1:1 industry mentors from Roblox, Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Genentech — no coding, GPA, or prior experience required.
Personalized AI Project Mentorship for Every Middle and High School Student.
Choose an AI Build or AI Research track. Work 1:1 with an industry mentor. Finish with a real, college‑application‑ready AI project — no matter your student's grade, GPA, interests, or career path.
Founded by Shilpi Agarwal — Stanford adjunct faculty, MIT mentor, Regeneron ISEF Grand Award Judge, Women in AI Champion (North America 2025), Forbes 50 Over 50 nominee, and founder of DataEthics4All Foundation — STEAM in AI by DataEthics4All Foundation is a White House AI Education & Workforce Champion.
STEAM in AI by DataEthics4All Foundation is a White House AI Education & Workforce ChampionOnly a few 45-Min AI Project & Fit Assessment spots remain per cohort — apply to be considered.
Watch how Eli turned his interests into a project that strengthened his USC application
Student spotlight
What is STEAM in AI?
STEAM in AI is a personalized AI project mentorship program for middle and high school students. Students work 1:1 with industry mentors from companies like Roblox, Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Genentech to build a real AI product or conduct an original AI research project — regardless of their grades, GPA, prior coding experience, or career interests.
Every student finishes with a portfolio-ready AI project that becomes the centerpiece of their college application. Choose one of two tracks:
- AI Build — the student designs and ships a working AI product or tool.
- AI Research — the student conducts a substantive AI research project worthy of publication or competition submission.
STEAM in AI is not a course, bootcamp, camp, or tutoring service. It is 1:1 personalized mentorship — real project, real mentor, real outcome — designed for every student, no matter their interests or career path.
Founded by Shilpi Agarwal — Stanford adjunct faculty, MIT mentor, and a Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Grand Award Judge, where she evaluates the top ~0.03% of pre-college scientific talent in the world (≈1,700 finalists from 7M+ competitors across 60+ countries) and helps award over $9M in prizes. Also Women in AI Champion (North America 2025), Forbes 50 Over 50 nominee, founder of DataEthics4All Foundation — STEAM in AI by DataEthics4All Foundation is a White House AI Education & Workforce Champion, and invited twice by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Most Students Stay Busy. Few Stand Out.
The Typical Path
Random activities with no clear thread
Generic science fair or CS projects
No compelling narrative for applications
The STEAM in AI Path
Personalized AI project aligned to their major
Mentor-guided, portfolio-ready work
A clear, compelling story admissions remember
See What Students Actually Build
Students build personalized AI projects aligned to their interests, intended major, and real-world problems.
An AI-powered email assistant designed to simplify technology for senior citizens.
Here's What Each Student Gains in the STEAM in AI Intensive
A Personalized AI Capstone Project Designed for Your Student
Through our proprietary STEAM in AI design process, we co-create a unique project specifically aligned to your child's interests, extracurricular experience, and future goals — giving them a signature achievement that reflects initiative, purpose, and depth.
College-Ready Narrative & Communication Skills
Students not only build work — they learn to present and explain it persuasively, with documentation and storytelling that admissions officers and scholarship evaluators value.
1:1 Mentorship with Industry & Research Experts
Personalized guidance from experienced mentors deepens understanding, accelerates learning, and empowers students to think with clarity, confidence, and strategic insight.
Human-Centered AI & Ethical Design Thinking
Students learn to center people in their technology — applying design thinking and ethical frameworks so every solution is both innovative and responsibly constructed.
Entrepreneurial Mindset & Innovation Skills
Our program nurtures creativity and problem-solving — teaching students to identify meaningful problems, test ideas, and think like innovators ready for future academic and professional challenges.
Social Impact Focus
Projects are built with purpose, encouraging students to tackle real-world challenges where AI can make a positive contribution, strengthening both the work and the story behind it.
Clear College & Career Pathway Readiness
Students finish the program with clarity on how their capstone, competencies, and documented experience map to college interests, internships, research opportunities, and competitive academic pathways.
AI That Strengthens Any Future Path
Your student doesn't need to be a future computer scientist to benefit from advanced AI training.
The STEAM in AI Intensive is designed for ambitious students across disciplines who want to use artificial intelligence to deepen their academic narrative. Our students apply AI to the path they are already pursuing, including:
Pre-Med & Health Sciences
Use AI to analyze biomedical data, model disease trends, and explore public health research.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Build predictive models, AI-powered tools, and data-driven startup concepts.
Public Policy & Social Impact
Apply machine learning to civic systems, ethics questions, and societal challenges.
STEM & Engineering
Develop technical fluency in algorithms, data science, and AI systems.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Use AI to explore language, culture, behavioral data, and social dynamics.
We help every student architect and execute a personalized, mentor-guided AI project designed to strengthen their academic interests and future goals.
We help them use AI to elevate the direction they already care about.
From No Clear Direction → Top College Outcomes
Real students. Real projects. Real outcomes.
Each student builds a different project based on their interests and intended field of study.
