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ETA & AI Week in the News

Recent Coverage

ETA and the AI Week series have been covered by national newswires, regional outlets, state economic development agencies, and industry media.

JobsOhio Newsroom
November 2025
JobsOhio and Enterprise Technology Association Launch "AI Ready Ohio" Pilot to Build the Future Workforce in Ohio

The AI Ready Ohio program officially launched during Great Lakes AI Week, with more than 500 Ohioans expected to earn AI Certificates through training and workshops.

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CBS42 / EIN Presswire
November 2025
Enterprise Technology Association & USAII Partner to Accelerate AI Education Nationwide

ETA and the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute announced a national partnership to accelerate AI education, co-developing a new AI Micro-Credential unveiled at Great Lakes AI Week.

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FOX59 / EIN Presswire
February 2025
Enterprise Technology Association and Big Kitty Labs Forge Partnership to Empower Technology Leaders in the AI Era

Big Kitty Labs joins ETA as a Foundational Partner, leading programming at Atlanta AI Week, Nashville AI Week, and Cincy AI Week across the conference series.

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FOX4 / EIN Presswire
January 2025
Enterprise Technology Association Expands AI Week to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Emerging Technology

ETA announced the expansion of AI Week to eight or more US regions in 2025, including Atlanta, Nashville, Tampa, Columbus, and Cincinnati, citing the event series as a national movement in applied AI.

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KRON4 / EIN Presswire
February 2025
ETA Announces Partnership with Axe.ai to Enhance Cybersecurity for Businesses Nationwide

ETA and Axe.ai announced a national cybersecurity partnership, with Axe.ai leading workshops at AI Week events across Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Tampa, and Washington D.C.

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EIN Presswire / National Wire
September 2024
Industry Experts to Lead Conversation on Present and Future of AI at Columbus AI Week

Columbus AI Week was covered by EIN Presswire with national distribution, highlighting the community-powered conference format and ETA's role in regional AI ecosystem building.

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Story Angles

Five Stories Worth Telling

ETA sits at the intersection of AI, workforce, economic development, and regional innovation. These angles are substantiated by real programs and real results — ready to pitch.

Angle 01
The Organization Making AI Real Outside Silicon Valley
While tech giants race to build the next model, ETA is in Ohio running workforce programs, hosting regional leadership summits, and standing up the first national accelerator designed to create AI success stories in communities that never get a seat at the table.
Fast CompanyForbesInc.AxiosRegional Journals
  • Feature: The organization that decided AI readiness shouldn't depend on your zip code
  • News peg: National AI Accelerator launch at the US AI Congress, May 2026
  • Trend: The quiet movement to build AI ecosystems in the American heartland
Angle 02
AI Ready Ohio: The State-Level Model the Rest of the Country Should Steal
ETA and JobsOhio built a program that pairs AI conferences with hands-on workforce training and professional certifications. It started as a pilot. Now it's expanding to three metro regions — and every state economic development agency in the country should be asking why they don't have one.
PoliticoAxios ColumbusEdSurgeWorkforce Wire
  • Policy model: Ohio's AI workforce program as the blueprint for 50-state replication
  • Data story: What happens to a region's economy when you actually train the workforce for AI
  • Profile: The partnership between ETA and JobsOhio that other states are watching
Angle 03
The National AI Accelerator: Not Another Startup Program
Forget the typical tech accelerator that takes 10 startups and gives them pitch coaching. ETA's National AI Accelerator is built for working professionals, existing teams, and organizations that need to move faster on AI — fast-tracking real success stories across all seven organizational tracks.
TechCrunchVentureBeatWiredBloomberg Tech
  • Exclusive: First look at the National AI Accelerator ahead of its May 2026 launch
  • Comparison: How this program is different from every other accelerator in tech
  • Data: 500,000+ unfilled cyber and AI roles in the U.S. — one organization's answer
Angle 04
US AI Congress: The Room Where It Happens
There are dozens of AI conferences. Most are product showcases dressed up as thought leadership. The US AI Congress brings together executives, state leaders, workforce innovators, and community builders dealing with the actual consequences of AI — and puts them in the same room to figure out what to do about it.
PoliticoThe HillAxiosBloombergCNBC
  • Pre-event: The most important AI conversations happening this May aren't in San Francisco
  • Op-ed: Why America's AI strategy has to start in the communities it affects
  • Post-event: National AI Accelerator launch recap and key announcements
Angle 05
AI Is Just the Start — Cybersecurity, Quantum, and What Comes Next
AI dominates the headlines, but it's not the only emerging technology that will reshape the American economy. ETA's model is built to scale across cybersecurity, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, and whatever comes after. The same ecosystem infrastructure that helps a community get AI-ready also makes it quantum-ready and cyber-ready. That's the whole point.
WiredMIT Tech ReviewIEEE SpectrumCSO OnlineDefense & National Security
  • Trend: The organizations thinking past AI to quantum, cyber, and the full emerging tech stack
  • Profile: Inside ETA's bet that one model can prepare communities for every wave of technology
  • Newspeg: America's Cyber Strategy and the workforce gap it exposes — ETA's response
Coverage Beats

