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Testbeds And Sandboxes

Explore 15 projects in the Testbeds And Sandboxes category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

15 projects

Sandura Sandbox

An AI Assistant for the Zimbabwean Constitution, designed to help you navigate and understand constitutional law with ease.

Zimbabwe
2025

Interoperability Test Bed AI assistant

The Interoperability Test Bed launches an online AI assistant, trained on its official documentation, to support test developers and users of its services.

Belgium
2025

NYC Smart City Testbed

The NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.

New York City
2023
city, Sustainable cities and communities

Deepfake Sandbox

The Deepfake Sandbox is an interactive demo that allows you to create a deepfake of yourself in mere seconds. After the photo is generated, we examine the societal implications of deepfakes and other AI technology.

California
2024

EU AI Act Article 57: AI Regulatory Sandboxes

Legislation requiring Member States to establish AI regulatory sandboxes

European Union (EU)
2026

Open Space Sandbox

Like a city-building game—but real life. Open Space Sandbox turns play into planning data

Philadelphia
2025

EUSAiR Project

EUSAiR is a two-year project, funded by the European Union’s Digital Europe program, which will support the implementation of AI regulatory sandboxes across the EU to foster AI innovation and competitiveness, improve legal certainty for innovators and facilitate regulatory compliance with the AI Act.

European Union (EU)

European Commission's Interoperability Test Bed

The Interoperability Test Bed is a service offered by the European Commission’s DIGIT to facilitate the conformance testing of IT systems.

Belgium

Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) Regulatory privacy sandbox

The main mission for the Data Protection Authority's regulatory sandbox is to stimulate privacy-enhancing innovation and digitalisation.

Oslo, Norway