Eli
AI + BusinessBuilt an AI Emailing Agent for Senior Citizens
USC
Business + AI (Early Decision)
"This project changed how I connected my interests."
Julia
AI + HealthcareBuilt an AI classification project for MRI knee images
Duke
Statistical Science / Data Science + CS
Marcell
AI + Social ImpactBuilt an AI agent that analyzes online presence and sentiment
Harvey Mudd
Computer Science
Nila
AI + SustainabilityBuilt an AI recycling / sustainability solution
UIUC
Informatics (Data Science & Computer Science focus)
What Selective Colleges Actually Look For
Guidance from an Independent Education Counselor
Selective Colleges: Unlock Your Admissions Edge Now
An independent counselor shares what top schools value in student applications.
Where Our Students Have Been Accepted
Students from our program have been accepted to:
Examples shown. Outcomes vary based on student background, effort, and overall application.
What Families and Advisors Are Saying
Feedback from students and parents who have experienced our program
"The ethics-first approach was refreshing. My child learned to think critically about AI's impact, not just how to use it."
"This program gave me a meaningful project to talk about in my college essays. The ethics framework helped me articulate why my work matters."
"My mentor guided me step by step and helped me understand not just how to build AI systems, but why certain approaches are more responsible."
"It helped me narrow my interest toward data science and AI. I now have a clearer sense of what I want to study and pursue as a career."
See How Students Think, Build, and Present
Watch students explain what they built and how they approached solving real-world problems.
Student-built AI Spanish tutor
Student-built AI for skincare
Using AI to analyze patterns and detect financial crime
We've helped thousands of students find their dream College and Career Path
Students
Mentors
Countries
Learn From Mentors Shaping AI Today
Students are matched with mentors from leading companies and research backgrounds to build ambitious, personalized AI projects.
Mentors guide students to build projects aligned with their interests and intended major.
Shilpi
Founder, STEAM in AI
Former Stanford Adjunct · OpenAI
Guides students to connect AI with their unique interests and build projects with real-world impact.
The STEAM in AI Approach
A rigorous, ethics-first framework for meaningful AI education
Design Thinking Embedded
Every project starts with human problems, not technology. Students learn to empathize, define, and iterate before building.
Ethics Applied During Building
Ethics isn't a separate module — it's woven into every phase. Students evaluate bias, safety, and impact as they design.
Mentors Guide Every Stage
Experienced mentors provide 1:1 guidance, helping students navigate challenges and develop justified, defensible work.
Depth over demos
Deep understanding, not surface-level projects
Justification over shortcuts
Students explain why, not just how
Responsibility over hype
Problems students actually care about
Student Project Pathways
All projects include ethics + design thinking. Students are guided into one of two pathways based on their interests and goals.
AI Build
Applied, hands-on AI systems and agents
- Create functional AI applications
- Work with LLMs, agents, and APIs
- Build user-facing prototypes
- Focus on real-world problem solving
AI Research
Model development, experimentation, and evaluation
- Develop and test AI models
- Conduct rigorous experiments
- Evaluate accuracy and bias
- Document findings systematically
Student AI Projects & Outcomes
These examples represent the range of projects students build.
Final projects depend on readiness, interests, and mentor guidance.
AI Build Projects
Intelligent Health Screening Assistant
Real-World ImpactBuilt an AI assistant that analyzes visual and text-based health inputs to surface early risk signals while maintaining ethical guardrails and human oversight.
Voice-Enabled AI Productivity Assistant
Real-World ImpactDesigned a voice-driven AI assistant that helps users manage daily tasks through natural language interaction and intelligent automation.
Language Learning AI Tutor
Real-World ImpactCreated an interactive AI tutor that adapts language instruction in real time based on learner proficiency and engagement signals.
Sustainable Decision-Making AI Agent
Real-World ImpactBuilt an AI agent that guides users toward more sustainable choices using data-backed recommendations and ethical design principles.
Medical Image Classification System
Real-World ImpactDeveloped a machine learning model to classify medical images and evaluate model accuracy, bias, and real-world clinical limitations.
AI Research Projects
AI-Based Image Trust & Authenticity Research
Real-World ImpactConducted applied AI research to detect and localize manipulated digital content, addressing misinformation and public trust in AI systems.
Beyond the Program: Building, Shipping, Competing
Students who complete STEAM in AI can continue into our AI Ethics Champion pathway—expanding their projects, shipping key features, and preparing their work for competitions, publication, or community deployment showcasing impact.
Let's see if this is the right fit for your student.
Start with a short application to assess fit. We'll review your student's interests and goals.
- ✓ Personalized project direction
- ✓ Alignment with college and major goals
- ✓ Honest fit assessment
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Student Doesn't Need More Activities. They Need Direction.
We help students build something that actually matters.
🚀 Fall Applications Close August 15 | Limited Cohort • Personalized AI Mentorship • Apply to Be Considered
Hear from a parent
How one project became the core of a college application story.