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Identifying and scaling AI startups for SDGs

across various sectors including airlines, travel agencies, airports, hotels, car rentals,
retailers, and luxury brands. Powered by global data and advanced Machine Learning
technology, our Prediction Platform empowers customers to optimize decision-making
by forecasting demand trends effectively. Collaborating closely with our clients, we are
reshaping industries such as aviation, travel, hospitality, tourism, finance, and beyond. We
continuously seek talented individuals to join us on this transformative journey. Read more
here.
• Social Lab: Social Lab revolutionizes mental health by enhancing capacity and efficacy
to uplift the well-being of children and their families. This comprehensive tool integrates
activity monitoring, treatment suggestions, and expert matching, all centered around
patient needs. AI constitutes the foundational technology underpinning our core
services. Across our three main product dimensions—matching, treatment, and tracking—
they leverage AI and ML models to deliver impactful solutions. This includes a rapid
routing and recommendation engine for triaging and specialist matching, leveraging
AI-driven recommendation engines rooted in top-tier mental health expertise to instantly
recommend treatments via AI chatbots employing natural language processing (NLP)
and semantic analysis for text and audio inputs, and utilizing tabular prediction and
recommendation for enhanced monitoring of patient health activities, particularly for
parental oversight.
• Transmutex: Transmutex is dedicated to addressing the enduring challenge of nuclear
waste, which poses a barrier to advancing carbon-free nuclear energy innovation.
The approach integrates cutting-edge research validated at CERN, leveraging
particle accelerators to pioneer waste transmutation and promote the production
of carbon-free nuclear energy. This transformative technology aims to revolutionize
the landscape of climate change mitigation by combining industrial-scale production
with rapid infrastructure deployment. With a commitment to achieving industrial-scale
implementation within a decade, Transmutex aims to accelerate progress in combating
climate change.
• Lakera: Lakera's development platform empowers computer vision developers with
essential tools to create robust AI systems. The solutions enhance transparency in
development processes, accelerate iteration cycles, and ensure the delivery of reliable
computer vision applications.

Judges:

• Kelan McDonnell; Marketing, Communications, Events and Community Manager, FONGIT
• Vitaly Kleban; Co-founder and CTO, Everynet
• Joseph K. Hopkins; Senior Managing Partner, The IPRESTIGE Emerge Fund LLC, and
CEO, Fallingst Technologies LLC

10.8 Meet the Africa-based AI startup innovations

Online, 3 May 2022

Moderator: Josh Choi, Program Lead at AI for Good, ITU

Startups:
• OKO Finance: OKO offers automated crop insurance tailored for smallholder farmers
across Africa, accessible via any mobile device. Leveraging AI technology, OKO utilizes
satellite weather data and imagery to accurately forecast crop losses caused by droughts
and floods. Read more here.
• ALONE Group (ATA Solution): ALONE Group has pioneered ATA Solution, a
comprehensive system comprising sensors linked to a dashboard that empowers farmers
with real-time data to optimize their plantations and enhance yields. Using advanced
artificial intelligence, this network of sensors facilitates land diagnostics, and continuous

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