State and Local Pathways to Building and Buying Public AI

Across the United States, states and cities are pioneering practical ways to design, build, and procure AI in ways that preserve public control and flexibility. This session showcases concrete examples of how governments are creating modular, model-agnostic tools; sharing infrastructure; and using procurement to embed public values into technology. Participants will hear how state and local teams are structuring RFPs, evaluating vendors, and orchestrating cloud services to keep data, interfaces, and architecture under public control.