Google.org AI Prize for the Global Goals Awards Funding to Four DRK Portfolio Organizations

Jacaranda Health

Over the next three years, Jacaranda Health will develop, deploy, and scale a first-of-its-kind generative AI model capable of offering context-sensitive information and referral support in multiple African languages and dialects to women seeking maternal and newborn care.

Near-term, 3 million women across Sub-Saharan Africa will receive improved maternal support through PROMPTS – Jacaranda’s AI-enabled digital health platform. Longer-term, Jacaranda plans to open-source the model, creating a blueprint to improve services for millions of mothers.

Tarjimly

Over the coming year, Tarjimly will launch features that provide human translators with instant AI-generated translations that can be corrected to enable the high-fidelity data required to train large language models (LLMs) for 55 low-resourced languages. As Atif Javed, Co-Founder, shared, “This development brings together the best of AI and humans, to improve translation and interpretation quality, and meet our mission to eliminate language barriers for refugees and immigrants.”

Rocket Learning

Using cutting-edge AI, Rocket Learning is gearing up to pioneer a game-changing AI and machine learning model that is primed to drive behavior change among parents and educators in low-income communities, leading to effective learning for children. “We’ll leverage AI as a powerful force for social good — preparing more kids for school, supercharging graduation rates, and lighting the path to brighter futures,” says Namya Mahajan, Co-Founder.

Karya

Over the coming year, the funding will fuel Karya’s ongoing mission to help tens of thousands of people access paid digital tasks, especially those that can be performed using a Generative AI-driven multilingual chatbot.

Designed for users with limited digital literacy, the chatbot will make complex tasks, such as data annotation and feedback provision, easier to handle through smartphones, all while supporting the development of AI models in local languages.