AI Scholars 2024

Artificial Intelligence Program for High School Students

Developed and Taught by Stanford and MIT Alumni and Graduate Students

Interested in our middle school programs? Learn more here.

A Global Classroom of AI Scholars

2,300+

400+

unique high schools represented

instructors from Stanford and MIT

150+

70+

AI Scholars alumni accepted to Ivy Leagues

countries represented by students

Our Mission is to INSPIRE.

AI Scholars inspires curious high school students globally by exposing them to the defining technology of our times: Artificial Intelligence. AI is already present everywhere: in our voice-activated devices, smartphone face recognition systems, and autonomous vehicles. The potential to apply this technology for good is limitless.

This online program — developed and taught exclusively by a team of alumni and graduate students from Stanford, MIT, and other top universities — provides guidance on initiating AI projects, pursuing AI ventures, and preparing for college.

Why join Inspirit AI?

Start or advance your journey in AI through a pre-college, AI program for middle and high school students.

Learn from Stanford alumni and graduate students specializing in AI, who work with students in small groups.

Collaborate with a mentor on a socially impactful AI project and receive guidance on pursuing AI careers and ventures.

Prepare for college applications through experiential workshops from Stanford graduates.

Build an AI Project for Social Good

Our team of graduate student instructors from Stanford, MIT and other leading universities have diverse academic and professional experiences and mentor AI projects in a variety of domains. AI is poised to transform our economy, homes, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, education, and more. In the AI Scholars program students will work in small groups to implement their mentor-led socially impactful AI project.

Project Highlights from 2024

Safe ChatGPT: Build an Authentic Chatbot

Using ChatGPT to build a truthful chatbot and avoid “fake-proofing.”

Covid-19 Genomics

Using genomic data, model which geographic region different strains of SARS-CoV-2 originated from.

Moneyball: AI, Sports, and Business

Using AI for sports prediction, inspired by the book and movie Moneyball.

Planet Hunters: Searching for Exoplanets

Using data collected from NASA’s Kepler telescope to train AI to detect exoplanets.

Kayla Holman, MIT graduate and Inspirit AI instructor, taught AI Scholars at the Khan Lab School in Mountain View, California.

Who is AI Scholars for?

  • High School Students from Grades 9 to 12 (Middle school students apply here).

  • No programming background required, though an interest in AI is appreciated.

  • Advanced cohorts available for students with prior programming experience.

  • Students with a variety of interests can explore the intersection of AI and healthcare, art and more.

Inspirit AI partners with 100+ Leading K12 Schools Around the World

Perspectives from Inspirit AI Alumni at Leading Colleges

Hear from Inspirit AI alumni about their perspectives on how the AI Scholars program has impacted their college and career journeys.

AI Scholars Student Highlights

How did the Inspirit AI program affect your academic journey?

AI + Journalism

“The program was a great experience and addition to my preparation for college… [including] the insightful conversations I had with instructors who also helped me during the college application process.”

— Ananya G., Princeton University

AI + Language

“I am grateful for the college applications advice that Inspirit AI gave me, which eventually helped me get a place in Computer Science at Imperial College London.”

— Dhruv J., Imperial College London

AI + Law

“While I have taken computer science classes before, none of them come close to the depth of the AI Scholars program… I’m confident that machine learning will be a recurring subject.”

— Aidan C., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

AI + Political Science

“Having this opportunity to advance my AI skills and learn how AI can be used in so many ways to positively impact society was an invaluable experience prior to college.”

— Kalissa G., Stanford University

Meet Our Team

Our founding and instructor team consists of alumni and graduate students from Stanford, MIT, and other leading universities who have done cutting-edge research in the field. We hope to bring the most recent developments in Artificial Intelligence from our experiences with courses, labs, and ventures to empower high school students globally. Meet some of our instructors below.

Join our Global Network of AI Scholars

We bring the most recent developments in AI from courses and labs in Silicon Valley to empower high school students globally. Our project-based programs have reached thousands of students in over 70 countries.

We have instructed students from over 2,000 schools across the world, and our student alumni have gone on to attend top universities internationally.

AI Education at Leading Universities

Core Technologies Covered

Computer Vision

Computers can now understand the visual world around us. This has powered transformative technologies such as self-driving cars and facial recognition. We’ll study the underlying methods.

Recommendation Systems

Netflix and Spotify are able to find patterns in large datasets to suggest the best movies or songs for you. How do they design these powerful recommendation systems?

Natural Language Processing

Alexa and Siri are able to converse with us and answer our questions. Language translation has made the world a smaller place. What's the science behind making machines understand words?

Deep Learning

Deep learning has led to vast improvements in analysis of unstructured data including images, videos, and text to create powerful AI applications. How do we use this technology for the benefit of humanity?