



AI in the Public Interest:
Democratizing Infrastructure & Public Data
AI in the Public Interest: Local Data, Global Impact
A focused roundtable exploring how local public data can be transformed into AI-ready resources with global applications. Join policymakers, technologists, and civic leaders in India's tech capital.
Civic-Tech for
Public Good
Factly is a Hyderabad-based civic-tech organisation dedicated to making public information and data more meaningful. We operate at the crossroads of public data/information, technology, and journalism.
Factly builds products that harness public data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to empower institutions and citizens. We have built innovative products that make public data more accessible, usable, and AI-ready.
Visit factly.inMeta's mission is to advance AI for a connected world, pushing the boundaries through research, infrastructure, and product innovation to connect people in inspiring ways through collaborative, responsible AI innovation.
Meta's AI research, conducted by the FAIR team, aims to achieve advanced machine intelligence and innovates in the open, sharing research with the community. They focus on AI Infrastructure, Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.
Committed to building AI responsibly—guided by Privacy & Security, Fairness & Inclusion, Robustness & Safety, Transparency & Control, and Accountability & Governance.
Visit meta.comThe IndiaAI Mission aims to build a comprehensive ecosystem that fosters AI innovation by democratizing computing access, enhancing data quality, developing indigenous AI capabilities, attracting top AI talent, enabling industry collaboration, providing startup risk capital, ensuring socially impactful AI projects, and promoting ethical AI.
This mission drives responsible and inclusive growth of India's AI ecosystem through seven pillars:
Three Cities,
One Vision
Each roundtable addresses critical aspects of democratizing AI—from data readiness to infrastructure commons—culminating in actionable recommendations for India's AI journey.

AI in the Public Interest: Local Data, Global Impact

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