NewSovereign AI: private AI infrastructure on hardware you rent or own, fully managed.
NewSovereign AI: private AI infrastructure on hardware you rent or own, fully managed.
Feb 20, 2026
Written by: Hoonify
New Mexico has long been home to world-class science and engineering. With national laboratories, research universities, and a growing aerospace and defense presence, the foundation for advanced technology is already here.
The next step is scaling private-sector innovation — and building the workforce to support it.
At Hoonify Technologies Inc., we believe New Mexico can be a leader in high-performance computing (HPC) and AI. That belief is why, since 2025, we have been proud to partner with STEM Boomerang New Mexico to help shape the state’s emerging HPC talent pipeline.
As industries increasingly rely on AI, simulation, modeling, and large-scale data processing, demand for HPC skills continues to grow. Aerospace, defense, energy, advanced manufacturing, and research organizations all depend on scalable computing infrastructure — and the technical expertise to operate it.
Nowhere is that demand more visible than in AI infrastructure. The rapid growth of large-scale AI models from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI has driven massive investment in GPU clusters, neocloud providers, and high-throughput compute networks. Supporting that infrastructure — deploying it, managing it, optimizing it — requires exactly the kind of HPC expertise this program is designed to develop. The people who know how to operate these systems at scale are among the most sought-after technical professionals in the industry today.
Through the HPC Pre-Apprenticeship Program launched by STEM Boomerang NM, students and early-career professionals gain exposure to:
This structured, paid program bridges academic learning with hands-on industry relevance — creating pathways into high-impact technology careers within New Mexico.
As an Albuquerque-based HPC software company, Hoonify’s role in this partnership goes beyond a name on a list. We have contributed subject matter expertise to help ensure the curriculum reflects what modern HPC environments actually look like — the infrastructure, workflows, and real-world challenges being solved in production today.
Our team has provided guidance on:
As a company focused on simplifying and operationalizing HPC environments through our TurbOS® platform, we understand how critical practical, deployable knowledge is in today’s computing landscape.
The goal has been to help produce graduates who are ready to contribute from day one — not just theoretically familiar with the concepts, but grounded in how HPC systems are actually deployed and used. This kind of private-sector engagement accelerates workforce development from good intentions into measurable outcomes.
New Mexico’s technical depth is a genuine competitive advantage. The opportunity now is to expand private-sector technology growth alongside that foundation — strengthening the connection between research excellence and sustainable industry careers.
A strong local HPC workforce creates:
From startups to established enterprises, from research institutions to defense contractors, advanced computing capability strengthens the entire state.
Our partnership with STEM Boomerang NM reflects a broader commitment: building in New Mexico, investing in local talent, and strengthening the technology ecosystem from within.
Sustainable growth in advanced computing requires more than products. It requires people, education, collaboration, and shared responsibility.
New Mexico’s advanced computing future will be built by partnership between educators, industry leaders, and community stakeholders. We are proud to have contributed our expertise to date — and we welcome others who want to help expand HPC opportunity across the state.
This partnership was highlighted on KRQE’s NM Living, underscoring the growing statewide focus on developing HPC talent and expanding technology pathways in New Mexico.
If you are a workforce development leader, educator, or industry partner interested in strengthening advanced computing opportunities in New Mexico, we welcome the conversation. Reach out to the Hoonify team — we’d love to connect.
Hoonify runs AI and HPC for organizations that can’t afford to get it wrong. Our founders come from Cray and Sandia National Laboratories, and our team brings more than 100 years of national lab engineering to every system we build. We learned our standards in places where a wrong answer is worse than no answer: national labs, defense programs, energy research, and life sciences. For five years, we’ve run TurbOS, our HPC software, in production for customers including Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. Now we bring that same discipline to AI. Customers choose Sovereign AI, Sovereign HPC, or both, fully managed by our engineers. They can start in our cloud and move on-prem or air-gapped when they’re ready, with open models, standard APIs, and no lock-in along the way. You keep the data, the hardware, and the roadmap. We keep it running.
