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Daybreak for Frontline Defenders

Daybreak for Frontline Defenders is OpenAI's $1B initiative subsidizing AI cyber-defense tools, training, and support for under-resourced defenders of essential services, water, power, local government, community banks, with a US public-sector pilot via MS-ISAC.

2026
Adjacent Fields, Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Building in the private sector, Build something, Civic teams at tech companies, Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Emerging tech, Govtech, Learn to build, Supporting public sector from outside government, Tech for public challenges, The People, The Tech
https://u.ae/about-the-uae/digital-uae/digital-technology/Agentic-AI-for-Government-ServicesActive

UAE Agentic Government Services

The UAE's Agentic AI for Government Services is a national framework mandating that AI "agents" power 50% of government sectors, services, and operations by 2028, redesigning services so residents state a need in plain language and the AI completes it.

2026
Agentic AI, AI Constituent Service, Digital transformation, Governance of AI, Government AI strategies
http://www.lfca.earthActive

Leaders for Climate Action

Leaders for Climate Action (LFCA) is a mission-driven nonprofit and business community that mobilizes company leaders, especially in tech and startups, to cut corporate emissions through education, peer campaigns, and hands-on sustainability tools.

Courses, Upskilling, Workshops
https://aiur.ai.gov.my/#/homeActive

AI untuk Rakyat

AI untuk Rakyat ("AI for the People") is Malaysia's free national AI-literacy program, a short self-paced online course in four languages that gives citizens a baseline understanding of artificial intelligence.

2026
AI literacy, Digital literacy, Online courses, Upskilling
https://codeforindia.org/hackathonActive

Code for a Billion Bharat Agentic-AI Hackathon 2026

Code for India (CFI), the civic-tech nonprofit dedicated to empowering engineers and changemakers to build technology for public good, is running "Code for a Billion -- Bharat Agentic-AI Hackathon 2026," a 90-day, fully virtual, impact-focused hackathon.

2026
Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Civic hackathons, Competitions, Emerging tech
https://www.jkgad.nic.in/Active

Jammu & Kashmir Digital Excellence Centres

The regional administration of Jammu & Kashmir has announced 12 "CSC Digital Excellence Centres" to push government services out and help reach people's doorsteps in remote areas.

2026
Citizen Engagement, Innovation capacity, Internal government tech capacity, Service delivery
https://aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/ai-civic-action-accelerator/Active

AI Civic Action Accelerator

Aspen Policy Academy has opened applications for a free, six-session accelerator that helps individuals and small teams turn a half-formed civic AI policy idea into something they can pitch to decision makers.

Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
2026
Accelerators, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Courses, Get funding, Policy
https://openyc.orgActive

OpenYC

OpenYC is an early-stage effort to build a publicly-funded, democratically-governed "public alternative to Y Combinator", a digital public infrastructure for incubating and codifying AI-native digital public goods as a public utility.

Digital Public Goods, Digital Public Infrastructure, Governance of AI, Open source AI, Participatory democracy
https://protectdemocracy.org/data-technology/ai-democracy-action-labActive

AI for Democracy Action Lab (AI-DAL)

The AI for Democracy Action Lab (AI-DAL) is a place to join together with tech innovators, legal and policy experts, software engineers, nonprofit leaders, and others to not only defend against the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) for our democracy, but seize its possibilities for strengthening self-government.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Innovation teams and labs