TSI Workshop Spotlight: Blue Ridge Labs

Unlocking AI’s Potential for Impact: A Tri-Sector Workshop with Blue Ridge Labs

We always love collaborating with Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood, and our March session was no exception. We had the privilege of leading a Tri-Sector Innovation (TSI) workshop for this year’s cohort of powerhouse early-stage companies working at the intersection of AI and poverty reduction.

Over the course of a half-day session, we dove deep into their business and impact challenges—exploring how tri-sector strategies can unlock overlooked resources, strengthen models, and accelerate scale. These ventures weren’t just ready for the conversation—they were already putting it into practice. Many had used our new AI-focused TSI tools to begin shaping their own tri-sector business models before we even walked into the room.

Each team brought bold ideas, sharp thinking, and a clear sense of purpose. Together, we explored how aligning cross-sector self-interests and repurposing underutilized resources can create smarter, more resilient solutions—especially when applied to frontier technologies like AI.

Interested in bringing a TSI workshop to your accelerator, incubator, or organization? We’d love to connect.

Capturing a moment with this year’s standout cohort at Blue Ridge Labs @ Robinhood.