Governance challenges.

Poverty and hunger
Peace, justice and institutions
Anti-corruption
Unethical sourcing

Poverty and hunger.

Balance food bank supply with changing local demand

Balance food bank supply with changing local demand

Build an agent that matches donations to where need is rising and flags shortfalls early, so some communities aren't empty while food sits elsewhere.

Match housing and services to people experiencing homelessness

Match housing and services to people experiencing homelessness

Build an agent that matches beds, services, and housing openings to real needs and next steps, so people aren't left unmatched across fragmented systems.

Track severe poverty between official survey cycles

Track severe poverty between official survey cycles

Build an agent that stitches fresher local signals between surveys into a clear poverty picture, so severe poverty doesn't stay invisible until the next official cycle.

Peace, justice and institutions.

Speed humanitarian response to rising conflict-related needs

Speed humanitarian response to rising conflict-related needs

Build an agent that tracks rising needs and population moves and recommends where to send help first, so aid isn't too little or too late.

Right-size humanitarian aid to changing local needs

Right-size humanitarian aid to changing local needs

Build an agent that recalibrates aid amounts from live local need and service availability, so communities don't get the wrong amount because assessments lagged.

Surface early conflict signs from scattered community reports

Surface early conflict signs from scattered community reports

Build an agent that stitches scattered incidents and grievances into early warning, so authorities don't miss conflict until it blows up.

Keep humanitarian aid routes safe amid rapid change

Keep humanitarian aid routes safe amid rapid change

Build an agent that watches roads, hazards, and movements and flags safer routing, so aid routes don't go blind when conditions flip fast.

Connect displaced people to essential services across agencies

Connect displaced people to essential services across agencies

Build an agent that links registration, location, and available services across orgs and shows the next service step, so displaced people don't fall between systems.

Give courts timely visibility into case status and workload

Give courts timely visibility into case status and workload

Build an agent that surfaces case status and workload for judges and staff in time to act, so cases don't stall for lack of a shared picture.

Guide people to legal help they are eligible for

Guide people to legal help they are eligible for

Build an agent that matches someone's situation to legal help they qualify for and the next contact step, so eligibility maze doesn't block help.

Show whether public policies are working across agencies

Show whether public policies are working across agencies

Build an agent that pulls implementation results across agencies into one "working / not / unknown" view, so institutions aren't flying blind on policy results.

Flag unusual decisions across millions of public transactions

Flag unusual decisions across millions of public transactions

Build an agent that spots odd decisions in huge transaction streams and explains why they look unusual, so admin errors don't hide in volume.

Show citizens how public decisions affect them

Show citizens how public decisions affect them

Build an agent that turns scattered government info into a plain "what this means for you" brief, so citizens can see how decisions land on their life.

Connect public service complaints to faster outcomes

Connect public service complaints to faster outcomes

Build an agent that links complaints, requests, and outcomes and pushes the stuck ones, so people don't wait longer because agencies can't connect the dots.

Anti-corruption.

Link hidden company owners to public contract awards

Link hidden company owners to public contract awards

Build an agent that connects ownership records to who won public contracts and flags hidden-owner wins, so shell opacity doesn't hide who got public money.

Trace conflicts of interest across executives and officials

Trace conflicts of interest across executives and officials

Build an agent that maps links between executives, suppliers, and officials and flags conflict risks, so cozy ties don't stay untraceable.

Reveal ultimate company owners behind shell companies

Reveal ultimate company owners behind shell companies

Build an agent that traces shell layers to likely ultimate owners with evidence trails, so ownership stops disappearing in paperwork mazes.

Distinguish legitimate payments from bribery in transactions

Distinguish legitimate payments from bribery in transactions

Build an agent that adds contract/business context to payments and flags bribery-risk patterns (or clears them), so investigators aren't guessing from bare transaction lines.

Unethical sourcing.

Trace forced-labor risks deep in supplier networks

Trace forced-labor risks deep in supplier networks

Build an agent that crawls supplier tiers for forced-labor risk signals and shows where to dig next, so risk doesn't hide deep in the chain.

Verify supplier environmental compliance from scattered evidence

Verify supplier environmental compliance from scattered evidence

Build an agent that gathers scattered compliance evidence and scores what's verified vs missing, so green claims aren't trusted on paperwork vibes alone.

Trace raw materials through complex supply networks

Trace raw materials through complex supply networks

Build an agent that follows materials across suppliers and documents the path (and gaps), so "we don't know where it came from" stops being the default.

FAQ

Everything you need to know about participating.

Who can participate?

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Is it free?

Yes, participation is completely free.

How to get started?

  1. Create an account.
  2. Choose a challenge you would like to work on.
  3. Follow guides to solve the problem (solo or in a team).
  4. Submit your solution.
  5. Receive feedback from experts and see results at the start of each month.

Are there any deadlines?

You can submit your case at any point. Challenge results are announced in the first few days of each month on the site and in community updates.

Can I participate as part of a team?

Yes, participants can submit the case as a team. There is no maximum number of team members, but we recommend up to five members.

How to obtain assistance from mentors?

Mentor support is optional. You can connect with mentors through the platform to get guidance or feedback - but you can also complete challenges independently.

Can participants apply multiple times?

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