# Google is spending $50 million on 'growing the next generation of American workers' — but at $166 per worker, surely it's not going to get very far?

> Google is spending $50 million training 300,000 skilled-trades workers across more than 20 US states Funding comes from Google's AI Opportunity Fund and is being positioned as a public-private partnership model to…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-is-spending-usd50-million-on-growing-the-next-generation-of-american-workers-but-at-usd166-per-worker-surely-its-not-going-to-get-very-far?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a311acb63a0fcbb0f7729d0)
- **Published:** 2026-06-16
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #google #million #workers #skilled #spending #training #across #american
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