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 BECMA is the first network on Project Lookout, running its own instance as BECMA Compass.

The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts is the lab’s deepest partnership. It began with training: a series of live, hands-on sessions for BECMA member businesses on using AI for lead generation, marketing, grants, procurement, and operations. Participants rated it a 100 percent recommendation rate, and several of their words are on this site.

It became a product. Project Lookout was designed with BECMA members, tested inside their businesses, and reshaped by what they told us. It now sweeps 140+ sources every night for the grants, contracts, and RFPs those businesses were never able to chase.

On October 6, 2026, it launched. On the main stage of BECMA’s Mass Black Expo, we introduced BECMA Compass, the council’s own instance of Project Lookout and the first network on the platform. Read the launch story.

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Tool · Project Lookout Every opportunity your organization deserves, found and ranked for you A patent pending procurement-intelligence platform that sweeps 140+ grant, contract, and bid sources every night, verifies every link, and scores... Patent pending · Live since October 6 · Free for BECMA members Read more

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Policy · United Nations Making the case at the United Nations for a right to challenge technology The Hope Group and UN DESA co-hosted Inclusive by Design, a panel for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Rev. Hope argued that the... Co-hosted · October 16, 2026 Read more

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