Build on what exists
Start with the ecosystem, not a blank page.
Technology that is purpose-built.
Great leaders change lives. Great technology makes it possible, when it is built for the people who use it on the ground.
It’s always domain first, technology second. We don’t write code until we understand the terrain: its realities, its regulations and its unsolved problems.
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Prashant Mehra
Cofounder & CEO, commons.inc
Cofounder & CEO, commons.inc
15yrsBuilding for the ground
7M+Users reached
200+Programmes live
16+States
Matching the engineering to the challenge.
We make deep technology radically accessible, putting powerful tools in the hands of people solving the hardest problems.
SaaS & Accelerators
Ready-to-use platforms that help organisations launch, improve and scale faster.
Software Development
Purpose-built technology that turns complex needs into simple, scalable systems: offline-first, multilingual and light on device.
Packaged Solutions
Proven, configurable solutions for common challenges across the social sector.
AI, Blockchain & Progressive Tech
Emerging technologies applied thoughtfully to real-world problems at scale, never only to impress a demo.
Where we work, what we build.
Platforms shaped by years inside each domain.
AI shouldn’t just make businesses smarter. It should make change possible at scale.
Practical AI where it genuinely helps the work: summarising caseloads, translating content, flagging the follow-up that matters.
Tools that take the paperwork off a frontline worker’s day, so the time goes back to people.
Models tested on local languages, patchy connectivity and the devices people actually carry.
Governance in place before anything touches a beneficiary decision.
Proven interventions carried further, at a running cost a program can sustain.
Built on open foundations. Share what should be shared; build IP at the edge.
Turn common needs into common infrastructure
Solve it once, for everyone who needs it.
Go deeper where the problem demands it
Custom engineering only where the domain calls for it.
Let every solution make the next one better
Each build leaves reusable parts behind.
Most social sector technology is built for reporting upward, not for running the program.
Before we build, we can help you decide what to build, buy or leave alone. Every recommendation is tested against what a field team can run: their handset, their connection, their day.
- Digital Public Infrastructure: architecture, interoperability and adoption at population scale.
- Enterprise Digital Transformation: process, system selection and migration, vendor-neutral.
- AI & Technology Strategy: where AI helps, what it costs, and the governance it needs.
Related insights & case studies.
Systems that keep pace with your ambition.
Tell us the problem and the people it is for. We’ll tell you whether it needs new software at all.