Pradyumna Chari Introduces Project NANDA to Humanitarian Organizations

In this episode of Humanitarian AI Today, guest host Doug Smith, Acting CEO of Data Friendly Space, speaks with Pradyumna Chari, a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab about Project NANDA. This initiative is building the foundational layer for an internet of AI agents through a broad coalition of academic institutions, major technology corporations, specialized AI startups, and the open-source community. Pradyumna explains how components like the NANDA Index create a "handshake layer" for intelligent agents to discover, coordinate, and transact with each other. This system is designed to shape the future of knowledge sharing, enabling agents to transact in privacy-preserving "intelligence" and "insights" rather than raw data. Doug and Pradyumna explore how this unlocks the potential for a "mesh" of interconnected agents to revolutionize humanitarian response. With this technology in a formative stage—much like the early World Wide Web—the humanitarian community has a critical opportunity to help shape its infrastructure. Tune in to learn how your organization can get involved and ensure this powerful new ecosystem is built to meet humanitarian needs from the ground up. Episode notes: https://humanitarianaitoday.medium.com/pradyumna-chari-introduces-project-nanda-to-humanitarian-organizations-333478f5f049