AI-supported. Peer-anchored. Ethics-led.

Sakhi^AI

Sakhi^AI is an AI-supported reflection companion developed within the Maitri community to support girls and young women navigating education-to-work transitions across Grades 11-12, college, and early work life. Sakhi^AI does not prescribe decisions; it surfaces anonymized patterns from peer and senior lived experiences to support user-led reflection.

Partner to support pilots and pathways Recognition and verification

Non-therapeutic. Not evaluative. Not prescriptive. Designed to complement human mentoring.

Early signals (controlled pilot)

Post-use reflection survey from a purposive pilot sub-cohort (n=30) after 1-2 interactions. Indicative only.

Survey chart: After using SakhiAI, 66.7% felt supported; 33.3% felt more confident thinking about their own choices (n=30).

Survey chart: What SakhiAI helped with (n=30). Feeling less alone 33.3%, putting thoughts into words 23.3%, feeling calmer 23.3%, seeing similar experiences 20%.

Survey chart: Would you come back to SakhiAI for guidance anchored around seniors' experiences? Yes 100% (n=30).

How it works

Peer-anchored reflection

Sakhi^AI is grounded in an aggregated corpus of anonymized lived experiences collected within the Maitri ecosystem. When a user shares a concern, Sakhi^AI reflects relevant patterns from peers and seniors to normalize uncertainty and reduce fear of judgement.

Safeguards

Privacy-first by design

Controlled pilot deployment with informed consent and safeguarding oversight. Public documentation uses interface screenshots, not photos of individuals. Sakhi^AI is framed as reflective support, not therapy or decision-making.

Casebook recognition

Sakhi^AI is featured in the MeitY–UN Women AI and Gender Equality Casebook, showcased at India AI Impact Summit 2026.

MeitY-UN Women AI and Gender Equality Casebook cover.

SakhiAI chapter glimpse in the casebook.

MIT App Inventor feature

Building Sakhi: preserving community wisdom

Sakhi^AI has also been featured by MIT App Inventor as an example of how community-rooted AI can preserve peer wisdom and make reflective support accessible to girls navigating key education-to-work transitions.