Our Programming

Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not

We work alongside tech leaders to connect them with local, untapped talent to create new, transformative value through tech exploration, tech career exposure, and career experience. We aim to bring the tech community together around common civic goals and to fully harness and amplify the resources of LA’s tech community.

The LA Tech Approach

We connect. By partnering with Big Tech, local startups, and community leaders, we provide:

A Deep Focus on Social Capital:

Providing talent with direct access to industry professionals

Cohort-Based Support:

A community that grows together

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Paid Experience

Breaking the cycle of unpaid labor

Rising Internship Program

Our programs serve to connect talent with opportunity. We connect LA youth with tech internships and immersive them with professional development workshops. Creating valuable career experience for LA youth.

Emerging Tech Academy

We work with a diverse number for LA youth from undeserved communities. We create opportunities to convene and connect tech leaders in LA, from C suite to future leaders. Supporting them along the way through our mentorship program.

Year-Round Internship Program

Our programs serve to connect talent with opportunity. We connect LA youth with tech internships and immersive them with professional development workshops. Creating valuable career experience for LA youth.

 

Discover Our Partnership Programming

These opportunities are open to any youth who would like to pursue a career in tech. We can generally accommodate all needs for technical companies.

Google Ai Initiatives

Creating pathways into AI careers through education, paid learning, and industry partnerships.

Evolve Fellows Program

Empowering first-generation students with mentorship, resources, and career support in STEAM and business.

BMW Designworks x LA Tech Rising Internship

Empowering emerging creatives through hands-on design experience, mentorship, and mobility innovation projects.

Our Partnership Impact

450+

Youth with Tech Internships

800+

Youth trained in AI literacy

$500,000

in wages in collaboration with LA County

Waymo Career Institute 

Preparing emerging talent for careers in autonomous vehicles through mentorship and hands-on learning.

LA Tech Business & Entrepreneurship Academy, powered by Fika Ventures

Empowering students with paid learning, mentorship, and career pathways in business and innovation.

LA Tech IT & Cybersecurity Academy, powered by Microsoft

Equipping students with technical training, certifications, and mentorship for careers in technology.

Snap Academies

Empowering emerging talent through hands-on training, mentorship, and pathways in design and engineering.

Get Involved

Give Today

By giving today, you’re not just supporting a nonprofit—you’re investing in the future of Los Angeles.

Partner

Investing in local talent ensures that the tech sector remains vibrant and sustainable as it continues to grow.