What We Speak To

ETA leaders are available for comment, analysis, and expert perspective across these domains. Contact us to arrange interviews or background briefings.

AI Strategy & Enterprise Adoption
Executive AI readiness, transformation roadmaps, ROI realities, and governance.
AI Workforce & Jobs
Upskilling at scale, talent pipelines, AI literacy mandates, and the future of work.
Regional Economic Development
How heartland communities build AI readiness and compete in the technology economy.
AI Policy & Governance
State and federal AI policy, regulation, responsible AI, and workforce legislation.
Cybersecurity & AI Risk
AI-powered threats, enterprise security posture, and the CISO's evolving mandate.
Emerging Technology
Quantum computing, spatial computing, autonomous systems, and frontier tech adoption.
Generative AI in Practice
What's working in enterprise GenAI deployments and what's overhyped.
Technology & Prosperity
Whether AI is building or eroding community prosperity — and what to do about it.
Leadership Bios

Available for Interviews,
Panels & Commentary

Both ETA founders are available for media interviews, expert commentary, panel participation, op-ed co-authorship, and background briefings.

Co-Founder & CEO
Summer Crenshaw
Enterprise Technology Association
"The Builder Behind the Movement"

Summer leads ETA with a conviction that America's AI readiness won't be built by keynote speeches alone — it takes organizational muscle, strategic partnerships, scalable programs, and relentless execution. She is the driving force behind ETA's growth as a national platform, overseeing the AI Week conference series, National AI Accelerator, and ETA's 50-state expansion strategy.

"Everyone is talking about AI. We're building the programs that help people and organizations actually do something about it."
"No company, no university, and no government agency will make America AI-ready on its own. The ecosystem is the strategy."
"Technology education isn't a line item. It's infrastructure — as essential to a region's future as roads and broadband."
Co-Founder & National Director
Zack Huhn
Enterprise Technology Association
"The Architect of AI-Ready America"

Zack is the strategic mind behind ETA's regional AI readiness thesis — the conviction that heartland America isn't AI's afterthought, but its proving ground. He oversees ETA's programmatic expansion, the AI Ready Ohio partnership with JobsOhio, and the Intelligent Regions Initiative, which gives communities a practical model for competing in the AI economy on the strength of who they already are.

"The heartland isn't AI's afterthought. It's AI's proving ground. The industries that built the middle class are the same ones AI will transform."
"If AI makes companies richer but communities poorer, we haven't succeeded — we've just automated inequality."
"The most effective AI policy in America right now isn't a bill in Congress — it's the partnerships being built between state agencies and organizations on the ground."
About ETA

Organizational Boilerplate

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Standard Boilerplate (approx. 150 words)

The Enterprise Technology Association (ETA) is a national network of business, technology, and government leaders working together to close the gaps in emerging technology — for people, organizations, and communities across America. ETA's work centers on three priorities: technology education, technology enablement, and ecosystem building — helping professionals and organizations build the knowledge to lead, the tools to act, and the networks to grow across AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and beyond.

ETA operates the AI Week conference series — the fastest-growing AI event series in the country — as well as the National AI Accelerator, the US AI Congress, the AI Ready Ohio workforce program in partnership with JobsOhio, and the Future Tech Forum executive peer exchange series. ETA's programs have reached more than 20,000 professionals from over 5,000 organizations nationwide. Learn more at joineta.org.

Short Boilerplate (approx. 50 words)

The Enterprise Technology Association (ETA) is a national network accelerating emerging technology readiness across American industries, communities, and regions. ETA produces the AI Week conference series, National AI Accelerator, US AI Congress, and AI Ready Ohio workforce program — reaching 20,000+ professionals from 5,000+ organizations. Learn more at joineta.org.

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