Laptops and internet
A refurbished laptop, a charger, a month of internet, and a setup session. Nothing else on this list works without a machine that works.
How it worksa Vertex Acquisitions program
Put the next generation ahead of the curve.
Young people learn to build with AI and keep their own judgment. We pay for the laptop, the course, the mentor, and the first paid work that gets them there.
280,000computer and IT job openings a year, projected for 2025 to 2035.
2xmedian pay for computer and IT jobs compared with all occupations.
60%of public high schools offer an introductory computer science course. Many young people never see one.
What we do
Five things a contribution buys.
A device, a paid course, a mentor, a first paid project, and help for the teachers who already have the students. Each one unlocks the next. We fund them in order of need and budget.
Courses and certifications
Course fees and exam vouchers for coding, AI, cloud, data, and cybersecurity paths. We pay the provider directly.
How it works
Build with AI, keep your judgment
Free sessions on building real things with AI tools, plus mentors from industry who answer the questions a search engine cannot.
How it works
Paid first work
A stipend while a young person does a real project for a real business: a website, a CRM cleanup, an automation, a data report.
How it works
Help for teachers and clubs
Equipment, guest sessions, demo-day judges, and a path from the classroom to a finished project.
How it worksYear one goals
What we are aiming for in the first twelve months.
These are goals, not results. We publish what actually happened at the end of the year, and we say plainly when the budget was the limit.
25laptops placed
10course scholarships paid
6free workshops held
4paid internship projects
3school partnerships
How your support works
Three steps, no mystery.
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You give
Zelle lands the same day. Card payments arrive when that option is on. Every contribution gets a thank you and a receipt by email.
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We fund in order of need and budget
Contributions go to the five areas on this site. We pay providers directly where we can, so a laptop is a laptop and a course fee is a course fee.
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We report back
We publish what was funded and what it led to, with the permission of the young people involved. Goals are goals until they are done.
From the founder
Why a field-services company runs a youth program.
Vertex shows businesses how to use human intelligence with artificial intelligence. The same idea, taught early, is the biggest head start we know how to give.
I taught myself to build with AI tools while working door to door and going back to school for finance. The tools let me build things I could not have built alone, and the judgment to use them well came from the work.
Young people in Georgia should get that head start years earlier than I did, with a laptop that works, a course that is paid for, a mentor they can call, and a first project that pays. That is what this program buys.
Kamari JettFounder, Vertex Acquisitions LLC
Support the program
One laptop changes what a year can look like.
$300 puts a working laptop in the hands of a student. $25 keeps them online for a month. Any amount moves one young person one step.
Youth in Tech is a program run by Vertex Acquisitions LLC, Georgia. Vertex Acquisitions LLC is a for-profit company, so contributions are not tax deductible.