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A projected $100 billion a year in new AI philanthropy is on the way, and @SolveMIT's Hala Hanna thinks counting on it to fix AI's blind spots is a mistake. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports the OpenAI and Anthropic founders could soon be giving away sums on that scale, and the instinct is relief, because the money AI keeps skipping is staggering: of the roughly $290 billion in AI venture capital raised since 2019, less than 1% went to social impact. But Hala Hanna's argument cuts past the funding gap. Companies respond to incentives, she says, so the real question was never whether big tech will serve the public out of the goodness of their non-existing heart, it's under what conditions they ever will, and right now that calculus is limited to valuations and stock prices, fully disassociated from the real life of actual people. Her deeper worry is the story underneath it, the danger of a single narrative about who gets to be an innovator and what counts as progress. If a handful of labs optimizing for valuation set AI's entire direction, a philanthropy wave just softens the edges of a system nobody else was invited to design. So Solve isn't waiting for that conscience to kick in. It's building the alternative, public-interest AI funded and governed differently, on the bet that you change the outcome by changing who gets to build, not by hoping the incentives bend. Which is the better bet for actually redirecting AI: building parallel public-interest models, or forcing the incentives to change through regulation? More in the first comment. #AI #AIGovernance #PublicInterestAI

Our Co-founder, Namya Mahajan, joins Alexander Dale on "The Solve Effect Podcast" as the third guest in @SolveMIT special 10 Years, 10 Solvers series - celebrating a decade of innovators who embody the spirit of Solve through resilience, impact, and bold ideas. In this candid conversation, Namya takes listeners behind the scenes of Rocket Learning's journey - from our earliest days of building for parents and caregivers to creating solutions that Anganwadi educators embraced because they found them genuinely useful. She shares the thinking behind our model, the importance of designing for the people who show up every day, what it means to create real "user delight," and how listening closely to communities has shaped our work. Whether you're interested in education, technology for social good, entrepreneurship, or systems change, this conversation offers an honest look at what it takes to build solutions that people adopt because they make a difference. 🎧Tune in to hear the full conversation available on the links given - Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5fv… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/48… #RocketLearning #MITSolve #ECCE #Innovation #EducationForAll #Podcast

Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into AI investment, yet our guest, Hala Hanna, Executive Director of @SolveMIT, points out that less than 1% of AI venture funding is going to social impact. If AI is so powerful, why is so little of that power being directed toward the people and the problems that need it the most? Can AI really be used for the public good, or is the promise of AI for good just Silicon Valley lip service? We're talking AI, social impact, and the economics of doing good this week on AoT with hosts Autria Godfrey, @stephenjhorn, and @Laila_Rizvi. Watch now, and be sure to join the discussion and let us know what you think: piped.video/x3n7BDjRkms #AIInvestment #VentureFunding #SocialImpact

Common challenges create conditions for co-created change.🌌 Join me & Hala Hanna as we dialogue on what’s working in the world.🌐 Enjoy EP15 of "The Solve Effect".🙏 Listen ▶️solve.mit.edu/articles/tse-a… Revisit ▶️civic.ai/we-the-people-are-t… Learn ▶️civic.ai/ #LLAP🖖

How to SOLVE the AI puzzles of today?🧩 We start by tilling the #DataSoil🌱, tending our gardens of #CivicAI care & making democracy fast, fair & fun again. Watch my SOLVE at MIT 2026: Keynote Speech & Fireside Conversation with Hala Hanna!🙏 ▶️civic.ai/we-the-people-are-t… #LLAP🖖

Calling all tech innovators who are shaping the future: applications are now open for the FII Innovators Pitch. In collaboration with @SolveMIT, AI-driven ventures across Sustainability, Health, Robotics, and Education are now invited to connect with global partners and scale impact on a world stage. 📩 Apply by May 28: bit.ly/FIIXIn #FIIInnovatorsPitch #AI #DeepTech #Sustainability #HealthTech #EdTech #VentureCapital

"We're proud to announce the '@Macquarie Community Resilience Prize' in conjunction with @SolveMIT. We will be awarding $500K across 5 different awardees...it's really about finding the most creative solutions to mitigate climate risk." Miki Edelman #BloombergGreen #COP30 ⏯️ bloom.bg/4oLJEd4

Congratulations to PADs (@NDScience), one of two grand prize winners of the 2025 #TrinityChallenge. Their solution is an affordable rapid lab on paper and reporting solution designed to detect substandard and falsified antibiotics. Link - thetrinitychallenge.org/news… @SolveMIT

Proud to announce Com-WATCH (@Jhpiego/@JhpiegoNigeria), one of two grand prize winners of the 2025 #TrinityChallenge. An integrated data-driven technology for tracking stock control and identifying substandard and falsified antibiotics. Link - thetrinitychallenge.org/news…

We are going LIVE in 5,4,3,2,1! If you didn't manage to register for the #TrinityChallenge Awards Ceremony in time, don't worry, you can join via this live link. Join us to find out who will win the £1 million funding: vimeo.com/event/5323310/b5f2…

Check out the latest from our Director of Global Challenges, Alexander Dale, on adapting to challenges in climate change efforts.

Congrats to longtime Solve champion @JNJHealthEquity Foundation on this impressive milestone! Proud to partner with you on this important work.

🚨 Just 4 days left! Scaling a bold innovation in #WomensHealth? Apply to the #EqualizerChallenge by @UNFPA for: 💰 $20K funding 🤝 Mentorship 🌍 Global exposure 📅 Deadline: May 4 🔗 bit.ly/42nSe8k #GenderEquity @SolveMIT @IEuniversity @Women_Wearables

🚀 Are you scaling bold solutions in #WomensHealth? The #EqualizerChallenge by @UNFPA is now open! Win 💰$20K, mentorship & global access. Apply by 4 May → bit.ly/42nSe8k #GenderEquity @SolveMIT @IEuniversity @Women of wearables

LEAP project reports are out! 👏 hubs.li/Q03jwQRn0 ✏️Over the last 12 weeks, Project Hosts, Fellows, and teams have been working to strengthen their education solutions! ARUKAY @CEPEDiTella @f_quererte @InspirngTeachrs @koloso_app

We are thrilled for this partnership with @UNFPAInnovation to find women-led innovations working to improve women's health around the world! Apply by May 4, 2025

Did you catch it? Last week we delivered the Application Q&A webinar where we and @SolveMIT answered your questions about the #TrinityChallenge on Community Access to Effective Antibiotics, watch the recording here: ow.ly/xIMi50VvAxt