F - Partnerships

Statutory text

Government Code section 11546.8, subdivision (f)(2)(F), requires the Report to include:

(F) A detailed description of any proposed partnerships, contracts, or licensing agreements with nongovernmental entities, including, but not limited to, technology-based companies, that demonstrates compliance with the requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d).

Source: SB-53 Gov Code 11546.8.

Reading list

This list groups the library’s sources for this element by tier. It does not say what the Report will recommend.

Primary (41)

• Anthropic Usage Policy 2026-11-12: The Anthropic Usage Policy has three tiers: Universal Usage Standards, High-risk Use Case Requirements and Additional Use Case Guidelines.
• AWS Acceptable Use Policy 2021-07-01: The AWS Acceptable Use Policy is short and general.
• AWS Responsible AI Policy 2025-01-13: This is the AI-specific hard-limits document of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• California Executive Branch org chart 2025-11-04: The state executive branch and its heads, as of Nov. 4, 2025.
• California Jobs First homepage: State regional economic program, 13 regions, council of nine agencies co-chaired by GO-Biz and LWDA
• CCC ISTI 25-300-02 AI Safety and Security: The California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor’s Office tells colleges to test agentic AI in isolated sandboxes.
• CCC ISTI 26-300-01 Digital Identity Verification: The CCC system requires digital identity verification for students, from August 2026.
• CDT About the Department: CDT oversees state IT planning, projects, procurement and standards; runs the State Data Center; Director is State CIO.
• CDT AI community of practice: State AI forum since 2024 with UC and CSU speakers; Vera Zakem and Deirdre Mulligan in May 2025.
• CDT executive team: CDT’s 12 executives, with Chris Given as CIO and Vera Zakem as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer.
• CDT homepage: Thin homepage: Poppy, middle mile, Digital ID; training and AI community links. Lists the pages taken.
• ESP Governor signs SB-53 release 2025-09-29 (web): The co-sponsor says compute is “dominated by just three companies: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft” and CalCompute is “a public option”.
• ESP launches Economic Security California 2024-01-30 (web): Economic Security California (ESCA) is the California state affiliate of the Economic Security Project (ESP).
• Executive Order N-6-26: Directive 9 set a deadline of “No later than October 15, 2026” for the Government Operations Agency (GovOps).
• Fei-Fei Li Senate testimony 2023-09-14 (web): Fei-Fei Li tells a U.S. Senate committee that compute and data needs leave frontier AI to “a select few industry players”. She backs the National AI Research Resource.
• Google Cloud Acceptable Use Policy 2026-10-12: The Google Cloud Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is general.
• Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy 2024-12-17: This is the AI-specific hard-limits document of Google.
• Governor AI working group release 2025-03-18: The release announces the draft of the Governor’s working group report.
• Governor appointments 2026-08-19: The Governor appoints Ayushi Roy State Chief Technology Officer at CDT.
• Governor ICYMI 32 of top 50 AI companies 2025-03-12 (web): The origin of “32 of 50”, linked to the Forbes AI 50. It says “fifth largest economy”. No CalCompute.
• Governor TIME Person of the Year made in California 2025-12-12 (web): “33 of the 50 top AI companies”, 15.7% of U.S. AI job postings, and over half of global AI venture capital in the Bay Area. No CalCompute.
• GovOps departments: 15 entities; CalHR sets job classifications and training; Learning Lab is a state grantmaker.
• GovOps homepage: GovOps oversees 16 departments, including CDT, CalHR and Learning Lab; leads AI oversight. Lists the pages taken.
• GovOps more efficient California
• Massachusetts AI Hub release: $31M state grant to MGHPCC for AI Compute Resources; about $120M over five years
• Microsoft Enterprise AI Services Code of Conduct 2026-05-01: The Code of Conduct sets the prohibited uses for all Microsoft AI Services, including Azure OpenAI.
• NSF 26-508 TechAccess solicitation (web)
• NSF 26-513 solicitation: NSF AI Infrastructure Hubs: one award per state, first deadline Nov. 4, 2026; partners fund five years of compute, NSF funds staff and training
• OpenAI Usage Policies 2025-10-29: OpenAI has one set of usage policies for all of its products.
• Poppy overview: Poppy is a generative AI (GenAI) platform that CDT built for state employees.
• Poppy service page: CDT charges state departments for Poppy.
• Poppy Terms of Use (web): These are the terms between CDT and each “Ordering Entity” for Poppy, the state’s generative AI (GenAI) platform.
• S.2714 CREATE AI Act: Federal NAIRR bill as reported: NSF picks an operating entity or consortium; a free tier of access
• SB 1047 CalCompute section 2024-08-29: SB 1047’s CalCompute section: the same elements as SB-53, report due Jan. 1, 2026; vetoed
• SB-53 Assembly Privacy analysis 2025-07-08: The committee’s summary of the bill (items 17 to 28) already matches the enacted § 11546.8 almost item for item.
• SB-53 Assembly Privacy analysis 2025-09-05: This is the last committee analysis of SB 53, on the version the Governor signed.
• SB-53 Gov Code 11546.8: The statute: Gov. Code § 11546.8, subdivisions (a) to (k), word for word. The base of every definition.
• SB-53 Senate GO analysis 2025-03-25: Excerpt of the CalCompute passages of the Senate Governmental Organization analysis. The full copy is the (web) page.
• SB-53 Senate GO analysis 2025-03-25 (web): The first committee analysis of SB 53. It has the enacted mission, UC placement and seven elements, with the March appointment scheme. It says “This bill does not establish CalCompute” and records no opposition.
• UC Regents B4 Update on AI 2026-09-16: UC is scoping its own “Sovereign AI Cloud”, UC-owned and UC-governed. It does not name CalCompute.
• Wiener SB 1047 introduction release 2024-02-07 (web): SB 1047’s release names CalCompute users as “startups, researchers, and community groups” and asks cloud firms for transparent pricing.

