{"version":"2026.08.01.2","last_verified":"2026-08-01","as_of":"2026-08-01","scope":"Verified non-infrastructure Louisiana AI nodes and dated company, event, funding, procurement, and public-use activity, joined to the canonical infrastructure tracker by reference.","count":17,"core_count":9,"activity_count":8,"records":[{"id":"louisiana-ots-ai-acceptable-use-policy","name":"State AI Acceptable Use Policy","organization":"Louisiana Office of Technology Services","domain":"government","secondaryDomains":["industry"],"location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","status":"active","statusLabel":"Effective Sep. 29, 2025","summary":"The statewide operating policy for responsible, ethical, and secure AI use by Louisiana executive-branch agencies under OTS authority.","verifiedFacts":["Applies to consolidated state agencies and users of state-governed technology resources.","Covers generative AI, large language models, automated decision systems, and other AI technologies."],"tags":["policy","public sector","governance","responsible AI"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"primary-policy","source":{"title":"Artificial Intelligence Acceptable Use Policy","publisher":"Louisiana Office of Technology Services","url":"https://ots.la.gov/policies-forms/artificial-intelligence-acceptable-use","publishedAt":"2025-09-29"}},{"id":"ldoe-comprehensive-ai-plan","name":"Louisiana K–12 AI strategy","organization":"Louisiana Department of Education","domain":"education","secondaryDomains":["government"],"location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","status":"active","statusLabel":"Implementation underway","summary":"Louisiana's statewide education-technology plan documents a five-pillar comprehensive AI plan, educator development, literacy guidance, and expansion of AI pilots.","verifiedFacts":["The plan builds on AI pilots launched in 2025 and calls for AI and EdTech Canopy courses in 2026.","The state reports AI competency in its 2025 Digital Literacy Guidance."],"tags":["K-12","AI literacy","teachers","education policy"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"primary-policy","source":{"title":"2025–26 Statewide Educational Technology Plan","publisher":"Louisiana Department of Education","url":"https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/legislative-reports/2026-statewide-educational-technology-plan-report.pdf?sfvrsn=501b7e61_3"}},{"id":"bese-ai-readiness-pipeline","name":"Louisiana AI Readiness Pipeline","organization":"Louisiana BESE and Board of Regents","domain":"education","secondaryDomains":["government","research"],"location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","status":"active","statusLabel":"Reported Jun. 2026","summary":"A state education pathway intended to strengthen connections among K–12 instruction, postsecondary programs, and emerging-technology workforce preparation.","verifiedFacts":["BESE reported continued implementation of recommendations from its AI Workgroup.","The readiness pipeline was presented in a joint BESE and Board of Regents meeting."],"tags":["K-12","higher education","workforce","pathways"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","source":{"title":"BESE concludes June meetings highlighting artificial intelligence","publisher":"Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education","url":"https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-news/2026/06/16/louisiana-bese-concludes-june-meetings-highlighting-teacher-compensation-proposal--artificial-intelligence--educational-choice--and-postsecondary-alignment","publishedAt":"2026-06-16"}},{"id":"lsu-bs-artificial-intelligence","name":"Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence","organization":"Louisiana State University","domain":"education","secondaryDomains":["research","industry"],"location":"Baton Rouge","region":"Capital","status":"launching","statusLabel":"Launches fall 2026","summary":"Louisiana's first standalone bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence, approved by the Board of Regents and built around technical, ethical, and systems-level AI engineering.","verifiedFacts":["The Baton Rouge program is scheduled to begin in fall 2026.","LSU reports 20 new courses plus a two-semester senior capstone."],"tags":["degree","AI engineering","AI security","ethics"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","source":{"title":"LSU launches Louisiana's first bachelor's degree in artificial intelligence","publisher":"Louisiana State University","url":"https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2026/03/27_lsu_launches_first_bs_in_ai.php","publishedAt":"2026-03-27"}},{"id":"lsu-ai-research-network","name":"LSU AI research network","organization":"Louisiana State University","domain":"research","secondaryDomains":["education","industry"],"location":"Baton Rouge","region":"Capital","status":"active","statusLabel":"Institutional portfolio","summary":"A cross-disciplinary research network spanning medicine, wildfire prediction, disaster response, virtual production, classroom resources, and high-performance AI computing.","verifiedFacts":["LSU reports more than 180 faculty engaged in AI and machine-learning research.","LSU reports more than $7 million in funded AI and machine-learning projects over five years."],"tags":["faculty","machine learning","HPC","applied research"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","source":{"title":"The future of AI starts here","publisher":"Louisiana State