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Goodera, a provider of corporate volunteering and employee engagement, unveiled Goodera AI^X , its new AI-powered social impact offering, at the Bangalore edition of its Corporate Volunteering Collective (CVC), bringing together leaders from the CSR, nonprofit, and corporate ecosystem to explore the future of AI-enabled volunteering and community impact.

The event brought together attendees from organisations across the CSR and corporate ecosystem of various organisations, highlighting the growing intersection of artificial intelligence, employee engagement and social impact innovation. Through keynote sessions, panel discussions, and experiential volunteering activities, the event explored how AI is transforming the way organisations design, scale and measure community impact initiatives.

At the centre of the event was the launch of Goodera AI^X, a new offering designed to help enterprises, nonprofits and employees build AI fluency while embedding AI across volunteering and CSR programmes. Built around three pillars viz., Illuminate, Activate and Integrate,  Goodera AI^X combines AI literacy workshops, AI-native volunteering experiences, strategic advisory and AI-powered operational tools aimed at making volunteering more scalable, measurable and accessible.

The launch comes at a time when organisations globally are increasingly looking to integrate AI into workplace learning and social impact initiatives, while nonprofits continue to face significant capability and access gaps in adopting emerging technologies.

As part of the unveiling, Goodera showcased how AI^X,  enables organisations to build AI readiness through hands-on workshops, volunteering strategy roadmaps and community-led AI learning experiences. The platform also integrates AI into volunteering workflows, helping organisations streamline volunteer matching, engagement, coordination, and impact reporting.

During the event, Goodera also revealed insights from its recent AI literacy research conducted across the social impact ecosystem, surveying more than 1,000 nonprofits across 30+ countries. The findings pointed to a growing demand for AI adoption and digital capability building across nonprofits, while also highlighting critical gaps in awareness, access and implementation support.

Speaking about the launch, Sriram Shankar, Co-Founder & COO, Goodera said, “AI is fundamentally reshaping the future of work and community impact, yet much of the social impact ecosystem is still at the early stages of adoption. With Goodera AI^X,  we want to make AI more accessible, practical, and outcome-oriented for CSR teams, nonprofits, and employees. The opportunity is not just about introducing AI into volunteering, but about enabling organisations to scale impact, build future-ready capabilities and strengthen communities through technology.”

Leaders and practitioners attending the Bangalore Corporate Volunteering Collective also shared perspectives on how AI and purpose-led engagement are reshaping the future of workplace volunteering.

Ragha M G, CSR Programme Manager, NxtGen Cloud Technologies said, “What stood out through the Collective was how AI can make volunteering more relevant, skill-driven, and outcome-oriented for both employees and communities. As organisations look to build more meaningful engagement models, platforms like Goodera AI^X can help bridge technology with real social impact while making volunteering more scalable and accessible.”

Shivangi Gupta, Head HR Capability and Workforce Transformation, Kongsberg Digital said, “Employees today are increasingly looking for purpose-led experiences that feel authentic and aligned with their skills. Conversations at the Goodera Collective reinforced how AI-enabled volunteering can help organisations move beyond one-time engagement activities towards more long-term, meaningful participation that strengthens both culture and community impact.”