Fund AI that works.

We've mapped what works, what causes harm, and the structural conditions that distinguish the two — across AI readiness, scale strategy, and documented field deployments across India and beyond.

Framework

AI Readiness for Funders

A four-dimension, four-stage maturity model for portfolio-level investment decisions — with stage-specific playbooks for what to fund and what not to fund, and self-assessments for both your portfolio organisations and your own internal team.

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Field Guide

Five Questions Every Funder Should Ask Before Funding an AI Pilot

Most foundations are funding AI enthusiasm. The ones doing it well are funding AI evidence. Five questions that tell you which is which — covering workflow clarity, data governance, evaluation design, government adoption, and failure modes.

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Field Guide

Three Kinds of Scale

Scale is used to mean a dozen different things. This field guide maps three distinct types — Steady Impact, Linear Growth, and Exponential Impact — what each actually requires, and where AI has begun to change the geometry of what's possible.

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Case Studies

Funding AI in the Global South: Six Case Studies

Three deployments that worked. Three that caused documented harm. The structural patterns that distinguish them — drawn from twenty government-supported AI deployments in India between 2023 and 2026.

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Field Guide

Data Architecture for Social Sector AI

Who owns the system controls the intervention. A four-question framework and four-tier ownership model for designing data architecture deliberately — before the first commit, not after the first failure.

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Working with funders and foundations on AI strategy. To discuss how these frameworks apply to your portfolio, write to shruti@tiltedground.com or book a call.

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