Supporting Nonprofit Research with AI
We are the Mike Hudson Foundation, a specialised AI donor. We help nonprofits use AI to solve social problems. We provide money, time & AI resources to support scientific research.
We're currently evaluating Knowbot, an on-site AI search tool for research-oriented nonprofits.
Causes we support include bio-diversity (ZSL) &, healthcare (Alzheimer's Society).
We also speak & write about AI for good & social markets.
We want to work with UK-based donees who see us as long-term, collaborative partners. As well as donating, we want to help nonprofits by providing advice on innovation & AI.
We consider applications for funding of up to £250k for research or development in the following areas: AI for Good. Climate Change. Biodiversity. International Relations. Nonprofit Marketplaces.
We only fund through charitable organisations such as universities. We're happy to co-fund with other organisations.
Knowbot is a prototype of an interactive AI search agent for nonprofits to use on their websites.
An intelligent on-site search tool, Knowbot uses LLMs and semantic search to provide conversational answers to questions from website visitors. Knowbot is configured to answer based on the nonprofit’s website, and answers are ‘grounded’ by evidential citation links.
Website visitors better understand the nonprofit’s research and other work. The nonprofit benefits from better engagement with its supporters, users and donors.
Knowbot is in evaluation at knowbot.uk
Mike Hudson is an entrepreneur in technology & electronic markets. He now uses his expertise to help solve social problems.
Mike founded TestRAMP, a pandemic nonprofit social market described as a "major contribution to Covid PCR testing & genomic sequencing" & donated its £2.4mn profits for charity.
His businesses & nonprofits are listed on LinkedIn.
Mike is a Fellow of ZSL & adviser to its CEO. He is an honorary Research Fellow at City, University of London & a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Mike is a member of the Responsible AI Institute & Chatham House.
He is a Foundation Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.