Fostering AI and Data Science for Good 

Partner: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Since 2018, Solve and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation have worked together to accelerate solutions using cutting-edge data science, artificial intelligence, or machine learning to benefit humanity. 

Through their AI for Humanity Prize, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation has supported 16 Solver teams: Irth - Birth Without Bias, Hiveonline, ProGame - Coding WITHOUT Computers!, Mapeo, Ubenwa, Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention, MapSights, International Wakashan AI-Consortium, Algramo, Retos, Kinedu, Blue Sky Analytics, Livox, ADA Health, ISeeChange, and Refactored.AI.

Additionally, Solve and the Foundation recently co-designed a virtual short course to help social impact entrepreneurs everywhere leverage artificial intelligence–including machine learning and other data science methods–to broaden and deepen their social impact. 

The Foundation's partnership and support has enabled significant innovation to address some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity. In the case of Coastal Communities Solver ISeeChange, the Foundation saw an opportunity to leverage AI in the fight against climate change. ISeeChange first received Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Betterment of Humanity Prize at Solve Challenge Finals in 2018. After a successful year building an AI proof of concept, ISeeChange received a $100,000 follow-on grant to develop AI to support their platform for community-based climate adaptation. With this support, ISeeChange developed new AI features to organize their data and prototype event driven analysis and prompts alongside weather and satellite data. 

Since partnering with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, ISeeChange has expanded to Montana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Greater Massachusetts to document heat, drought, water quality, sea level rise, erosion, and extreme rains and flooding.