# Greenwood AI Center of Excellence

Program · [Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa)

Also called: Microsoft Greenwood AI Center, G-ACE, Greenwood AI/AS Center of Excellence, Greenwood AI Center

[Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street)'s Tulsa initiative for AI capacity, education and innovation. It includes ASPIRE education work and the [Greenwood](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-district) Cyber + [AI Lab](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/frontier-model), developed with [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft) and [SeedAI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seedai). Black Tech Street's 2025 announcement of its [NVIDIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia) collaboration names the center as part of that work.

**For example:** Explore Greenwood AI Center of Excellence through its official site and connected entries to check whether it fits your needs.

## Funding

- EDA awarded $10,606,167 to Tulsa Community Foundation for the Greenwood AI Center of Excellence in September 2024, recorded on USAspending. [Source: api.usaspending.gov](https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/ASST_NON_ED24HDQ0G0417_013/)

Figures are as published by the linked source.

## Applying



Application status unknown

[Official application page](https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory)

Checked 2026-11-15.
Official site: <https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory>

## Connects to (12)

- [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street): A Tulsa organization that works to revitalize historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood district, through technology and innovation.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [Greenwood District](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-district): A historic district in Tulsa, famous as Black Wall Street, that grew in the early 1900s into a busy center of Black-owned businesses and…
- [AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/ai): Artificial intelligence.
- [NVIDIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia): NVIDIA makes GPUs, chips that help computers train AI models and run them to produce answers.
- [NVIDIA Inception](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia-inception): NVIDIA's free program for AI startups.
- [Tulsa Tech Hub](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech-hub): A regional effort to make Tulsa a center for autonomous systems, such as drones.
- [Tulsa Innovation Labs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-innovation-labs): A tech-led economic development organization in Tulsa.
- [Tulsa Community Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-community-foundation): A charitable foundation based in Tulsa that helps donors support community organizations and projects.
- [U.S. Economic Development Administration](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/us-economic-development-administration): A federal agency within the U.S.
- [SeedAI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seedai): A national nonprofit working on AI literacy, adoption and policy.
- [Greenwood Cyber + AI Lab](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-cyber-ai-lab): A Microsoft and Black Tech Street collaboration within the Greenwood AI Center of Excellence supporting AI and cybersecurity innovation…

## Sources

- <https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory>
- <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/black-tech-street-collaborates-with-nvidia-to-advance-ai-education-and-innovation-in-tulsa-historic-greenwood-302545590.html>
- <https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/post/black-tech-street-announces-historic-partnership-with-nvidia>
- <https://www.eda.gov/news/press-release/2024/07/02/Tulsa-Hub-for-Equitable-Trustworthy-Autonomy>
- <https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/ASST_NON_ED24HDQ0G0417_013/>
- <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microsoft-and-black-tech-street-launch-greenwood-cyber--ai-lab-in-tulsa-302779672.html>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-ai-center