Answers, not lists
Give visitors a direct, useful response instead of another page of search results.
KNOWBOT FOR NONPROFITS
Let visitors ask
your website a question.
Knowbot is an AI assistant for nonprofits – like a chatbot, but much smarter. It answers using your organisation's trusted website content and links each answer to its sources. Click “Ask Me” to try it.
A Mike Hudson Foundation project helping nonprofits use AI effectively.
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Our no-code solution means we can have you up and running in 5 minutes.
Useful answers, grounded in your organisation.
Your website already contains the knowledge people need. Visitors ask a question in their own words. Knowbot reads the public information you choose, gives a clear conversational answer and cites the source pages so they can check—and continue—their journey.
Sources they can check
Every answer points back to the relevant pages on your own trusted website.
Questions you can learn from
Understand what visitors need and where your website or services could be clearer.
SELECTED PARTNERS
Knowbot in the real world.
Used by national academies, learned societies, research institutes and charities.
THE BRITISH ACADEMY — POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026–27.
See Knowbot in use ↗THE BRITISH ACADEMY — SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS
Small Research Grants call goes live on 2 September.
See Knowbot in use ↗ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY
Promoting statistics for the public good.
See Knowbot in use ↗RESEARCH ON RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Research on research systems & metaresearch.
See Knowbot in use ↗ZSL
Animal conservation and scientific research.
See Knowbot in use ↗RUSI
Royal United Services Institute. Leading UK defence and security think tank.
See Knowbot in use ↗REGIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Regional and urban research & policy.
See Knowbot in use ↗UK EVALUATION SOCIETY
Evaluation of social policy and programmes.
See Knowbot in use ↗ACEVO
The national membership body for civil society leaders.
See Knowbot in use ↗SENSE ABOUT SCIENCE
Promoting public interest in sound science & evidence.
See Knowbot in use ↗RISK KNOW HOW
Practical knowledge for understanding and managing risk.
See Knowbot in use ↗CAST
Helping charities use digital technology for social good.
See Knowbot in use ↗ROSETREES
Medical research with £1.2bn follow-on funding.
See Knowbot in use ↗OCULAR MELANOMA UK
Research and support for adult eye cancer.
See Knowbot in use ↗BETTER PLANET EDUCATION
Environmental educational resources for young people.
See Knowbot in use ↗REACH VOLUNTEERING
The UK's biggest source of charity trustees.
See Knowbot in use ↗SOCIETY OF RADIOGRAPHERS
Supporting the promotion and development of medical imaging and radiotherapy.
See Knowbot in use ↗BHA
Supporting improvements in health services in the North of England.
See Knowbot in use ↗EXPLORE KNOWBOT
Ask about
Knowbot itself.
Open our own assistant to ask how Knowbot works, how to deploy it, what it can do and whether it could help your organisation.
MORE CAPABILITIES
What else can Knowbot do?
Knowbot can start simply and grow around the information and support your organisation wants to provide.
Explore more capabilities+
Start with a trial
We can create a test Knowbot from the public information on your website in around five minutes, so you can explore it before deciding whether to proceed.
Deploy without development work
We can host Knowbot to help you get started. It can then be added to a website without building a new search system or chatbot.
Stay aligned with your website
Knowbot uses your published knowledge, so its answers can improve and stay current as that source information is updated.
Use all—or only part—of your knowledge
A Knowbot can cover an entire website, selected sections, several domains or microsites, or the information for a particular project.
Combine sources and languages
It can work from several trusted sources, optionally include wider-web search, and support visitors asking questions in different languages.
Support your team as well as visitors
Knowbot can help draft replies to support enquiries and create tailored communications. Unlike a scripted chatbot, it is not limited to a pre-programmed list of questions and answers.
ABOUT KNOWBOT
A nonprofit project
for nonprofits.
Knowbot is a project from the Mike Hudson Foundation, a UK nonprofit which supports research-oriented organisations including royal societies, national institutions, charities and academic institutions.
We believe AI can help nonprofits be more effective. Knowbot helps organisations make their own trusted knowledge easier for visitors to reach, understand and act on.
Visit the Mike Hudson Foundation ↗BEYOND KNOWBOT
Other Projects
ResearchifyFunding discovery for researchers+
A prototype that helps researchers find relevant UKRI funding opportunities without having to navigate multiple programmes and pages.
Visit Researchify ↗MootyExplore and debate complex questions+
A prototype that helps policy makers explore a problem domain, examine different perspectives and debate proposed solutions using AI.
Visit Mooty ↗ResolverModel international conflict+
A prototype AI modelling tool for exploring the actors, pressures and possible outcomes within international conflicts.
Visit Resolver ↗LongseekQuery very large information sources+
A research tool for extracting data and querying very large information sources with high accuracy. Its first collaboration is with ZSL.
Visit Longseek ↗PUBLIC-RESOURCE EXAMPLES
Try Knowbot on trusted public knowledge.
These demonstrations are not partner deployments or organisation trials.
Simple WikipediaAccessible general knowledge+
A Knowbot that only reads curated knowledge from Simple Wikipedia, suitable for web resources serving young people.
NICE GuidancePublished UK healthcare guidance+
An example grounded in guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. It must not be used as medical advice.
CDC & WHOMultiple trusted public-health sources+
An example of Knowbot answering questions from more than one trusted source. Try asking about the Mpox virus.
EmojiBotA light-hearted AI experiment+
A playful example exploring how language models interpret and translate emojis.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note
Knowbot is continually being developed and, like any AI, may make mistakes.
Knowbot is not a substitute for skilled professional advice, including in critical settings such as healthcare.
We use AI to process questions and answers and may monitor conversations. Please do not share personal or sensitive information.
By using Knowbot and this website, you agree to our Privacy & Terms.
START A CONVERSATION
Could Knowbot help your visitors?
Tell us about your nonprofit, the information people struggle to find and what you would like to test.
All nonprofits are welcome to apply. We particularly want to support larger or research-based nonprofits, organisations promoting science and those aligned with the Mike Hudson Foundation's causes.
Knowbot is currently free for all the nonprofits we support. Very high usage, customisation or significant additional support may involve shared costs.