Peer-reviewed (1)

• PEARC 2025 Empire AI model for provisioning AI and HPC: Empire AI: $250M state capital, $150M from members, nonprofit governance, member-ranked proposals

Institutional (24)

• ACCESS Allocations policy: This is the full ACCESS rule set for who can get compute and how ACCESS decides.
• Apereo Foundation homepage: This is a thin homepage.
• Cal-ICOR About: Partners (UC Berkeley lead, Learning Lab, 2i2c) and five named staff.
• Cal-ICOR homepage: 1,907 students this term and 4,369 all time (UC 275, CSU 1,497, CCC 134); Learning Lab supports it; “Free”. Lists the pages taken.
• Cal-ICOR Partner With Us: 20 partner institutions (15 CSU, 2 UC, 3 CCC) and a four-step onboarding with a choice of support model.
• CITRIS UC Santa Cruz affiliates: Partner logos: three CITRIS campuses, QB3, two research centers, DART.
• CITRIS UC Santa Cruz homepage: Four-campus UC institute since 2001; no compute or AI program at UC Santa Cruz. Lists the pages taken.
• CITRIS UC Santa Cruz leadership and staff: Director Katia Obraczka, Executive Director Michael Matkin; CIDER drone program employs trained students.
• CITRIS UC Santa Cruz programs: Campus-only seed grants (I2P) and student Tech for Social Good grants.
• CROSS About: Founded 2015 with a $2M gift and three founding industry members; leadership, advisory board and stakeholder benefits. No fees or member rights.
• CROSS homepage: Thin homepage; CROSS funds student open source projects and works with the six-campus UC OSPO Network. Lists the pages taken.
• CSIS If Compute Is the New Oil: Commentary on compute as a strategic resource in the Gulf; links a UC record on data center energy use
• NRP Acceptable Use Policy (web): The NRP Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a one-page user agreement.
• NRP Getting started (web): NRP has no proposal review.
• NRP Policies (web): NRP enforces efficient use with numbers.
• Public AI Network 2024 white paper: Public access, accountability and permanent public goods; names CalCompute as a local public compute effort
• SDSC NAIRR Operations Center launch: NSF chose SDSC to lead the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Operations Center.
• UC ANR Cooperative Extension
• UC OSPO Network education resources: 43 curated open source lessons from six UC campuses; aggregated curriculum model for E
• UN Open Source Week 2025: 2025 highlights: 1000+ attendees, 75 countries, 150+ speakers.
• UN Open Source Week 2025 Conference Report: RISE report: the GDC recognizes open access to compute; OSPOs succeed by mandate and authority, not tools.
• UN Open Source Week 2026 agenda: AI day sessions on public AI infrastructure and open source GenAI governance; UC Santa Cruz on a university OSPO panel.
• UN Open Source Week homepage: UN Open Source Week 2026, June 22-26, run by ODET and OICT; the Open Source x AI day. Lists the pages taken.
• UN OSET and UNDP 2024 DPI Safeguards: This is a United Nations framework for safe and inclusive digital public infrastructure (DPI).

Trade (2)

• Granted AI on NSF 26-508: This is a vendor blog post that sells a grant-writing product.
• StateScoop California CTO Ayushi Roy: Roy replaces Jonathan Porat; CIO Chris Given’s priorities include digital identity and AI.

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