Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
Research LeadInternational
CAST+ with ACLED
Applied research extending ACLED's CAST conflict-forecasting model.
24.6% less forecasting error
Read the full entryReal problems, real teams.
Bring an open question or a dataset. A named team from Software & Research scopes it, builds it and hands it back — development or research, with code and documentation.
Bring a project or challenge
Two kinds of brief.
A question from your organisation, taken on by a named team from Software & Research — scoped, dated and delivered, like CAST+, our conflict-forecasting work with ACLED data.
Brief · A
Development projects
- Prototype or internal tool from a real problem
- Code and documentation handed over
- Contact with the people who built it
Brief · B
Research projects
- Data analysis, modelling or evaluation
- Method and results written up
- Like CAST+ with ACLED data
How it runs
From question to hand-over.
- 1Scope
You describe the question or share the data. We agree goal, deliverable and timeline, and name a lead.
- 2Build
The team works on it with check-ins along the way.
- 3Hand over
Results, code and documentation, presented to your team.
- 4Write up
A public case study, agreed with you before it goes live.
Receipts
Done before.
Dated, named and scoped — straight from our impact record.
Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
ParticipantInternational
IEEE/ITU GenAI for Good Challenge — Global Finalist
Health track · Gambia (NCD prevention)
Selected among 9 global finalists from 300+ submissions across 79 countries.
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Builders & venturesFeb–Apr 2026
Co-organizerInternational
Hack for Health Equity 2026
with YAL Madrid + Young WFPHA
Winners presented at the World Health Assembly (Geneva) and the WFPHA Global Meeting (Cape Town).
500+ applications · 30 teams · ~100 participants · 48 hours
Read the full entryNext step
Start with one thing.
Tell us what you have in mind and our Operations & Growth team comes back with a concrete first step.