Your child already uses AI every day — here’s how to help them understand and build it. These are our handpicked AI summer camps for New York, NY kids and teens in 2026, most of them live-online and beginner-friendly. Programs marked ★ Featured are our top picks to start with; click any program for details and enrollment.
AI Agent Builder Lab ★ Featured
Middle/High School · $499 · Online
Go from AI user to AI builder in one weekend. A live, online intro where students with no coding experience learn how large language models work and build…
AI Explorers Lab ★ Featured
Middle School · $699 · Online
A live online AI program for middle schoolers in grades 6-8. Across 8 hands-on sessions, students learn how AI works, write smart prompts, train their own…
AI FinTech Lab
High School · $799 · Online
Hands-on lab where students deploy AI agents in financial markets, build a trading bot, and learn why most trading bots fail.
AI Medicine Lab
High School · $799 · Online
Hands-on lab where students train real medical AI models and research crews while learning where medical AI fails — and how to use it responsibly.
AI Research Fellowship
High School · $2,500 · Online
Advanced 1:1 PhD-mentored fellowship where students with AI/Python foundations conduct original AI research and produce a submission-ready paper, with…
Club SciKidz Queens NY: Data Science and AI Summer Camp
Middle/High School · $495/wk
A hands-on, project-based one-week camp where high school and upper middle school students learn to code and build their own AI models, focusing on core…
Columbia University Pre-College: Data Science and Machine Learning
High School · $6,381–$12,837/session
High school students leverage Python and mathematical techniques to analyze data, create impactful visualizations, and become data-driven decision-makers.
NYU ARISE Program
High School · Free
A free, intensive 10-week summer research program for high school students, offering hands-on lab experience in AI and data-driven research at NYU Tandon…
NYU Tandon Summer Program for Machine Learning
High School · $3,180
Students are introduced to computer science, data analysis, mathematical techniques, and logic that drive machine learning and AI, learning core…
Startup Launch Lab
Middle/High School · $999 · Online
A live, online 6-week lab where students in grades 8–12 use AI tools, market research, product design, and a simple startup financial model to build an…
The CCNY STEM Institute: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
High School · Free
A free summer program introducing high school students to AI and machine learning techniques through projects mimicking real-life engineering…
AI Future Summer Camp
Middle School · Pricing varies
Students aged 6-14 engage in hands-on robotics, coding, and STEM projects, including creating games, animations, and Python projects in the Code Lab.
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