The program will select and fully fund proof of concepts for new ideas leveraging advanced computing in the cloud, including generative AI and complex systems modeling and simulation, to help solve some of the biggest challenges in the fight against climate change.
Iris.ai consists of an AI-based platform for research document processing. With 6000 new papers being published everyday, the team departs from the thought that “staying on top of and connecting all of this knowledge is impossible.
This project by Open Climate Fix provides an open-source solution for the short-term forecasting (also known as “nowcasting”) of solar photovoltaic energy production.
Pachama Originals is a project that harnesses the combined power of AI and satellite data to monitor how much carbon is stored in forests and how forests change over time and informs companies on investments in carbon credits.
Mbaza AI offers an open-source algorithm that enables a large-scale monitoring of biodiversity trends in remote ecosystems, even without a reliable internet connection or advanced hardware.
AfroLID marks a milestone in working towards a more Afrocentric approach to technology development, enabling technologies to be built, evaluated and deployed according to the needs of local African communities.