Solutions stage
Keynote
In person

Stop funding the wrong future: A manifesto for AI-native impact

  • Date
    10 July 2025
    Timeframe
    14:10 - 14:30 CEST
    Duration
    20 minutes

      As funding tightens across the sector, remaining well-meaning funders pour millions into social impact organisations to treat AI like a fancy spreadsheet upgrade rather than the paradigm shift it represents. The social impact sector isn’t short on ambition. But too often, we’re funding yesterday’s solutions – small-scale interventions, small upgrades, safe bets.

      What if the real opportunity isn’t to help changemakers use AI, but to create holistic programs to build AI-native organizations from the ground up?

      This talk will challenge funders, ESG professionals, public institutions, and social innovators to rethink where they’re placing bets. It will explore why standard “AI upskilling” is great, but not enough, why real transformation demands a mindset shift, and how to spot the organizations willing to disrupt themselves before they get disrupted.

      Grounded in lessons from 1,000+ tech-for-good collaborations — including 100+ social impact orgs on their AI journey in the past year — this session is for anyone ready to invest in building the future, not maintaining the past.

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