On September 15, the Gates Foundation announced plans to invest at least $1 billion over two years to advance equitable AI solutions, focusing on applications rather than general-purpose model development. It also released its annual Goalkeepers report focused on AI, with funding roughly allocated 40% to education, 40% to health, 10% to agriculture and 10% to digital infrastructure.
Bill Gates revealed in an interview that the Gates Foundation has partnered with Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic to apply AI in health, education and agriculture to tackle global development challenges such as child mortality, malnutrition and maternal deaths. This year, the foundation reached a $200 million collaboration with Anthropic.