NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Wednesday, Amazon Web Services announced a partnership with some Metro Nashville offices as well as the Nashville Innovation Alliance and several universities in an effort to build up Nashvillians' technical skills related to artificial intelligence and data science.

Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell joined executives at the announcement, underscoring the scope of the effort: preparing Tennesseans for thousands of open jobs in the region's fast-moving tech economy.

"[We are] talking about an educational alignment program with employer requirements so students can become really productive very, very quickly," General Manager of Global Education at AWS, Valerie Singer, said. "[They can] have the skills that they need so that when they go into an organization ..

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