OpenAI Rolls Out AI Impact Accelerator in India for Healthcare Innovations

The selected nonprofits from India have already begun integrating OpenAI’s technology into their platforms to address the needs of underserved communities at scale.

OpenAI has announced the India phase of its AI for Impact Accelerator Program, providing API credit grants worth INR 1.28 Cr (USD 150,000) to 11 non-profit organisations.

These technical grants will support AI-driven solutions across key sectors, including healthcare, agriculture, education, disability inclusion, and gender equity.

The initiative, now operating under the OpenAI Academy, continues to support mission-aligned organisations developing applied AI tools for social impact.

The selected nonprofits from India have already begun integrating OpenAI’s technology into their platforms to address the needs of underserved communities at scale.

Delivered in collaboration with The Agency Fund, Tech4Dev, and Turn.io, the program offers access to technical assistance, early tool access, and a cohort-based peer learning network. A recent workshop on advanced model usage was also conducted to guide AI adoption in social contexts.

“India has shown how AI can drive inclusive innovation at scale,” said Pragya Misra, Policy & Partnerships Lead at OpenAI India.

“These organisations are solving some of the country’s most complex challenges with ingenuity and empathy. The AI for Impact Accelerator, now part of OpenAI Academy, is our way of learning from them, while ensuring frontier technology is being shaped by and in service of real communities,” she added.

Grantees include Rocket Learning, Noora Health, Educate Girls, i-Stem, Pinky Promise, Myna Mahila Foundation, Udhyam, Precision Development, Digital Green, Youth Impact, and IDinsight.

“With the support of OpenAI Academy, we built Myna Bolo, a hyper-local, culturally sensitive chatbot offering 24/7 reproductive health guidance to women in underserved communities. Leveraging OpenAI’s advanced language models and our grassroots network, we’ve reached hundreds of women with personalized, stigma-free support in local languages, helping them ask the questions they otherwise wouldn’t voice. This is a pivotal step in building a trusted, AI-powered health infrastructure for and by the women we serve,” said Suhani Jalota, Founder, Myna Manila Foundation.

OpenAI says the initiative aligns with the goals of the India AI Mission by broadening AI accessibility, supporting local AI ecosystems, and encouraging the development of scalable, localized solutions. 

port family caregivers at scale. AI has already helped our clinical team provide better, faster guidance to hundreds of thousands of caregivers across South Asia. But this is just the beginning, we're building toward a future where every family has access to reliable health support when they need it most,” said Anubhav Arora, Executive Director, Platforms and Technology, Noora Health.

OpenAI said they will include more organizations in the next phase of the program.

The OpenAI Academy, announced last year by the Sam Altman-led firm, helps low and middle-income countries solve societal issues with AI.

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