2026 WINNER

Manu Chopra

Karya 

Karya is building ethical AI by creating high-quality datasets while providing dignified digital work to underserved communities, ensuring that AI systems better represent the diversity of the world.

Manu Chopra is the co-founder and CEO of Karya. He works on using AI to bring accelerated earning and learning opportunities to low-income communities across the Global South. A Stanford graduate, Manu co-founded CS+Social Good in college and has taught several tech-for-good courses in Stanford’s Computer Science Department. Manu 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.