Michael and Susan Dell announced a $750 million gift to the University of Texas at Austin to fund a new AI-centered medical center and research campus. UT Austin says the planned UT Dell Medical Center will open in 2030 and will connect prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and discovery through AI and advanced computing. The donation is positioned as one of the largest ever to a public university in the U.S. and would extend the Dells’ total giving to UT Austin beyond $1 billion. UT officials described a hospital with 300 to 500 beds, outpatient facilities, and an emergency department, alongside a research campus for integrating advanced computing and AI into clinical care. The gift also includes support for undergraduate scholarships and student housing and backs UT’s Texas Advanced Computing Center, which is building a large academic supercomputer using Dell’s AI infrastructure. The move underscores how large tech philanthropy is becoming a direct lever for academic research and workforce training in AI-enabled health.
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