Google is planning to invest in business and workforce development in Pennsylvania particularly in the Pittsburgh area.
During an event on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai launched a new initiative at the company’s office in Pittsburgh.
The new initiative called Grow with Google aims to create more opportunities for everyone. Under the program, the company will provide tools and trainings for people to get jobs in the technology sector. It will also help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Additionally, the company will provide funding for non-profit organization focused on creating economic opportunity.
Google CEO says Pittsburgh is a special place
In his remarks, Pichai said “Pittsburgh is a special place” for him because of the “amazing” Carnegie Mellon University. He noted that the university has a “great computer science department.”
“I was here before the Internet really took off, but the city was already changing. The number of high-tech jobs had doubled. And the pace of change has never slowed since. As a new arrival, I was homesick but struck by something new: the sense of optimism,” said Pichai.
