DataRemote Named a Founding Employer in Miami Dade College's AI Elite Talent Hub

On September 30, 2026, EdTech Innovation Hub published “Miami Dade College pairs AI students with companies for 10-month industry projects,” a report by Emma Thompson that names DataRemote among the founding employer partners of Miami Dade College’s new AI Elite Talent Hub. Miami AI News reported the same founding group the same day, and DataRemote shared the announcement in a LinkedIn post on October 12, 2026.

About the AI Elite Talent Hub

The AI Elite Talent Hub is a 10-month work-based learning program at Miami Dade College (MDC). It places selected students on company AI projects during the academic year, then moves them into paid summer internships.

MDC announced the program on September 17, 2026, describing it as a workforce initiative that brings some of its strongest emerging AI talent together with 15 industry partners. Per MDC, students pair that project work with industry and faculty mentorship, career coaching, and AI-focused training while they continue their studies.

EdTech Innovation Hub reports these program details:

Program detail	As reported
First cohort began	August 24, 2026, after applications and interviews earlier in the summer
Project period	The 2026–27 academic year
Paid internships	Summer 2027
AI transformation projects	More than 15, according to the college
Student stipend	$1,000 in each of the fall and spring semesters
Eligible programs	Associate or bachelor’s degrees in AI, data analytics, software engineering, or related fields
Enrollment requirements	Minimum 2.5 GPA and at least two classes in each of the fall and spring semesters
Closing event	AI Elite Talent Hub Showcase

DataRemote’s role as a founding employer

The founding company group is Leon Medical Centers, DataRemote, TriMerge Consulting Group, Barmade, Costex Tractor Parts, Seaboard Marine, First Wave AI, MDM, SNT_Labs, and WTRway World.

According to EdTech Innovation Hub, each employer partner:

• Submits an AI challenge, such as a business problem, a workflow to automate, or another AI use case, which MDC faculty and company mentors build the students’ training and project work around
• Hosts one or two students
• Provides mentorship throughout the program
• Funds a paid internship of at least 10 weeks at the end of the program
• Takes part in speaker sessions, demo days, and final presentations

The article also cites LinkedIn posts by Antonio Delgado Fornaguera, MDC’s Vice President of Innovation and Tech Partnerships and founder of the National Applied AI Consortium. He describes the model as taking students beyond AI projects done for a class to a full academic year of AI transformation work inside companies before they graduate.

The students’ project at DataRemote: Alarm Auto Detect

DataRemote’s AI Elite students have worked on-site alongside the company’s team at its office in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Their AI transformation project centers on Alarm Auto Detect, the DataRemote feature that automatically configures a DataRemote line to the correct communication protocol for a connected fire or burglar alarm panel.

Without it, an installer has to identify the panel’s signaling format and select it by hand, and a mismatch is a common reason a newly installed line fails its first signal test. Auto Detect is designed to make test-and-turn-up faster and misconfigured installs less likely. Availability and the formats detected vary by appliance model and configuration; the fire and burglar alarm communication page covers the feature in full.

DataRemote’s earlier work with Miami Dade College

DataRemote has hired Miami Dade College students before. Its intern-to-engineer hiring through the Miami Tech Works program is recorded in How DataRemote & Miami Tech Works Are Bridging Miami’s Tech Talent Gap, and the company’s Miami presence in Rep. Maria Salazar Showcases DataRemote as a Telecom Pioneer in Miami.