From Tanzania and the Sahel to Ukraine, Mexico, and Southeast Asia, this new cohort reflects a drive to design and harness tools for the fragile systems, low-connectivity environments, and real institutional constraints that need innovative solutions more than ever.

As AI capabilities evolved at breakneck speed, the DevExplorer team rebuilt their tool three times in a single year. This blog reflects on the technical and organisational lessons learned from building an LLM-powered product for international development in a rapidly shifting AI landscape.

Around the world, people are looking forward to different celebrations to mark the end of the year. We’ve been counting down the days in December with a list of films to settle down to watch, to remind your brain what’s possible when imagination, innovation and frontier technologies collide.

Despite growing confidence in AI, there’s more appetite than ever to experiment with and learn about it in safe, low-risk ways. Here are three ways we've been intentionally creating space to play with AI.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Biodiversity Data.

London Climate Action Week doubled in size this year, signalling greater global engagement with climate solutions. But as the conversation heads to New York, many of the voices that matter most may be notably absent.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Health Chatbots.

Health chatbots don’t succeed because they’re clever, but because they’re embedded in trusted systems with clear referrals to real people at the right time. Here’s what we’ve learned over six years of pilots.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Finding Peace.

Climate adaptation is a critical necessity for the Global South. Yet, private investment in adaptation solutions has been slow. To change this, we’re introducing our Climate Adaptation Tech & Innovation Lab.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Underhyped Tech.

We’ve launched our deep dive report on how to scale circular economy solutions in LMICs. Read this accompanying blog post for a summary of the four critical factors determining whether solutions gain traction.

Five recommendations for harnessing and supporting the growth of Underhyped Frontier Tech for International Development.

Restoring land and water health with nature-based techniques. One of our nine Underhyped Frontier Technologies for Development.

Storing renewable energy for longer, without mined metals. One of our nine Underhyped Frontier Technologies for Development.

Capturing and reusing heat for cleaner energy and resilient power. One of our nine Underhyped Frontier Technologies for Development.

Cultivating algae at scale in an enclosed system for clean energy and carbon capture. One of our nine Underhyped Frontier Technologies for Development.

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Robotics.

Robots are often imagined as sleek, futuristic machines—polished humanoid figures, precise robotic arms, or autonomous delivery bots. But what if the real future of robotics looks more like the Millennium Falcon—messy, modular, and built to withstand real-world conditions?

Each month we take one global critical challenge and explore what’s happening on the frontier of innovation. This month we're On the Frontier of Local Manufacturing.