Impact Hack 2025 brings together Swedish civil society: Aims to solve societal challenges with the help of AI

Impact Hack 2025 takes place on March 13th at Google's office in Stockholm. 37 entries were submitted, of which ten were selected to participate. Each organization has contributed an idea for an AI-driven solution that can benefit society. Among the selected ideas are AI support for individuals who want to leave organized crime, an inclusive AI assistant for families with children with disabilities, and an AI assistant for moderators and journalists to promote more rewarding debates and interviews.

"Impact Hack 2025 is a shining example of how AI can create real value and be used to tackle some of our most urgent societal challenges. By creating conditions for the organizations that see the need to work together with technology experts, we contribute to creating concrete solutions that can make a real difference," says Carl Norling Markai, project manager for AI for Impact at AI Sweden.

The purpose of Impact Hack 2025 is to bring together non-profit organizations from Swedish civil society with AI experts. In total, over 80 experts participate divided into 14 different teams, where each team is assigned an organization and an idea that they will develop together. At the end of the day, a jury will assess which team succeeded best. The jury consists of representatives from both civil society and the business community.

The winning organization is awarded SEK 100,000 in grants to continue developing the idea.

"We are very enthusiastic about participating in Impact Hack 2025 and having the chance to collaborate with AI experts to explore how AI can help us, and ultimately other organizations in civil society, to protect sensitive information. This project has the potential to significantly improve our work and make a real difference for the people we help," says Amy Feng, Data scientist and AI Lead at SOS Children's Villages.

AI for Social Sustainability

Impact Hack 2025 is part of an initiative from AI Sweden that goes by the name AI for Impact. The purpose is to strengthen Swedish social entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations working for social sustainability. AI for Impact is funded by Google.org and during the project, several initiatives will be carried out to raise awareness of how AI can be used for social good and to develop real AI applications for Swedish civil society.

The ten selected organizations and their ideas:

• Fryshuset: AI as digital support for individuals who want to leave organized crime.
• The Thyroid Association: AI tool for more effective and better support for people with thyroid disease.
• Association FVO: AI tool to coordinate and match financial support via FVO.
• My Special Child: Inclusive AI assistant for families with children with disabilities.
• Sweden's Blue Ribbon Youth: AI tool for youth-led boards
• World Childhood Foundation: AI tool to make grant applications more accessible and fair.
• SOS Children's Villages: AI-driven tool for anonymizing sensitive data.
• Rinkeby Folkets Hus: a personalized AI assistant to help children find their reading desire and improve their reading ability.
• The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): AI assistant for moderators and journalists for more valuable debates and interviews.
• The Heart-Lung Foundation: AI-driven updating of disease pages on the Heart-Lung Foundation's website.