Artificial intelligence could change nearly everything about how grant proposals are understood, written, and won. At least, that’s the hope of the team behind Grant Assistant, an AI platform launched today by two former chiefs of staff at USAID.
“This is a technology that has tremendous potential to democratize development, expand the partnerbase of donors like USAID, and empower local organizations,” said William Steiger, who served as chief of staff at USAID during the Trump administration, and now is an adviser to Grant Assistant and a member of the company’s board.
The platform — which can help organizations find, write, and refine proposals through a custom language learning model — comes a year after its now-chief executive officer, Mustafa Hasnain, thought up the concept with Sean Carroll, the former chief of staff at USAID under the Obama administration.