Making AI useful, trusted, and income generating for rural India
A community-led approach that makes artificial intelligence accessible, usable, and beneficial to rural and small-town India.
Across India, youth, women, farmers, and small businesses continue to be excluded from the benefits of AI.
Most AI tools assume English and high digital literacy
Rural users lack access, not ability
MSMEs still hire offline through word-of-mouth
Youth cannot discover local jobs
JAN AI is building a rural-first AI ecosystem
Built in collaboration with communities, institutions, innovators, and government partners, we’re addressing systemic barriers with local-language, trust-first, grassroots tools.
Voice-first tools
Local language flows
Verified identities
Hyperlocal job matching
Designed around real lives,
real livelihoods, and real transitions
SMALL BUSINESSES
FARMERS
WOMEN
YOUTH
Challenges
Informal hiring
Low trust
No structured validation
High turnover
Time-intensive hiring processes
Solutions
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The Charkha decentralized production and restored agency during India’s industrial shift.
Jan AI does the same for artificial intelligence by decentralizing access, identity, opportunity, knowledge, and ownership.
Access
Identity
Opportunity
Knowledge
Ownership
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AI must reach people where they are through voice, vernacular, and community spaces.
The Gram Setu Ecosystem
Jan AI is designed not only as a collaborative community movement but as a scalable public innovation model.
Jan AI Cafés
accessible and inclusive
Jan AI App Store
provides the latest tools
Jan AI Mantra
the innovation engine
Our Impact
6,943
Youth Trained
15
States
50
Districts
“I got my first interview in 24 hours just by speaking into the voice bot”
AI literacy that builds confidence, dignity, and everyday agency
Jan AI’s training programs focus on practical, hands-on learning. They help people understand where AI fits into their daily lives, whether in farming, enterprise, services, or decision-making, so it becomes a tool they can actually use and trust.