Cornell AI News

Cornell is spearheading the development and refinement of AI through extensive interdisciplinary collaborations.

$10.5 million gift to Cornell will fund research using Empire AI

$10.5 million gift to Cornell will fund research using Empire AI

A five-year, $10.5 million gift from philanthropist Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., will help fund artificial intelligence-related research at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca.

Samsara co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Samsara co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneurship at Cornell has announced that John Bicket ’02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2025. Samsara offers an AI-powered platform to help physical operations organizations improve their safety, efficiency and sustainability by using data from sensors and connected devices.