Colorado AI · Partners
The organizations building Colorado's AI future
Colorado AI builds the movement for an AI era that serves everyone, and we do not do it alone. These are the partners and collaborators we work with and point our community to.
Why we partner
An AI era that serves everyone takes more than policy.
Good policy governs AI, but it does not teach a Coloradan to use it, help a founder ship, stand up a quantum lab, or fund a company. That is the work these organizations do.
Partners
The organizations we partner with directly
AI Education Partner
AI Colorado
AI Colorado helps Coloradans learn to use AI by doing, not by sitting through lectures. Its growing library of hands-on lessons runs from first conversations with AI to applied and practitioner-level skills, so anyone can build real fluency and reskill for the AI era.
AI Colorado is a separate, independent organization, led by Colorado AI founding member Robert Reich.
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Colorado Startups
Colorado Startups is a starting and scaling place for the people building the next generation of companies here. It connects founders through active LinkedIn, Slack, and Facebook communities, curates resources like its ecosystem canvas and leaderboard, and runs events that turn one of the world's largest startup ecosystems into real introductions, mentors, and momentum.
Colorado Startups is a separate, independent organization, led by Executive Director Micah Mador.
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We partner with these organizations on education and Colorado's startup ecosystem. It does not mean they endorse Colorado AI's policy positions.
Working together
Across Colorado's innovation ecosystem
These are organizations we work alongside and point our community to, across AI education, startups, quantum, research, and entrepreneurship. Listing one here is not a mutual endorsement of policy positions.
AI community nonprofit
Rocky Mountain AI
A volunteer-run 501(c)(3) behind the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group, growing AI education, ethics, and collaboration through meetups and subgroups across Colorado and the Mountain West.
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Quantum tech hub
Elevate Quantum
A federally designated Tech Hub and consortium of 120 organizations working to make Colorado and the Mountain West the world's center for quantum technology, from research to commercialization.
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Research labs consortium
CO-LABS
A 501(c)(3) consortium connecting Colorado's federal research laboratories with universities, industry, and civic leaders, championing the taxpayer-funded science that makes the state a global research hub.
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Endeavor Colorado
The Colorado affiliate of the global Endeavor network, supporting high-impact founders with mentorship, capital, and worldwide connections as they scale companies across energy, space, health, and technology.
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Engage Colorado
A platform documenting Colorado's journey to become a top innovation ecosystem, through the Bear Roars newsletter and podcast and community events that bring Coloradans together across geography and generation.
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Ensuring Colorado's Innovation Future
A bipartisan coalition of more than 230 Colorado business and civic leaders advocating a long-term, cross-sector strategy to keep the state competitive in technology and innovation, from quantum and aerospace to software and energy.
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Let's Vibe AI
A community of builders, hackers, and vibe coders meeting across Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs to build with AI together, open to everyone from a first prompt to a production app.
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AI to serve all Coloradans.
Colorado is ready to benefit massively from the AI era. We support the governor, attorney general, and senator who are most aligned with the movement.
Colorado AI will endorse and promote the most-aligned candidates, and set up a meet-and-greet to support them.