May '24 - June'24
Chat for GenAI Accelerator
Helping organizations build transformative AI-enabled Chat Solutions to improve Education, Health, and Economic Mobility.
Congratulations to the winners!
The first Chat for Impact: GenAI Accelerator will amplify the impact of ten organizations, assisting them in creating and implementing innovative LLM-powered chat solutions in the fields of education, healthcare, and economic mobility.
This 8-week program is designed to explore and harness the potential of Generative AI, utilizing GenAI techniques to expedite the design, testing, launch, and secure scaling of AI-supported chat solutions.
Throughout the program, participants will engage in weekly lessons encompassing topics such as crafting impactful AI-supported chat services with LLMs, ensuring AI safety and equity, measuring and evaluating impact, scaling solutions, and addressing technical considerations.
The GenAI accelerator will culminate in a Demo Day where the cohort will present their AI-supported chat solutions to the wider Chat for Impact Community and potential investors, showcasing the outcome of their innovation and efforts.
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Accelerator benefits
Selected organizations in the program will have access to:
Up to $50,000 funding
Grant funding to the value of $35,000 with a further $50,000 each for the top three best-performing organizations.
OpenAI API credits
Access to a share of $ 500,000 in OpenAI API credits
OpenAI and Turn.io support
Technical, strategic and governance support from expert advisors at OpenAI and Turn.io
Mentorship
Mentorship & guidance as they build their AI-enabled chat service
Peer learning
Peer learning opportunities from the broader Chat for Impact Accelerator Alumni
Post-program support
Post-program support to sustain and grow momentum
Turn.io license
Turn.io software license for six months valued at $ 3,000
We are looking for impact-driven organizations working in health, education and economic mobility with a well-defined theory of change or business case.
Selection criteria
Business Case / Theory of Change for how AI chat solutions will drive positive change.
Working in the Education, Health or Economic Mobility sectors.
Willingness to use WhatsApp for their chat service.
Organisational Capacity to develop and manage the chat service.
Business strategy for sustaining impact after the accelerator.
Has an existing digital service or has prior experience in digital services (AI not required).
“A BIG thanks for supporting Cranberry early on and showing your faith in Aditi and me. The funds helped us kick-start our journey of building for period pain and PMS. The inspiring connections we made at Chat for Impact cohort helped us even further.”
Aditi Dimri, PhD, Saraswati Chandra, IIT
Co Founder Cranberry Fit
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Programme mentors
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Pippa Yeats
Chief Strategy Officer, Turn.io
Behavioural change, service design and gender expert.
Lieze Langford
Head of Accelerators, Turn.io
Accelerator Programme lead and Go to market expert.
Nathan Begbie
Solutions Engineer - Turn.io
Communications and Content Design
Vitor Cairoli
Enterprise support, Turn.io
Dedicated Support on Turn.io product.
Indrani Vedula
Impact Partnership - Turn.io
Accelerator Facilitator
Manish Manohar
Solutions Engineer - Turn.io
Solutions engineering and technical integrations for chat services.
Titania Veda
Conversational designer - Turn.io
Communications and Content Design expert.
Alex Nawar
Member of the Global Affairs Team - OpenAI
AI partnerships & program design.
Kai Chen
Member of the Technical Staff, Applied Research - Open AI
AI research for socially beneficial use cases
Pia Nyakairu
Senior UI/UX Designer/Conversation Designer - Turn.io
Design and Content Design expert.
Pippa Yeats
Chief Strategy Officer, Turn.io
Behavioural change, service design and gender expert.
Lieze Langford
Head of Accelerators, Turn.io
Accelerator Programme lead and Go to market expert.
Nathan Begbie
Solutions Engineer - Turn.io
Communications and Content Design
Vitor Cairoli
Enterprise support, Turn.io
Dedicated Support on Turn.io product.
Indrani Vedula
Impact Partnership - Turn.io
Accelerator Facilitator
Manish Manohar
Solutions Engineer - Turn.io
Solutions engineering and technical integrations for chat services.
Titania Veda
Conversational designer - Turn.io
Communications and Content Design expert.
Alex Nawar
Member of the Global Affairs Team - OpenAI
AI partnerships & program design.
Kai Chen
Member of the Technical Staff, Applied Research - Open AI
AI research for socially beneficial use cases
Pia Nyakairu
Senior UI/UX Designer/Conversation Designer - Turn.io
Design and Content Design expert.
Gustav Praekelt,
co-founder, Turn.io
"Based on the success of the Chat for Impact programme launched in 2021, we’re excited to expand this year to support a further 100 organisation with 8 Bootcamps of which twenty will each receive $25,000 in financial support to scale their service for social change.
We’re looking forward to seeing this year’s cohort develop and scale their breakthrough solutions to change lives."
"We’re thrilled to announce the Chat for Impact: GenAI Accelerator at a time of immense potential for innovative AI-supported chat solutions that can push the boundaries and make meaningful conversations more efficient, streamlined and scalable to transform lives positively."
We look forward to scaling the impact of change together – for those who need it most.
Chat for Impact Accelerator Alumni
Questions
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Can we apply if we are using or planning to use the WhatsApp Business App (not the API)?