executives and senior managers shaping enterprise-wide change.
- AI strategy and governance
- Organizational transformation
- Measurement and accountability
Be one of the founding voices of AI Ready Florida.
We are inviting Florida universities, state agencies, regional EDOs, enterprises, research institutions, and civic leaders to sign on as founding coalition members. Signing on does not commit your organization to anything beyond joining the founding conversation and helping shape a statewide movement for AI empowerment.
- Early access to the AI Ready Florida program design and regional rollout
- Invitation to the founding coalition convening at Tampa AI Week, October 2026
- A seat in the regional working group closest to your community
- Recognition as a founding member in program communications
Florida, empowered.
AI Ready Florida is the coalition moving our people, organizations, and communities from AI ready to AI empowered. It starts in Tampa this October. Join us.