University","url":"https://www.lsu.edu/ai/index.php"}},{"id":"tulane-community-engaged-ai","name":"Center for Community-Engaged Artificial Intelligence","organization":"Tulane University","domain":"research","secondaryDomains":["education","government"],"location":"New Orleans","region":"Greater New Orleans","status":"active","statusLabel":"Active center","summary":"A multidisciplinary center for human-centered AI research, project-based learning, community partnerships, workshops, and seed-grant support.","verifiedFacts":["Research areas include health, criminal justice, micro-finance, social media, artistic innovation, and civic technology.","The center supports early-stage research, entrepreneurship, industry, and civic-technology projects with AI engineering help."],"tags":["human-centered AI","civic technology","health","community"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","source":{"title":"Center for Community-Engaged Artificial Intelligence","publisher":"Tulane University","url":"https://sse.tulane.edu/cs/ceai"}},{"id":"ul-lafayette-caai","name":"Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence","organization":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","domain":"research","secondaryDomains":["education","industry"],"location":"Lafayette","region":"Acadiana","status":"active","statusLabel":"Active center","summary":"A use-driven AI research and workforce hub connecting university researchers, domain experts, industry, government, and community partners.","verifiedFacts":["The center focuses on applied research, workforce training, and local-economy innovation.","UL Lafayette describes a planned secure AI sandbox at the LITE Center for local open-model experimentation."],"tags":["applied AI","workforce","healthcare","AI sandbox"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","source":{"title":"Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence","publisher":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","url":"https://caai.louisiana.edu/node/1?qt-latest_and_greatest=0"}},{"id":"ul-lafayette-lafleur","name":"LaFLEUR Project","organization":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","domain":"research","secondaryDomains":["education"],"location":"Lafayette","region":"Acadiana","status":"active","statusLabel":"Launched Mar. 2026","summary":"A Louisiana-specific language-AI project building expert-vetted training data and transcription tools for Louisiana French recordings and regional dialects.","verifiedFacts":["The project is assembling a human-vetted ground-truth transcription dataset.","Its stated goal is dependable access to archival and community recordings while preserving Louisiana language and culture."],"tags":["Louisiana French","language AI","culture","datasets"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","source":{"title":"Center for Louisiana Studies initiative trains AI on recordings of Louisiana French","publisher":"University of Louisiana at Lafayette","url":"https://louisiana.edu/news/center-louisiana-studies-initiative-trains-ai-recordings-louisiana-french","publishedAt":"2026-03-04"}},{"id":"louisiana-tech-ai-lab","name":"Louisiana Tech AI laboratory and resilience research","organization":"Louisiana Tech University","domain":"research","secondaryDomains":["education","industry"],"location":"Ruston","region":"North Louisiana","status":"launching","statusLabel":"Lab opens fall 2026","summary":"An AI research and teaching investment paired with NSF-backed work on explainable anomaly detection for power, water, manufacturing, and transportation systems.","verifiedFacts":["Louisiana Tech reports a new lab with 15 NVIDIA Spark workstations planned for fall 2026.","A two-year NSF award supports AI research on resilient critical infrastructure."],"tags":["critical infrastructure","explainable AI","lab","NSF"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","source":{"title":"NSF funds Louisiana Tech AI research designed to prevent critical system failures","publisher":"Louisiana Tech University","url":"https://www.latech.edu/news/nsf-funds-louisiana-tech-ai-research-designed-to-prevent-critical-system-failures.php","publishedAt":"2026-05-20"}}],"activities":[{"id":"codegig-louisiana-ai-company","kind":"company","name":"CodeGig","organization":"CodeGig","location":"Baton Rouge / New Orleans","region":"Capital / Greater New Orleans","summary":"A Louisiana Growth Network cohort company using AI and machine learning in software for carbon-emissions tracking, prediction, and tax-credit workflows.","verifiedFacts":["Louisiana Economic Development identified CodeGig as an inaugural Louisiana Innovation Cohort company.","LED describes the company as specializing in AI, machine learning, and custom software development."],"tags":["company","machine learning","emissions","enterprise software"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","lifecycle":{"status":"active","statusLabel":"Active company · LED cohort record","announcedAt":"2025-03-07","reviewBy":"2026-10-31"},"source":{"title":"Louisiana Growth Network launches inaugural Innovation Cohort","publisher":"Louisiana Economic Development","url":"https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/louisiana-growth-network-launches-inaugural-innovation-cohort/","publishedAt":"2025-03-07"},"supportingSources":[{"title":"CodeGig AI and software services","publisher":"CodeGig","url":"https://www.codegig.co/"}],"display_state_as_of":"active"},{"id":"qimana-solomon-ai-startup","kind":"company","name":"QiMana and Solomon","organization":"QiMana, Inc.","location":"Louisiana (city not stated in source)","region":"Statewide","summary":"A startup LED identified in 2025 as developing Solomon, an AI product for business and entrepreneurship that combines automated guidance with human insight; current operating status is not verified.","verifiedFacts":["Louisiana Economic Development identified QiMana as an inaugural Louisiana Innovation Cohort startup.","LED describes Solomon as an AI platform designed to help bridge business ideas to execution."],"tags":["startup","entrepreneurship","business guidance","AI platform"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","lifecycle":{"status":"watch","statusLabel":"Watch · current operation not verified","announcedAt":"2025-03-07","reviewBy":"2026-08-01"},"source":{"title":"Louisiana Growth Network launches inaugural Innovation Cohort","publisher":"Louisiana Economic Development","url":"https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/louisiana-growth-network-launches-inaugural-innovation-cohort/","publishedAt":"2025-03-07"},"display_state_as_of":"watch"},{"id":"lsu-ai-in-action-2026","kind":"event","name":"AI in Action Symposium 2026","organization":"LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business","location":"Baton Rouge","region":"Capital","summary":"The second LSU AI in Action symposium convened Louisiana business, education, healthcare, and public-sector leaders around responsible adoption, governance, talent, and human judgment.","verifiedFacts":["LSU held the symposium on March 20, 2026.","The official recap documents speakers from Louisiana industry, higher education, healthcare, and state government."],"tags":["event archive","business adoption","governance","workforce"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","lifecycle":{"status":"completed","statusLabel":"Completed Mar. 20, 2026","startsAt":"2026-03-20","endsAt":"2026-03-20","reviewBy":"2027-03-20"},"source":{"title":"Building the Human Infrastructure: Inside AI In Action 2026","publisher":"Louisiana State University","url":"https://www.lsu.edu/business/news/2026/4/ai-in-action-2026-recap.php","publishedAt":"2026-04-01"},"display_state_as_of":"completed"},{"id":"tulane-proof-of-concept-fall-2026","kind":"funding","name":"Tulane Provost's Proof of Concept Fund — fall 2026","organization":"Tulane University Innovation Institute","location":"New Orleans","region":"Greater New Orleans","summary":"An open, technology-neutral commercialization grant of up to $50,000 for eligible Tulane researchers. Its official portfolio includes an AI healthcare platform, but the fund is not dedicated only to AI.","verifiedFacts":["Fall 2026 applications are open through August 28, 2026.","Eligible applicants include current Tulane faculty, research staff, and specified trainees with an invention disclosure filed or in preparation.","The official award portfolio includes a prior AI platform for healthcare research."],"tags":["open funding","commercialization","university research","AI eligible"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","lifecycle":{"status":"open","statusLabel":"Open · closes Aug. 28, 2026","closesAt":"2026-08-28","reviewBy":"2026-08-28"},"source":{"title":"Provost's Proof of Concept Fund","publisher":"Tulane University Innovation Institute","url":"https://innovation.tulane.edu/provosts-proof-concept-fund"},"supportingSources":[{"title":"Provost's Proof of Concept Fund Portfolio","publisher":"Tulane University Innovation Institute","url":"https://innovation.tulane.edu/ppoc-portfolio"}],"display_state_as_of":"open"},{"id":"ldoe-dss-ai-interventions-2026-27","kind":"funding","name":"Direct Student Services AI-powered interventions","organization":"Louisiana Department of Education","location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","summary":"A 2026–27 competitive grant lane for Louisiana public school systems to implement or expand evidence-based AI tools that personalize instruction and provide real-time data.","verifiedFacts":["The competitive Super App deadline was January 23, 2026; this is not presented as an open application.","The 2026–27 grant period began July 1, 2026, and eligible applicants are Louisiana public school systems."],"tags":["grant period","K-12","personalized learning","public schools"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"primary-policy","lifecycle":{"status":"implementation","statusLabel":"Grant period active · applications closed","startsAt":"2026-07-01","endsAt":"2027-06-30","closesAt":"2026-01-23","reviewBy":"2026-12-31"},"source":{"title":"2026–2027 Direct Student Services Overview","publisher":"Louisiana Department of Education","url":"https://doe.louisiana.gov/docs/default-source/academics/2026-2027-direct-student-services-overview.pdf?sfvrsn=d8d80dbc_1"},"supportingSources":[{"title":"2026–2027 School System Planning Resources","publisher":"Louisiana Department of Education","url":"https://doe.louisiana.gov/school-system-leaders/school-system-planning"}],"display_state_as_of":"implementation"},{"id":"source-louisiana-ai-supplier-portal","kind":"procurement","name":"Source Louisiana supplier portal","organization":"Louisiana Economic Development","location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","summary":"A free statewide supplier directory connecting Louisiana contractors, service providers, and suppliers with major-project procurement opportunities, including data-center development.","verifiedFacts":["LED says the directory connects Louisiana businesses with procurement opportunities from companies