CommBank Partners with Deadly Coders and Microsoft for First Nations AI Education

Commonwealth Bank (CommBank) has partnered with Deadly Coders and Microsoft to expand an education program aimed at equipping 5,000 First Nations students with AI and digital skills from 2026 to 2027. This initiative builds on a previous program that reached nearly 5,500 students across 32 schools and emphasizes support for regional and remote communities. The program includes practical activities like an App Prototyping Hackathon, where students create apps to solve real-world issues. Additionally, CommBank has agreed to pay licence fees to Australian creators and publishers for the use of eligible news content in its AI systems.