IBM giving $200,000 to find a solution for natural disaster relief – Business Insider
IBM is asking developers to build a solution to disaster relief — and the company is providing an incentive to do it.
The company on Thursday at the VivaTech Conference in Paris announced Call for Code, a global initiative that calls on developers to create technology that can be used for natural disaster preparedness and relief.
The main component of the initiative is a contest, where the creators of a prototype — like an app that predicts when and where the disaster will be most severe — will win $200,000, support from IBM to make the prototype a reality, and introduction to venture capitalists.
IBM, which is working with the United Nations Human Rights Office and the American Red Cross, is pledging $30 million over five years to the program. The money will go toward developer tools, technologies, free code and training with experts. Developers can already access IBM resources about data and AI, blockchain, cloud and IoT technologies.