investing billions across the state.","LED explicitly states that registration does not guarantee an award or business opportunity."],"tags":["supplier portal","procurement","subcontracting","data centers"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"institutional-record","lifecycle":{"status":"active","statusLabel":"Registration active · no award guarantee","reviewBy":"2026-11-01"},"source":{"title":"Source Louisiana","publisher":"Louisiana Economic Development","url":"https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/source-louisiana"},"display_state_as_of":"active"},{"id":"led-laio-ai-toolkit-rfq-2025","kind":"procurement","name":"LED LA.IO AI business-toolkit RFQ","organization":"Louisiana Economic Development","location":"Statewide","region":"Statewide","summary":"A closed state procurement record for an AI-powered small-business toolkit with authoritative-source retrieval, hallucination controls, evaluation requirements, and human handoffs.","verifiedFacts":["LED issued the RFQ on October 8, 2025, with a November 5, 2025 submission deadline.","The scope called for generative AI, a source registry, retrieval-augmented generation, response evaluation, and ongoing support."],"tags":["closed RFQ","state procurement","RAG","small business"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"primary-policy","lifecycle":{"status":"closed","statusLabel":"Closed Nov. 5, 2025","announcedAt":"2025-10-08","closesAt":"2025-11-05","reviewBy":"2027-01-01"},"source":{"title":"LED LA.IO AI Toolkit Request for Qualifications","publisher":"Louisiana Economic Development","url":"https://admin.opportunitylouisiana.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LED_LAIO_AI_Toolkit_RFQ_Draft_10-8-25.pdf","publishedAt":"2025-10-08"},"display_state_as_of":"closed"},{"id":"ascension-parish-ai-flood-pilot","kind":"public-use-case","name":"Ascension Parish AI flood-prediction pilot","organization":"Ascension Parish Government and Louisiana State University","location":"Ascension Parish","region":"Capital","summary":"A live public-sector pilot combining parish drainage observations, weather forecasts, and machine-learning models to improve localized flood intelligence for human decision-makers.","verifiedFacts":["LSU reported in June 2026 that the model was being calibrated and tested against observed parish conditions.","The model uses hourly data from more than 30 parish facilities and produces updated 24-hour local stream-level forecasts."],"tags":["public-sector pilot","flooding","drainage","human oversight"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-01","evidenceClass":"official-announcement","lifecycle":{"status":"pilot","statusLabel":"Pilot calibration active","announcedAt":"2026-06-09","reviewBy":"2026-11-30"},"source":{"title":"LSU researchers team up with Ascension Parish to put AI to work against flooding","publisher":"Louisiana State University","url":"https://www.lsu.edu/cce/mediacenter/news/2026/6/xue_ai_ascension.php","publishedAt":"2026-06-09"},"display_state_as_of":"pilot"}],"activity_kind_counts":{"company":2,"event":1,"funding":2,"procurement":2,"public-use-case":1},"coverage_lanes":[{"name":"Infrastructure","state":"deep","summary":"Projects, operators, capex, published power, parishes, permits, and source trails.","href":"/data-centers"},{"name":"Power & regulation","state":"deep","summary":"LPSC dockets, utilities, incentives, water, permitting, and policy controls.","href":"/lpsc-dockets"},{"name":"Education & workforce","state":"expanding","summary":"K–12 strategy, degree programs, training pathways, labs, and project-specific jobs.","href":"/topics/workforce"},{"name":"Research & universities","state":"expanding","summary":"Source-backed centers, laboratories, applied research, and Louisiana-specific AI projects.","href":"/ecosystem#statewide-index"},{"name":"Government & public sector","state":"expanding","summary":"State AI policy, education governance, legislation, and verified public-service pilots.","href":"/ecosystem#activity-ledger"},{"name":"Industry adoption","state":"watch","summary":"Dated industrial, healthcare, autonomy, and business-use signals with source links.","href":"/ecosystem#watch-wire"},{"name":"Companies & startups","state":"expanding","summary":"Officially identified Louisiana AI companies with product and presence claims kept source-bound.","href":"/ecosystem#activity-ledger"},{"name":"Events, grants & funding","state":"expanding","summary":"Open, active, and completed opportunities with application, occurrence, and review dates.","href":"/ecosystem#activity-ledger"},{"name":"Procurement","state":"expanding","summary":"Active supplier channels and closed solicitations, with no-award and deadline caveats preserved.","href":"/ecosystem#activity-ledger"}],"infrastructure":{"canonical_endpoint":"/api/v1/projects","canonical_page":"/data-centers","confirmed_records":4,"watch_records":2,"capex_floor":"$65.6B+","published_power_mw":5760},"guardrails":["This registry is a verified starting set, not a claim that every Louisiana AI organization is already indexed.","One controlling first-party source is required for every published row; secondary coverage may add context but cannot establish the row.","Launching and planned initiatives stay labeled separately from active programs.","Infrastructure records remain canonical in the project tracker and are linked here rather than duplicated.","Companies, events, funding, procurement, and public use cases publish in a separate dated ledger with lifecycle and review gates."]}