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De-Risking Public Sector AI Innovation with Sandboxes: Zaizi’s Approach

Zaizi ran an AI sandbox hackathon to prove public-sector teams can prototype and validate AI safely and early — before procurement locks choices in.

Days

from idea to working AI prototype

The challenge

Public-sector safeguards around data, procurement and stability push AI experimentation late, so ideas stay conceptual and risk surfaces downstream when reversal is expensive.

How it ran on NayaOne

1

Safe sandbox environment

A secure, operationally realistic space where teams could build and prototype AI quickly without touching production systems or real data.

2

Rapid hackathon build

Teams tackled real operational challenges hands-on, moving from concept to working prototype inside the sandbox.

3

Early, evidenced validation

Ideas were tested against realistic conditions up front, so risk was understood before vendors or technologies were selected.

Outcomes

Early

validation before procurement, not after

Safe

experimentation with no production risk

Faster

path from concept to evidenced decision

Prove your use case the same way.