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27 projects

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew

Five in-house teams of product managers, designers, engineers, researchers and data experts are being stood up and embedded directly with agencies to build digital tools.

New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY, USA
2026

Legal Design Lab

The Legal Design Lab team researches, designs, and develops new interventions to ensure access to justice for all.

Stanford, CA, USA

Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) at Heinz College

The Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) is an intensive, applied policy course at Heinz College that prepares students to become public interest technologists who are creative, ethical, inclusive, and responsive.

Carnegie Mellon University

PIT @ CUNY

The goal of PIT @ CUNY is clear: To inspire the next generation of young technologists – including Engineers, Designers, Computer and Data Scientists, and others with an interest in leveraging technological knowledge – to pursue work in service of the public good.

CUNY Graduate Center

Siegel Family Endowment

We aim to understand and shape the impact of technology on society.

New York City
STEM, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Quality education

Current AI

Through global collaboration and local action, we’re building a future where open, trustworthy technology serves the public interest.

Stanford, CA, USA
2023

AI Collaborative

Advancing AI in the public interest.

1991 Broadway Street, Suite 200, Redwood City, California 94063
2023

Missouri S&T Public Interest Technology University Network chapter

As an academic community that believes in technology’s potential to have a positive impact on public life, Missouri S&T is honored to be recognized as a member of the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).

Missouri
2023
Gender Equality, culture

Community-Centered Planning for Mobility as Social Service

The project will establish a workshop to bring community-centered planning to the emerging technology of autonomous vehicles (AV)

Indiana
2024
mobility, workshops