Social Impact & Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship

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Technology for good

As an initiative of MIT, solving is core to what we do. We believe that to build a better future for all, we need new voices and ideas.

We launch open calls for brilliant and bold tech-based solutions that solve big problems.

With over 330 million lives reached to date, we think we’re onto something.

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480+
innovators supported through funding, in-kind resources, and connections
$1B+
raised by our for-profit and hybrid teams since their inception
95%
of teams selected in the past 5 years are still operational
900+
partnerships created that include funding and resources

Meet the Solvers

Innovator. Barrier-breaker. Creator. Disrupter. Solver. They’re the ones at the forefront of driving transformational change in the world. Get to know their stories.

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OX Delivers

Providing clean, reliable and affordable transport to businesses of all shapes and sizes in Africa and other emerging markets.

Musa

Musa delivers accessible, personalized microlearning through WhatsApp to democratize education across Latin America.

Yeti Confetti for Refugees

An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.

NaTakallam

NaTakallam leverages technology to connect displaced & conflict-affected language teachers and translators with clients worldwide.

Renewable Rebirth

Empowering Indigenous communities to lead the recycling of legacy renewable energy assets, merging traditional wisdom with sustainable practices.

NABU Multilingual Reading App and Web Reader

NABU is a free, fun-to-use, digital educational tool that provides children with equal access to high-quality, mother-tongue, bi-lingual content.

Explore open challenges

These challenges stare down the biggest, most complex issues facing communities worldwide.

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Custom Challenges

2025 Verizon Disaster Resilience Prize

How can technology-driven solutions enable communities in the United States to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, ensuring resilience for vulnerable communities?

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Custom Challenges

Amazon Devices Climate Tech Accelerator

How can new climate technology innovation help Amazon Devices decarbonize their products, services and operations?

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Custom Challenges

The Trinity Challenge: Community Access to Effective Antibiotics

How can data and technology improve stock control and/or reduce the use of substandard and falsified oral antibiotics for community use in low- and middle-income countries?

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Health

2025 Global Health Challenge

How can we use technology to make good health and quality care more accessible for all?

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Indigenous Communities Fellowship

2025 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

How can Indigenous communities in the US and Canada build upon traditional knowledge and technology to meet their social, environmental, and economic goals?

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Learning

2025 Global Learning Challenge

How can we make quality learning opportunities more accessible, while improving outcomes for all learners?

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Climate

2025 Global Climate Challenge

How can communities create a zero-carbon world and adapt to a warming climate?

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Economic Prosperity

2025 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge

How can communities use technology to build and sustain financial and economic opportunities and resilience for all?

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Custom Challenges

Truist Foundation Inspire Awards Year 3

How are nonprofits providing innovative solutions for the reskilling, upskilling, and career navigation needs of adults who are in the middle or late stages of their careers?

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Custom Challenges

Supporting Survivors of Modern Slavery Challenge

How can innovators leverage technology to improve and scale resources for survivors of modern slavery?

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Solve with us

After running over 95 challenges that have received over 23,000 applications, we know a thing or two about solving big problems. We work with purpose-driven organizations committed to global progress to maximize their impact. Not sure where to start? We can help with that, too.

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Create your own challenge

We’ll work with you to design a custom challenge based on your social impact goals. From design to launch to promotion to selection—consider us your second-in-solving.

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