Beckn Newsletter May‘24
Greetings, Collective! 
May has been full of exciting new initiatives, co-creation and collaborations, especially around AI and sustainability. The power of AI with Beckn took centre stage this month, unlocking some pretty amazing possibilities. Our incredible community members stepped up in big ways to drive the Beckn-ONIX project forward.
Read on to catch up on all the new developments.
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🌟 AI assistants can now buy and sell on Open Networks!💡
We are talking about AI Agents that can act and transact on your behalf. These agents, powered by Beckn, can search for an item, place an order, track the order and even return an order across open networks.
Mayur Virendra from FIDE demonstrated this with a Beckn-AI chatbot or BecknGPT performing an entire retail transaction from start to finish and then switching networks to locate a nearby EV charger. It was all as simple as messaging a friend! You can watch the mind-blowing demo here👇.
There is a lot in store! Stay tuned, imagine, build and contribute to AI^Beckn projects on GitHub.
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Bringing regenerative economy to the forefront with Beckn
Environmental challenges require immediate and collective action.
A recent joint endeavour led by Sheeba Sen, Peter Coughlan, and Rajeesh Menon is working in that direction by using the power of Beckn and open networks for hyperlocal climate and biodiversity action.
This project attempts to address the two main problems of climate change and biodiversity loss. Stay tuned for more updates and reach out to the members for collaboration.
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🚀Introducing Kenya One Network: Revolutionising agriculture with Beckn🌱
We are very excited about the launch of “Kenya One Network”, an open digital agriculture network, enabled by Beckn. This initiative, led by Kuza One (Kuza Biashara), Sriram Bharatam and others is aimed at transforming the agricultural sector.
By leveraging technology, this approach enables various stakeholders, from farmers to financiers, to connect and collaborate effortlessly in an open ecosystem. The network is digitising the entire agriculture value chain, catering to small and large players alike.
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📰 Beckn champion Mishal takes the Beckn-ONIX UI to the next level!
Big congratulations to Mishal, a Beckn Builder from Kerala, who has been contributing to the development and enhancement of the Beckn-ONIX user interface.
His Pull Request (PR) to the Beckn-ONIX repository on GitHub was approved and merged. Send a shout-out to Mishal on our Discord channel!
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🌟 Get Ready for the Beckn & Beyond episode on sustainability with Jan Kuenne! 🌟
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. 🌱
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This wraps up our May edition of the newsletter. If you have any thoughts and suggestions about this newsletter, drop us an email at community@fide.org. We appreciate all your feedback.✨
