06/12/2025
Marie Cari didn’t follow a traditional path into tech, and she’s proud of it. Now a software engineer at Bank of America, Marie is paying it forward as a mentor in Break Through Tech’s AI Program, where she brings her full story—challenges and all—into her mentorship style.
06/11/2025
Can machine learning predict the next viral video? A team of Break Through Tech AI Studio fellows recently collaborated with Google and YouTube to explore this very question.
06/03/2025
In a recent AI Studio Challenge Project, a team of Break Through Tech Fellows worked with Marsh McLennan, a major consulting and risk strategy firm, to tackle the high-stakes issue of predicting the impact of hurricanes on vessel traffic off the Atlantic coast.
05/09/2025
Through a recent AI Studio Challenge, Mastercard partnered with a team of Break Through Tech fellows to tackle a critical business issue: predicting customer churn.
04/21/2025
Beyond technical skills, Break Through Tech’s AI Program provided Linn Khant Thuya with invaluable mentorship.
04/16/2025
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.
03/25/2025
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.
03/21/2025
Dr. Judith Spitz, founder and CEO of Break Through Tech, reflects on the organization's first ten years of innovation and the road ahead.
03/11/2025
Together, Break Through Tech AI fellows and Anote are fine-tuning LLMs to improve their performance on finance-specific tasks—an innovation that could boost efficiency and decision-making across the industry.
03/10/2025
Break Through Tech is guiding Parnian’s career path and helping her align her research goals with real-world applications and industry needs.
