The non-profit organization Current AI is accelerating the development of an AI infrastructure that is open to the public, with the goal of making AI tools available to more languages and communities without a stable network and an English-language environment. The Agency recently advanced projects in India, Africa, Lebanon and the Brazilian Amazon and released new open-source chat robots.

22 languages supported by Indian equipment

Current AI launched an off-line device called Suno Sutra in collaboration with the language department of the Government of India, Bhashini, at the India AI Summit in February this year. The device is small and does not need to be networked to run AI functions that support 22 Indian languages and is open for further expansion by developers.

The Chief Executive Officer of Current AI, Ayah Bdeir, stated that there was a large number of languages and dialects in India, but the existing AI system still did not cover them adequately. In her view, if AI would have a profound impact on daily life, there was a need for a public-oriented, freely available alternative, rather than being exclusively dominated by private companies.

Commitments increased to $400 million

Current AI was founded in February 2025 and initiated by Martin Tisne. Bdeir joined in January this year and was previously responsible for Mozilla's AI strategy. She stated to TechCrunch that Current AI operated in a public-private partnership model, bringing together government, business and foundations to finance technology projects of public interest.

  • $100 million from the Government of France
  • Total committed funding currently stands at $400 million
  • First round of grants to 4 institutions US$ 3.2 million

Project landed in Africa and Amazon

The first round of funded projects was in Kenya, Lebanon and the Brazilian Amazon region. Masakhane in Kenya is building an AI data set for 50 African languages, with applications including health, agriculture and education. Institute for Worldmaking in Lebanon is collating Arab cultural history and contemporary practice into a machine-readable database with community control.

The Brazilian project Portal sem Porteiras, in collaboration with the Amazon Aboriginal community, has developed an offline AI tool, where data are kept. Another African Internet Rights Alliance from Kenya is developing an audit tool to assess the accountability of the AI system in the African region.

Release in seven weeks, Alpha Chat

Earlier this month, Current AI launched an open-source chat robot Alpha Chat in Geneva at the AI for Good Summit. The product was produced jointly within seven weeks by 10 institutions, including Hugging Face, Mozilla and MIT Media Lab, with different agencies providing models, security tools and calculator support.

In addition, Current AI has been working with Sakana AI, a Japanese start-up company, which plans to build an open-source AI technology warehouse. This system will support the Japanese language and related cultural scenes, while also targeting communities in the global South that have long been neglected by the mainstream AI system.