Beckn Newsletter June‘24
Greetings, Collective! 
Throughout June, we have seen some incredible momentum in energy and sustainability projects. These aren’t just baby steps! The community is taking swift action to boost green energy adoption with Beckn. 🌱
What’s also exciting is that now you can be a part of many of these projects. So scan the edition for opportunities to contribute. ⚡
For our main story, Ivy League brains have been putting Beckn to good use in the Mid-Atlantic to help indie restaurants and couriers.
Let’s dive in. There is a lot to catch up on!
Read on to catch up on all the new developments.
In this Month’s edition:
1️⃣ An open food delivery network in the US led by Andres and Mike
2️⃣ Jan Kuenne thinks we should have an open network for nature
3️⃣ Aivancity’s students have developed an exciting project with Beckn
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Tring Tring..vroom vroom..🚴♂️🍕
Can you imagine food delivery systems being cooperative? And indie restaurants having localised ways to serve their customers? No cap!
We invited our friends—Princeton Prof. Andrés Monroy-Hernández, and Michael Perhats from Nosh Delivery to the latest episode of Beckn & Beyond to discuss decentralised food delivery. And it was a blast!🎉
Prof Andrés and Mike found a match between the ethos of Beckn and the food delivery ecosystem in the US. So they are building OpenDeli – an open food delivery network to empower local restaurants and couriers across the US. 🍽️
Get the full story on YouTube!
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Meanwhile, the UEI Alliance is taking the energy network to the next level. 💡🔋
The network itself has grown 10X since the launch of the Alliance in Feb’24. Many new EV charge point operators, energy companies, and standardisation bodies have joined the effort to unify the fragmented sector. We are seeing broad use cases like Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Trading, EV Charging, Battery Monetization, and more. ⚡🔌
Last week, the participants gathered to present the early progress to Nandan Nilekani and Dr Pramod Varma. 👏
Energy enthusiasts, this is your chance to champion green. Join the effort using this form.
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Here’s a research opportunity in the world of UEI 📚🎓
Applications are open for the Atria University MS-by-Research Program, which is focused on AI/ML, DPI, Beckn, and blockchain.
The research work will tap these technologies (including UEI) for climate action and sustainability impact. The program is offered on both a full-time and part-time basis.
📝 Apply here.
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When trees and rivers can go to court 🌳🏞️
Sounds offbeat, but in the last 15 years, there has been a surge in laws based on ecological jurisprudence. Even the fashion industry is doing its bit for the environment with projects like upcycled denim, saving us 85 showers worth of water with each pair of jeans!
Eco-champion Jan Kuenne believes these fragmented efforts can be unified using Beckn. He and Sindhuja discussed these topics and more on our recent episode of Beckn & Beyond. ♻️
Learn about the new Beckn efforts across regenerative agriculture and circular economy. Watch the full episode on YouTube and connect with Jan on LinkedIn.
Mother Nature needs you! ❤️
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Hospitality AI: Aivancity students develop an advanced AI recommendation system using Beckn 🤖✨
The sustainability and innovation champion Jan Kuenne brings a wealth of global perspectives to our next episode, delving into crucial topics like Circular Economy and Regenerative Agriculture. He will discuss how Beckn, in conjunction with robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), can accelerate the adoption and implementation of these essential efforts. 🌱
💡 This is how they did it despite the limited availability of user data.
- First, they implemented a combination of RAG and LLAMA2, merging generative text models with advanced search capabilities to deliver accurate recommendations.
- Second, they combined Siamese neural networks with vector databases, ensuring the system could provide near real-time recommendations.
Congratulate and interact with the team on this thread on Discord. 🎉💬
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Join the fun 🙌🌟
Excited to share a new opportunity for the code junkies to contribute to Beckn live projects. We need example JSONs for various use cases, and your help is crucial.
Here’s how you can make a difference:
- Explore the use cases on the GitHub issue linked below
- Contribute your example JSONs for the specified use case
- Get your work merged into the repository
Dive into the details here: 🔗 GitHub Issue #180
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This wraps up our June edition of the newsletter.
This newsletter is our collective creation and we would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions to make it even better! Drop us an email at community@fide.org.
Thank you for being part of our community.✨
