OpenAI announces $150,000 in grants to 11 Indian nonprofits for social innovation

Artificial intelligence (AI) model developer OpenAI has announced grants worth $150,000 for non-profit organisations in India tackling challenges in healthcare, education, agriculture, gender equity, and disability inclusion.

The San Francisco, US-based company is expanding its ‘AI for Impact Accelerator’ in India, under which 11 nonprofits will receive grants in the form of API credits and technical resources, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

As part of the OpenAI Academy, the programme is delivered in collaboration with philanthropic partners The Agency Fund, Tech4Dev, and Turn.io.


“India has shown how AI can drive inclusive innovation at scale. These organisations are solving some of the country’s most complex challenges with ingenuity and empathy,” said Pragya Misra, policy & partnerships lead, OpenAI India. “This work reflects the spirit of the India AI Mission and reaffirms OpenAI’s commitment to meaningful impact.”

Among the 11 nonprofits selected under the program are Rocket Learning, which uses WhatsApp and generative AI (GenAI) to deliver personalised early childhood education to four million children across 11 Indian states, reaching 20% of India’s public daycare system.

Noora Health uses AI to assist 400,000 caregivers by reducing nurse workload by 80%, and Educate Girls uses AI to identify and re-enrol over two million out-of-school girls, improving learning for 2.4 million children in 30,000 villages, OpenAI said.

Other names include Udhyam, Digital Green, Precision Development, i-Stem, Pinky Promise, Myna Mahila Foundation, Youth Impact and IDinsight.