Sallie Mae team members and their Xterns pose in front of a white Xtern-branded IndyCar and blue Xtern backdrop at Dallara.

Xtern Kicks Off Summer at TechPoint’s First Programming Weekend

TechPoint welcomed the 2026 Xtern cohort to the Dallara Experience Hub for a programming weekend focused on professional development, AI, networking and workplace readiness.
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TechPoint Kicks Off 2026 Xtern Summer Program with More Than 100 Interns at Nearly 30 Organizations

TechPoint welcomes 102 college students for paid internships with 29 Indiana organizations through its 2026 Xtern summer program.
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TechPoint Launches Expanded Statewide Tech Job Board Powered by Ascend Indiana

TechPoint’s expanded statewide job board, powered by Ascend Indiana, now features more than 1,000 tech listings and stronger access to career opportunities across Indiana.
Students and organizers gather for a group photo during the 2026 Xtern Challenge at Cummins, with participants seated throughout the room making a “C” shape with their hands.

Students Provide Real-World AI Solutions at TechPoint’s XTERN Challenge, Hosted by Cummins

TechPoint’s latest XTERN Challenge brought together 100 students from colleges and universities across Indiana to solve real-world enterprise AI problems with Cummins, giving them hands-on experience in collaboration, technical problem-solving, and workplace communication.
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Rebuilding the Experience Ladder in an AI Economy

Earlier this year, TechPoint published AI Amplifies Need to Address the Experience Gap, highlighting research from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab showing that early-career workers ages 22 to 25 in highly AI-exposed occupations experienced a 13 percent relative decline in employment from late 2022 to mid-2025. From my vantage point, it is not a collapse […]