November 2024 Message: In October, AI4OPT celebrated its third anniversary, marking the conclusion of a year filled with scientific breakthroughs and real-world impacts at the intersection of AI and optimization. The fourth year is already off to a strong start. AI4OPT held its annual TechFest this month, Dorit Hochbaum received the Khachiyan Prize at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, and Bistra Dilkina organized a Dagstuhl workshop that brought together more than 40 researchers in AI and optimization. In collaboration with the nonprofit HerWILL, AI4OPT also hosted the AI for Equality Workshops and Datathon, which drew more than 300 participants from around the world. The start of the fourth year also brings an opportunity to update AI4OPT's structure to reflect its evolving research. These updates will impact how the Institute brands itself, fosters collaboration, and communicates externally. A prime example is the new AI4OPT website, which features a fresh look and organizes the Institute’s methodological thrusts into five themes that better represent its research. Despite these changes, AI4OPT’s mission remains the same: to fuse AI and optimization to deliver outcomes neither field could achieve independently.