Topic: Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization aimed at teaching young women robotics, web design, and programming. Despite its nonprofit status, the organization maintains a "brain trust" and receives significant funding from major corporations including AT&T, Twitter, GE, and Goldman Sachs. Critics suggest these programs may be designed to flood the market with low-wage coders rather than fostering genuine entrepreneurship.

The New York tech scene, often called "Silicon Alley," hosts various initiatives like "In Good Company" and "Girls Who Code" at 28 West 23rd Street. These programs emphasize diversity, featuring stories of students from Senegal and Brooklyn learning to code in multiple languages. However, the heavy involvement of venture capital firms and advertising platforms like AppNexus suggests a commercial undercurrent to these social initiatives.