This week, One Degree had the opportunity to present at Google.org’s Generative AI Accelerator Demo Day, marking a major milestone in our journey to transform how families access the social safety net.

Out of more than 3,000 applicants worldwide, One Degree was selected to join the 2025 Google.org Generative AI Accelerator, a two-year program supporting social impact organizations using AI to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges. Demo Day represented the culmination of six months of intensive collaboration, experimentation, and product development alongside the Google.org team and an extraordinary cohort of peers.

At Google HQ, our team shared a vision for what digital public infrastructure for the social safety net can look like and unveiled two new AI-powered tools designed to make that vision real.

Reimagining Access to the Social Safety Net

For millions of families, getting help today feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. The social safety net is fragmented across nonprofits, public agencies, and healthcare systems that often lack the digital tools needed to coordinate effectively. Families are left navigating unreliable information, complex eligibility rules, paper forms, and inaccessible waitlists—often at moments of crisis.

At One Degree, we see this not as an inevitability, but as an opportunity to fundamentally rethink how people access help.

At Google.org Demo Day, we showcased two AI tools built through the Accelerator to tackle the biggest friction points in access and enrollment. Our AI Resource Navigator uses natural language processing to understand the way people actually ask for help and connects them to relevant, human-verified resources in seconds. Our AI Intake & Enrollment Tool simplifies paperwork by converting paper and PDF forms into digital experiences and pre-filling information when available, reducing enrollment time and administrative burden for frontline staff.

Together, these tools point toward a future where families can find and enroll in help in minutes, not months, and providers can spend less time on administration and more time supporting people.

Gratitude and What’s Next

This work would not be possible without philanthropy and partnership. We are deeply grateful to Google.org, the Accelerator team, our executive sponsors, and our Google squad members for believing in this vision and pushing us to build better.

Demo Day was not an endpoint, it was a beginning. As we move forward, we remain focused on building AI-powered infrastructure that helps families access the right resources faster and supports frontline providers in doing their best work.

Stay tuned as we continue shaping the future of social care together.