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Work on real problems
Contribute to research, datasets, software, documentation, and practical language technology.
Help build the future of African-language AI.
Africa's languages deserve AI systems that understand them, speak them naturally, and serve the people who use them. We bring together people across machine learning research, engineering, language resources, product development, and responsible AI to help make that possible.
Why Sauti Labs
The next generation of AI should speak to everyone.
Useful language technology requires more than powerful models. It requires representative data, rigorous research, reliable engineering, linguistic knowledge, and products designed around the people who use them.
Sauti Labs exists to help advance AI for African languages, connecting research with the technology and resources needed to make language tools more useful and accessible.
The challenge is technical. It is linguistic. It is also a product and accessibility challenge.
Opportunities
Find your place in the work.
Explore the disciplines where you can contribute. Open a group to see the roles, responsibilities, and relevant skills. We value meaningful contributions, clear communication, and work that can be reviewed and improved.
How we work
Good work is built together.
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Collaborate across disciplines
Bring engineering, research, language expertise, design, and other perspectives together.
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Make work reproducible
Value documentation, appropriate testing, reviewable contributions, and research others can verify.
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Contribute sustainably
Agree on realistic scopes, responsibilities, availability, and expectations before work begins.
The process
Start with a conversation.
We want to understand what you can contribute, what you hope to learn, and whether there is a meaningful fit with the work.
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Explore opportunities
Identify a role or discipline that matches your skills and interests.
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Tell us about yourself
Share relevant experience, projects, language expertise, or other evidence of your work.
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Have a conversation
Discuss your interests, the work involved, and whether there is a potential fit.
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Agree on the scope
Clarify responsibilities, expectations, availability, and practical arrangements before starting.
FAQs
Questions before you get started.
Here are some answers to common questions about opportunities and contributing to Sauti Labs.
Open contribution
Have something else to contribute?
Not every valuable contribution fits a predefined role. If your skills, research interests, language expertise, or experience align with our mission, tell us what you would like to work on and how you think you could contribute.
How to express interestTell us about your contribution
When reaching out through Sauti Labs' official contact channels, include the role or discipline that interests you, a short introduction, relevant experience or work samples, your interests, and the kind of contribution you have in mind.
Please share links to existing work where possible. We review expressions of interest based on relevance, current priorities, and our capacity to support the proposed work. An expression of interest does not guarantee an opportunity.