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Apurva.ai, an AI-enabled public-good technology initiative backed by Rohini and Nandan
Nilekani, is expanding its Apurva LENS product from an organisation-level knowledge
workspace into a platform designed to help organisations across the development sector share
and use knowledge.
The platform is aimed at organisations including governments, NGOs, funders and other groups working on social and development challenges. Apurva.ai said the new model will allow organisations to learn from knowledge shared across the wider ecosystem while retaining control over information they choose to keep private.
Apurva LENS was initially developed to help organisations bring together information that is often spread across research reports, evaluations, programme experience and conversations. The platform also incorporates community voices and lived experiences into the knowledge base.
According to Apurva.ai, LENS has so far helped surface more than half a million voices and perspectives from the development ecosystem across the Global South. The company said the platform is already being used or tested by organisations working on social challenges in different regions.
The platform's focus is on using AI to make large and fragmented collections of information easier to analyse and connect. Rather than functioning as a general-purpose AI chatbot, Apurva LENS is designed around the needs of organisations working on specific social and development problems.
The platform can bring together research, institutional knowledge and community experiences, allowing organisations to identify connections and draw insights from information collected across different sources.
One example cited by Apurva.ai is its work with SELCO Foundation, where LENS has been used to bring together archival material, everyday conversations and sector-specific information. The initiative has since expanded through the Platform for Collective Wisdom, which connects community, practitioner and institutional knowledge.
Apurva.ai said it currently works with more than 50 global organisations. It is a unit of the C4EC Foundation, which was co-founded by Nilekani Philanthropies.
The platform is aimed at organisations including governments, NGOs, funders and other groups working on social and development challenges. Apurva.ai said the new model will allow organisations to learn from knowledge shared across the wider ecosystem while retaining control over information they choose to keep private.
Apurva LENS was initially developed to help organisations bring together information that is often spread across research reports, evaluations, programme experience and conversations. The platform also incorporates community voices and lived experiences into the knowledge base.
According to Apurva.ai, LENS has so far helped surface more than half a million voices and perspectives from the development ecosystem across the Global South. The company said the platform is already being used or tested by organisations working on social challenges in different regions.
The platform's focus is on using AI to make large and fragmented collections of information easier to analyse and connect. Rather than functioning as a general-purpose AI chatbot, Apurva LENS is designed around the needs of organisations working on specific social and development problems.
The platform can bring together research, institutional knowledge and community experiences, allowing organisations to identify connections and draw insights from information collected across different sources.
One example cited by Apurva.ai is its work with SELCO Foundation, where LENS has been used to bring together archival material, everyday conversations and sector-specific information. The initiative has since expanded through the Platform for Collective Wisdom, which connects community, practitioner and institutional knowledge.
Apurva.ai said it currently works with more than 50 global organisations. It is a unit of the C4EC Foundation, which was co-founded by Nilekani Philanthropies.
