Ken Griffin gives $2B for a Carnegie Mellon Miami campus focused on AI and robotics
4KTV · x · 2026-09-30
Citadel founder Ken Griffin is donating $2 billion — the largest individual gift in US higher education history — to launch a 35-acre Carnegie Mellon campus in Miami's Wynwood district, focused on computer science, AI, robotics, and technology, boosting Miami's bid to become a global tech hub.
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