{"name":"Applied AI in Suriname — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Suriname, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/suriname","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-09-28","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Suriname","slug":"suriname","iso2":"SR","region":"Latin America & Caribbean"},"counts":{"entries":3,"deployments":3,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":0,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":3},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Suriname","role":"Health educator","org":"Interact Club of Brick by Brick","text":"Suriname's Interact Club of Brick by Brick has built Flowvie, a free AI menstrual health assistant offering young women online guidance on periods and wellbeing. Extending the club's Bloedserieus initiative, it draws answers from screened material — input from international health bodies and checked educational content — as an AI-driven menstruation guidance tool designed for reliability.","date":"2026-05-26","source":"https://www.surinamenieuwscentrale.com/ai-assistent-flowvie-moet-taboe-rond-menstruatie-bij-jonge-vrouwen-doorbreken"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Suriname","role":"Retail banking customer","org":"De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB)","text":"De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB) rolled out DSB Buddy, an AI banking chatbot answering client queries on offerings through WhatsApp at any hour. The Suriname lender's virtual banking assistant sits within a modernisation push with an entirely online personal loan, freshly introduced POS terminals and corporate prepaid cards.","date":"2025-12-22","source":"https://dagbladdewest.com/2025/12/22/dsb-presenteert-sterke-cijfers-en-versnelde-digitalisering/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Suriname","role":"Consular officer","org":"Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, International Business en Internationale Samenwerking (BIBIS)","text":"Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS) deployed an AI chatbot for visa applications on 30 April 2025, teaming up with VFS Global to build a fresh e-visa platform around it. This automated visa assistant instantly resolves traveller queries about procedures, and the wider system also takes care of online payments. The debut wrapped up AI Awareness Month, a run of workshops that schooled civil servants in responsible AI use.","date":"2025-04-30","source":"https://gov.sr/nieuwe-e-visa-applicatie-en-chatbot-gelanceerd-tijdens-ai-bewustwordingssessie/"}]}