Make America Chip-Ready · A 501(c)(3) national initiative
The engineers of the American century start here.
ChipReady takes a complete beginner to mastery in the technologies that decide the future — semiconductors, AI hardware, robotics, and quantum. Personalized by AI. Forged through real industry work. Proven by a job.
67K+ U.S. jobs at risk by 2030
$52B Federal CHIPS investment
9 states Coalition footprint
50+ Modules ready to teach
01 / The Stakes
America is building the fabs. It has not yet built the people.
The most ambitious industrial mobilization in a generation is underway — and the single constraint on it is not capital, not silicon, not policy. It is talent. Employers across the country report the same thing: the barrier to expansion is workforce capacity.
115,000 New U.S. semiconductor jobs projected by 2030. Source — SIA / Oxford Economics, 2023
~60% Of those roles require no four-year degree — technicians, operators, process specialists. Source — SIA workforce study
$200B Anchor employer Micron's planned U.S. investment — two new fabs, tens of thousands of jobs. Source — Micron Technology
67,000 Of those jobs could go unfilled on the current trajectory. That gap is the mission. Source — SIA / Oxford Economics, 2023
"We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."— John F. Kennedy · Rice University · 1962
02 / The Ascent
Every master was once a disaster. We chart the whole climb.
Mastery is not a certificate — it is a transformation in how you see. Building on the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, ChipReady maps seven levels, from the beginner who doesn't yet know what matters, to the pioneer who invents what comes next. Our AI knows exactly where you stand.
L01 Novice No more "bull in the china shop." Follows rules without context. Can't yet tell signal from noise.
L02 Advanced Beginner Begins to read the room. Recognizes the recurring patterns of the floor and the bench.
L03 Competent Plans deliberately and owns outcomes. Manages real complexity under real pressure.
L04 Proficient Sees the whole situation at once. Intuition begins to outrun the rulebook.
L05 Expert Acts fluidly and intuitively. The tool disappears; only the work remains.
L06 Master Reshapes how the work itself is done. Sets the standard others are trained against.
L07 Pioneer "The super-engineer." Discloses what didn't exist yesterday. Invents the field's future.
ChipReady's seven-level framework builds on the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition (H. & S. Dreyfus), extended for the engineering disciplines of the frontier.
How we move you up the ladder → 03 / The Method
We don't just deliver content. We engineer the learner.
Most people don't fail to learn for lack of information. They stall — overwhelmed, resigned, unsure what to do next. ChipReady AI is built around that truth. It assesses where you are and where you want to be, then composes a living path to get you there — and it watches how you learn, not just what.
M-01 · Trajectory
A path built for one
Tell us where you want to land — process technician, design engineer, materials scientist. We assess your starting point and compose a dynamic trajectory to the exact role. The plan adapts every week; the destination stays fixed.
M-02 · Companion
A mentor that never sleeps
An AI companion that teaches, questions, unblocks, and explains — at your pace, in your context, at 3 a.m. if that's when you study. It remembers what you struggled with last week and meets you there.
M-03 · State
It reads the learner, not just the lesson
Our intelligence tracks more than progress — it tracks state. It senses when wonder turns to overwhelm, when momentum is slipping, and intervenes before you stall. Learning how to learn, built into the machine.
M-04 · Proof
Mastery you can prove
Every assessment maps to industry-validated, stackable credentials — co-built with the bodies employers already trust. You don't just feel ready. You can show it.
Intelligence layer — COROS · adaptive learning & mentorship engine
04 / The Academy
The whole value chain — taught the way the industry runs it.
Six disciplines spanning the full semiconductor value chain — design to fab to test to materials — each mapped to the real jobs being hired today, and three frontier horizons opening next. Built from a 50-module curriculum library, beginner to advanced, with hands-on labs throughout.
D-01
Semiconductor Foundations
How the industry, the device, and the chip actually work — the literacy every role is built on.
TechnicianOperator
D-02
Fabless & IC Design
RTL to tapeout — analog, digital, mixed-signal, VLSI and system-on-chip, on real EDA tools.
Design EngineerVLSI Engineer
D-03
Foundry & Fabrication
The cleanroom craft — lithography, deposition, etch, CMP and wafer processing, hands on the tools.
Process EngineerFab Technician
D-04
Integrated Device Manufacturing
Process integration at scale — CMOS and FinFET flows, yield, and the operations of a working IDM.
Device EngineerProcess Tech
D-05
Assembly, Test & Packaging
OSAT — die and wire bonding, 2.5D/3D advanced packaging, test, and yield optimization.
Packaging EngineerTest Engineer
D-06
Materials & Metrology
Thin films, metallization and characterization — the instruments of truth behind every wafer.
Materials EngineerMetrology
Opening
AI Hardware
Accelerators and the silicon behind the models — where the next decade of demand concentrates.
Opening
Robotics & Automation
The machines that build the machines — embedded systems, control, and the automated fab.
Opening
Quantum
The next substrate — and the engineers who will be ready before the rest of the world is.
50+Curriculum modules
6 +3Disciplines & frontiers
Novice→Adv.Beginner to advanced
20+Job roles mapped
05 / The Promise
Come ready.
Leave hired.
You don't finish ChipReady with a certificate. You finish with a career. Real industry projects, virtual and physical cleanroom labs, interview readiness, and a jobs engine that connects you directly to the employers building America's fabs. That is the promise, and we build the whole organization to keep it.
01
Assess
We meet you where you are and place you precisely on the climb.
02
Learn
Personalized coursework with the AI companion at your side.
03
Build
Real industry projects and hands-on labs — virtual and in the cleanroom.
04
Prove
Stackable credentials, a portfolio, and interview readiness.
05
Place
Internships, apprenticeships, and the jobs engine into hiring employers.
06 / The Coalition
We do not stand alone.
ChipReady is a named partner in PINES — the Pacific-Intermountain Network for Education in Semiconductors — a federal Regional Node spanning nine states and 31 institutions, anchored by the largest semiconductor investments in American history.
Anchor employerMicron
IndustryIntel
EquipmentApplied Materials
EquipmentTokyo Electron
PhotomaskPhotronics
CredentialingSEMI
CredentialingNIMS
PINES leadBoise State
NanofabricationU. Washington
National programNSTC · Natcast
Endorsed & supported by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray · U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell · U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene · state & regional partners
07 / The Call
We choose to make America chip-ready.
America chose the Moon because it was hard. The frontier of silicon is this generation's hard thing — and it will be won or lost on people. ChipReady is a nonprofit building the infrastructure for the American mind: a platform to take anyone, anywhere, from beginner to super-engineer. It needs a bold commitment from founding partners who still believe this country builds the future.