The Hope Group Ethical AI Lab · Boston

Projects

Built with neighborhoods, businesses, and institutions.

Real tools in daily use, programs delivered street by street, and partnerships with anchor institutions. Every one co-designed with the people it serves, never designed for them.

Project Lookout title card with the radar mark Tool · Project Lookout Every opportunity your organization deserves, found and ranked for you A patent pending procurement-intelligence platform that sweeps 100+ grant, contract, and bid sources every night, verifies every link, and scores... Patent pending · Launching October 6 · Free for BECMA members Read more The Driftwood board in a browser window Tool · Driftwood Software drifts. Driftwood catches it. An open source design research platform for running a beta without losing the plot. A calm Stream where testers report what drifted loose, a board... Open source · Live at cmd-z.com · Running the Lookout beta Read more Civic AI Access Lab card with a map of Boston neighborhoods Program · Civic AI Access Lab Civic AI Access Lab: apprentice-delivered AI training for small business owners A six-month, neighborhood-based program that trains 40 to 50 small business owners in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and East Boston to solve real... 2026 · with The Loop Lab and the City of Boston Read more Civic AI Corps card with a row of apprentices Program · Civic AI Corps Civic AI Corps: apprentices embedded with small businesses Like AmeriCorps for the AI transition. Young people from Boston's neighborhoods, trained and credentialed by the lab, then embedded with small... In development Read more JEWN BUG card with a mockup of the morning bid feed Tool · JEWN BUG JEWN BUG: an AI that reads procurement portals so a small painting crew does not have to A daily-use app built with a Black-owned Boston painting company that scans public procurement portals overnight, verifies every listing, and hands... Live · in daily production use Read more Unicorn PO Dispenser card showing documents becoming a clean record Tool · Unicorn PO Dispenser Unicorn PO Dispenser: purchase orders in a dozen formats, turned into clean records Built with a Massachusetts women-owned distributor whose purchase orders arrive as PDFs, forwarded emails, and portal exports. The app reads each one,... Live · processing real purchase orders Read more BECMA and The Hope Group partnership card with 100 percent engagement and recommendation Partnership · BECMA Putting AI in the hands of Massachusetts' Black-owned businesses Preferred AI trainer and certified technical assistance vendor. The BECMA AI Series reached a 100 percent engagement and recommendation rate, and... Read more The Boston skyline Partnership · City of Boston Building ethical AI capacity for Boston's public workforce Certified technical assistance vendor. AI strategy and digital equity technical assistance for municipal departments, helping city staff adopt tools... Read more AI for GME leaders card with six session dates Course · GME leaders AI for GME leaders and administrators A six-week live virtual course for GME leaders and administrators, led by Kaytlyn Hope, on adopting AI responsibly in one of the most regulated fields... Next cohort January 14 to February 18, 2027 Read more The Boston University campus Teaching · Boston University Training the next generation of ethical AI leaders Rev. Hope serves as a lecturer at Boston University, developing and teaching curriculum on ethical AI for graduate and professional students. Read more Rev. Christopher Hope addressing a side event at the United Nations Policy · United Nations Shaping the global conversation on AI and education Rev. Hope co-hosted and presented at the UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum side event, addressing policymakers from member nations on... Read more
50+Organizations served across Greater Boston, and growing
100%Engagement and recommendation rate across BECMA AI Series cohorts
100+Grant, contract, and bid sources Project Lookout sweeps every night
2021Founded in Boston, on Dr. King's idea of the Beloved Community

In their words

The people we have already built with.

Working with The Hope Group changed how I think about what's possible for my business. Rev. Hope took the time to understand exactly where I was — not where he assumed I'd be — and built a plan around my reality. I walked away with a roadmap I could actually use.

Nicole WigginsOwner, Jewn EnterprisesCity of Boston Certified Small Business

As a healthcare AI consultant, I came into the BECMA x The Hope Group AI Series already deep in this work and I still left every session with something I could apply the same day. Chris Hope teaches from the real experience of running a Black-owned business.

Jennifer NgureFounderImara Health AI Consulting LLC

The Hope Group didn't show up and lecture us. They listened first — then built something around how we actually work. As a woman-owned business I needed a partner who understood both the technology and the real-world constraints I operate under. I found exactly that here.

Ellen CynarUNICORNCity of Boston Woman-Owned Business

A heartfelt shout out to Rev. Chris, Addison, and Stephen! Thank you for packing BECMA's AI Series with so many amazing, actionable insights! Those 1.5-hour Zoom webinars were an absolute game-changer and such a great investment of my time.

Susan PaulFounder & CEO, @AIMHIGHSDCDorchester MA

The Hope Group brings technical excellence and deep community understanding together in a way that is genuinely rare. BECMA is proud to have them as a certified TA vendor and a trusted resource for the businesses we serve.

Mackenson CharlesBlack Economic Council of MassachusettsBECMA

It was great that you had Addison serving as tech support and team member. She was helpful in a lot of moments that could have taken away from the presentation.

Titciana BarrosRepresentative, Snapped Boston

Great training. This was the best session. Packed with actionable info from start to finish.

James "Jimmy" HillsRepresentative, Affectus Strategies, Inc.

One of the best classes I've taken at BU.

Sarah ChenGraduate Student, Boston University

Recognition

Certified. Recognized. Accountable.

City of BostonCertified minority-owned AI businessThe only City of Boston certified minority-owned AI business in Massachusetts. Certified technical assistance vendor for the city's small business community.
BECMAPreferred AI trainer and certified TA vendorThe Black Economic Council of Massachusetts' preferred AI training partner. Project Lookout was designed and built with BECMA.
Commonwealth CorporationApproved training providerEligible Massachusetts organizations may use state workforce funds to offset the cost of our training.
U.S. SenateCongressional CommendationRecognized by U.S. Senator Ed Markey for outstanding contributions to technology and community advancement.
United NationsSTI Forum presenterCo-hosted and presented at a UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum side event on equitable technology in education.
City of CambridgeCity ProclamationCelebrating leadership in creative equity and innovation.
Aspen InstituteFellowshipRev. Hope is an Aspen Institute Fellow.
Boston UniversityLecturer in ethical AIRev. Hope teaches ethical AI to graduate and professional students at BU.

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