The Palo Alto-based edtech nonprofit CareerVillage has for years helped...
Together with CareerVillage, the coalition behind Coach—a group that includes Year Up, known for its job training program, AVID, Mentor California, and the San Francisco Unified School District—is...
View ArticleWestly Prize Alumni Making Headlines
Aiden Reilly and James Kanoff (Westly Prize 2021), co-founders of The Farmlink Project, were among three 2023 Goalkeepers Global Goals Award Winners named last month by the Bill & Melinda Gates...
View Article2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators
Westly Foundation has announced eight finalists for the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators. Each will advance to compete for $145,000 in unrestricted funding — including three top awards of...
View ArticleYoung CA Innovators With Life-saving Technologies Take Top 2024 Westly Prize...
The Westly Foundation announced the winners of the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators on January 21. Each winner received $40,000. Since 2012, the foundation has awarded over $1 million in...
View Article2024 Westly Prize Winners Announced
The Westly Foundation announced this year’s winners of the Westly Prize for young innovators, three grand prize winners were chosen out of hundreds of applicants. The foundation created the Westly...
View ArticleAftif Javed, co-founder of Tarjimly and a 2019 Westly Prize winner, shares...
Tarjimly, a nonprofit described as “Uber for translators,” aims to help asylum seekers clear that hurdle. Through a new artificial intelligence partnership, Tarjimly trains outside large language...
View ArticleYoung Social Innovators Compete for $145K in Unrestricted Funding January...
Event Sat., Jan. 25, 2025, 9:00-Noon Haas Center for Public Service 562 Salvatierra Walk Stanford, Calif., 94305 (MENLO PARK, CALIF.) – The Westly Foundation has announced eight finalists for the...
View ArticleSilicon Valley’s Westly Foundation Announces Winners of 2025 Westly Prize for...
Three groundbreaking ventures integrating AI to save lives in natural disasters, prevent infant mortality, and identify early incidence of stroke. MENLO PARK, Calif., January 27, 2025 – The Westly...
View ArticleUC Berkeley student develops AI stroke detection tool
Ashmita Kumar was just eight years old when her grandfather had a stroke that left him unable to walk or talk. He did not recognize the warning signs like a drooping face and slurred speech. By the...
View Article2025 Westly Prize Winners of RescueSight Interviewed by Gasia Mikaelian
We’re shining a innovation and life saving technology to UC Berkeley. Students and entrepreneurs have been awarded the Wesley Prize for their innovative RescueSight platform, which uses drones and AI...
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