photo credit: wikkimedia Sports by Edwian Stokes ‘Built Different’ STEM Accelerator Leverages Motorsports To Advance Workforce Development for Black Youth The Twenty Four Foundation, GM Motorsports, and Clayton County partnered to launch an AI and engineering initiative inspired by NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth. The Twenty Four Foundation, with GM Motorsports and local government leaders, launched “Built Different: The STEM Accelerator,” a workforce development initiative connecting underserved youth to careers in engineering, artificial intelligence, technology, and data science through professional motorsports. Developed by Seven & Grace with GM Motorsports, the program launches in Atlanta and Richmond, Virginia, through local nonprofit partners. High-growth technical sectors like artificial intelligence, motorsports engineering, and data analytics have presented barriers for African Americans. GM Motorsports provides platforms used in elite competition, such as the Pit Rho machine-learning strategy platform and Race Vehicle Simulation software.