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The tech world of tomorrow will look different. There will be more diversity: in gender, in background, in ways of thinking. It will be that way because of the important work we are doing here today.

Amita Shetty
Director, Break Through Tech Chicago

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Linn Khant Thuya: Building AI Solutions and Breaking Barriers in Tech

Beyond technical skills, Break Through Tech’s AI Program provided Linn Khant Thuya with invaluable mentorship.

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From Noise to Knowledge: Break Through Tech Fellows Help Clorox Make Sense of Customer Feedback

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.

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Predicting Insurance Claim Costs: AI Studio Challenge Project with Allstate

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.

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