As AI applications are increasingly integrated into nuclear weapons systems and related subsystems—including early warning, decision support, intelligence and predictive analysis, and other military platforms—nuclear policy professionals face a growing challenge: policy debates are accelerating faster than practitioners’ direct exposure to how modern AI tools and systems are actually built, tested, and deployed.

Funded through a philanthropic grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew Carnegie AI–Nuclear Policy Accelerator is designed to close this gap by providing mid-career professionals in the national security space with hands-on technical literacy and applied engagement. The Accelerator will train and support nuclear policy practitioners drawn from government, international organizations, the military, think tanks, and academia.