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Virginia AI landscape assessment urges large-scale training, regional strategies
Summary
A Go Virginia–funded AI landscape assessment presented to the state board recommends 34 strategic actions, stresses workforce training for roughly 1.55 million workers potentially affected by AI and urges region-specific strategies to help small and midsize firms adopt AI, the authors told the board.
Andrew Sinclair, vice president for public policy at the Virginia Chamber, and Mike Malone of Economic Leadership LLC presented the findings of a Go Virginia–funded AI landscape assessment to the Go Virginia State Board on March 2026. The study, produced for Blueprint Virginia 2035, surveyed stakeholders statewide and recommended steps to help the commonwealth seize AI opportunities while limiting harms.
Sinclair said the research effort engaged more than 10,000 Virginians through regional meetings, industry councils and statewide surveys and produced AI-specific recommendations across workforce, education, innovation and infrastructure. "We were able to engage over 10,000 Virginians," Sinclair said, noting the study’s integration with Blueprint Virginia 2035.
Malone summarized the study’s core findings and recommendations. He…
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