AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge
ABOUT AI READY ASEAN YOUTH CHALLENGE
The AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge is a regional ideathon empowering young innovators across Southeast Asia to harness the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence for social good.
Designed to promote AI literacy, strengthen regional collaboration, and inspire real-world impact, the challenge invites youth to imagine and build practical AI-driven solutions that uplift communities and advance an inclusive, sustainable future for ASEAN.
Read more on the challenge national winners stories.
Philippines Youth provides accessible prenatal care for remote mothers with AI
For pregnant women in remote islands, accessing clinical-quality ultrasound scans is a challenge. Student finalists of the AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge, supported by Google.org, designed Kalinga, a solution with real-world impact. Kalinga enables midwives in remote islands across the country to perform clinical-quality ultrasound scans using portable probes powered by Google AI, ensuring prenatal care reaches every filipina mother.
Team Kalinga: John, Rae, and Sherween
AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge National Winner
Indonesian Youth provides life-saving flood warnings for every household with AI
For many Indonesians, flood warnings often arrive far too late. Student finalists of the AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge, supported by Google.org, designed a solution that could ensure urgent information reaches every household in the face of natural disasters. Noah AI aims to predict floods and issue real-time bilingual SMS alerts through Google AI, offering better protection to Indonesians in remote areas during emergencies.
Team Noah: Ari, Jason, and Tiffany
AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge National Winner
Vietnamese Youth provides personalized education for every student
In Vietnam, personalised exam prep is a luxury few can access, and even fewer can afford. Vietnamese youth are tackling real-world crises through the AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge, supported by Google.org. Students finalists are using Google AI to design innovative solutions like Rugo, an adaptive learning platform that levels the playing field for students. By identifying individual learning gaps and generating personalised practice materials, Rugo aims to ensure every student, regardless of their background, can master difficult concepts and prepare for their future with confidence.
Team Rugo: Mai, Son, and Vi
AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge National Winner
Thai Youth protects vulnerable communities from digital scams with AI
For migrant workers with limited financial literacy, a single scam message can mean losing an entire week’s wages. Thailand’s finalists in the AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge conceptualised Aegis to protect vulnerable communities, which turns digital threats into real-time micro-lessons on digital safety, in local language. Scam attempts could become educational moments for vulnerable communities, who can learn to become their own first line of defence.
Team Aegis: Kawin, Nuthnon, and Trong
AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge National Winner
Malaysian Youth provides AI-powered rehab for healthier seniors with AI
As Malaysia’s population ages, many seniors struggle to stay mobile and independent. Finalists from Malaysia in the AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge have proposed a smart muscle recovery system that listens to the body and adjusts therapy in real time, powered by Google AI. By spotting tiredness before it becomes a problem, this easy-to-use tool could enable seniors to continue receiving safe, high quality rehabilitation therapy in the comfort of their own home.
Team AI-Driven Muscle Rehab: Jia Ying, Loo Ying, and Yong Kang
AI Ready ASEAN Youth Challenge National Winner