CODE2040 Matches Black And Latino Student Engineers With Internships At Startups - Forbes: People of color will become the majority in the United States by the year 2040. Some have noted that the minority achievement gap will not be closed that same year, and started a technology program to actually do something about it.
CODE2040 aims to close the gap by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in technology startups, providing startup internships for “high performing black and latino undergraduate and graduate coders and software engineering students”. These students receive not only internships but a speaker series, networking events and mentorship from entrepreneurs, investors, and executives in Silicon Valley, thanks to program partners like Andresseen Horowitz and the Kauffman Foundation.
