Donation from Sanjay and Charlene Srivastava Advances AI Innovation in Education

A new gift of $1 million from technology leader Sanjay Srivastava and his wife Charlene to the University of California San Diego will support research on emerging artificial intelligence technologies to create more effective, accessible and personalized educational experiences.

The investment will advance research at the Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing focused on agentic AI, an emerging technology that can independently carry out complex tasks and adapt to changing information. The goal is to explore how these capabilities can be applied to education, from enhancing student learning at UC San Diego to developing approaches that could eventually benefit learners more broadly.

For the Srivastavas, the gift reflects a longstanding commitment to education and a belief that realizing the full potential of artificial intelligence will require collaboration among universities, industry and policymakers.