‘A chance to end the battle against information asymmetry’

An interview with Manu Chopra, the co-founder and CEO of Karya, on the hidden jobs created by AI, building models for thousands of Indian languages, and delivering on the promise of the internet.

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Duckbucks: What is Karya doing today, and what is the vision for the future?

Manu Chopra: Karya is the Sanskrit word for work that gives you a sense of dignity, work that gives you a sense of purpose. That’s the mission we are on: We want to see how we can use AI to bring accelerated earning and learning opportunities to low-income communities across the Global South.

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  • Manu Chopra is the co-founder and CEO of Karya. He works on tackling extreme poverty by providing dignified digital work to rural Indians. A Stanford graduate, he cofounded CS+Social Good and has taught tech-for good courses in Stanford’s Computer Science Department. In 2023, Mr. Chopra was named among Time’s 100 Most Influential People in AI. He is also an Echoing Green Fellow and a Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneur.

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