Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Apurva LENS Expands Into Cross-Organisational Knowledge Platform
Apurva.ai has changed Apurva LENS from a tool for one organisation into a platform for many organisations.
The platform helps groups find and understand knowledge that is often kept in separate places.
This knowledge can include research, reports, conversations and community experiences.
Organisations can choose what information they share and what they keep private.
The goal is to help useful lessons travel from one group or country to another.
Apurva.ai says more than half a million voices and perspectives have already been surfaced through the platform.
Groups in Africa, Brazil and other regions have used it for work involving climate, health, livelihoods and community stories.
The company says AI can help identify connections, but people still need to provide local understanding and judgment.
Practitioners and organisations can now explore Apurva LENS themselves.
Apurva.ai has evolved Apurva LENS from an organisational knowledge product into a platform for ecosystem-wide learning and collaboration.
The platform connects research, organisational knowledge and community experiences while allowing organisations to control what they share or keep private.
Apurva LENS has reportedly surfaced more than half a million voices and perspectives across the Global South.
Examples include work with SELCO Foundation, Resilience Action Network Africa, Museu da Pessoa and Rare’s Fish Forever programme.
Apurva.ai says artificial intelligence can connect knowledge at scale, but human judgment and local context remain essential.
- Who
- Apurva.ai, a unit of C4EC Foundation supported by Nilekani Philanthropies, announced the platform model; development organisations and practitioners are its intended users.
- What
- Apurva.ai is expanding Apurva LENS from an organisation-level knowledge workspace into a cross-organisational learning and collaboration platform.
- When
- The announcement was made on September 21; the year is not specified in the supplied article.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, while the platform is intended for development ecosystems globally, including the Global South.
- Why
- Apurva.ai says development knowledge is fragmented across organisations, research, programmes and communities, creating a need to connect it and make it actionable at scale.
- Organisation
- Apurva.ai, a unit of C4EC Foundation
- Platform
- Apurva LENS
- New model
- A platform for cross-organisational learning and collaboration
- Reported reach
- More than half a million voices and perspectives surfaced across the development ecosystem in the Global South
- Intended users
- Funders, governments, NGOs, change leaders, practitioners and other development organisations
- Featured collaborations
- SELCO Foundation, Resilience Action Network Africa, Museu da Pessoa and Rare’s Fish Forever
- Access
- Apurva LENS is open for practitioners and organisations to explore