OpenAI’s Bengaluru Workshop Helps Nonprofits Scale AI for Social Impact

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, hosted its Nonprofit AI Jam in Bengaluru on January 15. 

The event is part of a multi-city series designed to bring together leaders from the nonprofit ecosystem for hands-on sessions focused on applying AI to achieve more effective, scalable outcomes in the social sector, the company said in a statement shared with AIM.

The Bangalore edition brought together nonprofit organisations working across education, public health, skilling, climate action, and gender inclusion. 

Participants identified real operational challenges from their day-to-day work and collaborated with technical experts throughout the day to design practical AI solutions tailored to their needs.

“The Jam reflects OpenAI’s commitment to ensuring that advanced AI is accessible and useful not only to large organisations, but also to mission-driven teams working closest to communities,” the company said. The goal is to help these organisations identify and apply practical AI use cases in the social sector, the company added. 

OpenAI added that participants will continue to have access to shared resources and peer-learning opportunities after the workshop, ensuring that collaboration and development extend beyond the event itself.

The workshop is being delivered in partnership with Karya and supported by Wadhwani AI as the knowledge partner. Karya is a social enterprise that creates ethical AI datasets while providing dignified digital work to rural and economically disadvantaged communities. 

Wadhwani AI is a non-profit organisation that builds and deploys AI solutions for social impact in areas such as healthcare, agriculture, and education.

The workshop is being held ahead of the AI Impact Summit in India, a global artificial intelligence summit hosted by the Government of India under the IndiaAI Mission and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. 

The summit is scheduled for February 19–20, 2026, in New Delhi.

The summit will bring together international leaders, policymakers, researchers, industry executives, and innovators to shape how AI can be deployed responsibly, inclusively, and at scale to deliver social and economic impact.