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Nonprofit · Coachella Valley · Est. 2025

Getting the Coachella Valley
Ready for the Age of AI

AICV is preparing students, working adults, and community members across the nine Coachella Valley cities to work confidently alongside AI — through hands-on programs, real partnerships, and grounded, responsible practice.

Working with partners across the Coachella Valley
Cal State San Bernardino · ERC
Desert Community Foundation
College of the Desert
Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce
IE Journalism Innovation Hub+Fund
TEDx Rancho Mirage
Fiscal Sponsor
AI Coachella Valley is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit operating under Desert Community Foundation — a trusted anchor of philanthropic infrastructure in the Coachella Valley.
On the ground in the Coachella Valley · Since 2025
30+
AI workshops
hosted in 2025
300+
Students in
attendance
9
Cities across
the Valley
12+
Community &
school partners
Campus home: Entrepreneurship Resource Center · 37023 Cook Street, Palm Desert · In affiliation with CSUSB
Why Now
AI is transforming how work gets done.

From hospitality and agriculture to healthcare and marketing, artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday jobs across every industry in the Coachella Valley.

Communities that prepare early will create opportunity. Communities that wait will struggle to catch up.

AICV exists to make sure the Coachella Valley doesn't fall behind.

The Workforce Gap

Students entering today's workforce will encounter AI in nearly every profession.

From hospitality and agriculture to healthcare, marketing, and technology — the gap between what schools teach and what employers expect continues to grow.

AI Coachella Valley was created to bridge that gap — helping people move from learning about AI to working with AI.

Our Mission

A new kind of workforce requires a new kind of preparation.

We serve students, community members, and working adults across the nine cities of the Coachella Valley. Our programs are hands-on, community-grounded, and designed for people with no prior technical background.

Operating from the Entrepreneurship Resource Center in Palm Desert, in partnership with CSUSB, we're building the region's first dedicated AI literacy and workforce readiness infrastructure.

What We Do

Three programs. One pipeline.

Every AICV program is designed to move participants forward — from building foundational skills to applying them in the real world.

Step 01 · Learn
1

AI Builder Workshops

Hands-on sessions where students and community members learn to use AI tools to solve real-world problems. No coding background required. Participants leave with projects they can show employers.

Work Done in 2025 → 2026 Events →
Step 02 · Practice
2

Community Build Sprints

Participants work in small teams to build simple AI tools that solve real problems for local organizations and small businesses. Community needs become real project briefs — and real portfolio work.

Coming 2026
Step 03 · Apply
3

Workforce Bridge Marketplace

AICV connects emerging builders with small businesses and community organizations that need help using AI tools — giving participants their first real project experience while businesses gain useful solutions.

Beta · Launching 2026
The Responsible AI Pledge
AICV · aicoachellavalley.org
The AICV Responsible
AI Pledge
"We believe AI should be used in ways that are human-centered, transparent, and grounded in our community's values."
7 Principles For the Coachella Valley
Click to view all 7 principles

The AICV Responsible AI Pledge is a shared commitment to using AI in ways that are human-centered, transparent, and grounded in the values of our community.

We invite students, educators, business owners, and community leaders to read it, sign it, and carry it forward.

Read & Sign the Pledge
Who This Is For

AI fluency isn't just for engineers.

Students

Learn real AI tools and build projects you can include in your portfolio. Walk in curious. Leave ready.

Educators

Bring AI literacy into your classroom. We provide the curriculum framework and practical exercises.

Local Businesses

Partner with emerging builders to solve real operational challenges using AI. Give talent their first real project.

Funders & Partners

AICV is fiscally sponsored by Desert Community Foundation and operates from CSUSB's Entrepreneurship Resource Center. 30+ workshops. Real partnerships. Real infrastructure. Now scaling.

"The most important things about you cannot be generated."

Why This Work Matters
"Artificial intelligence is arriving faster than most communities are prepared for. Our goal is simple: help the next generation learn how to work with these tools — thoughtfully, responsibly, and creatively."
Sat Singh speaking at TEDx Rancho Mirage, August 2025
TEDx Rancho Mirage · August 2025

The future of AI should not be shaped only by large technology companies. Communities should help shape it too. That's what AICV is built to do — not as an abstract mission, but as a practical, on-the-ground program that meets people where they are across the nine cities of the Coachella Valley.

AICV was founded by Sat Singh — a TEDx Rancho Mirage speaker, community educator, and technology entrepreneur based in the Coachella Valley. He hosts SunshineFM, a daily AI radio program from Rancho Mirage, and has spent the past decade building at the intersection of technology and community.

In 2025, AICV hosted over 30 workshops with more than 300 participants across 12+ community and school partners. In 2026, we're expanding — with the Workforce Bridge Marketplace, deeper classroom partnerships, and the region's first structured AI intelligence layer, now live and cited by AI systems querying the valley.

— Sat Singh Founder, AICV (AI Coachella Valley)
AICV

Help Shape the Future of Work in the Coachella Valley

The Coachella Valley is at an inflection point. The work AICV is doing — in classrooms, on campuses, with community partners — is how regions build lasting AI readiness. Come be part of it.

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