Advancing artificial intelligence for humanity, from Africa, for the world.
Aragt is an AI research and product company. We develop foundation models, open source AI, and intelligent products that empower people, businesses, researchers, and governments to solve meaningful problems.
To advance artificial intelligence through research, open collaboration, and innovative products that create lasting value for humanity,and to help establish Africa as a globally recognized center for AI.
Aragt means to see.
A name rooted in the Somali verb arag, carrying the idea of vision, the ability to see what is coming and build it.
- Observe
Perceive what is really there.
- Understand
Turn perception into insight.
- Foresee
See what is coming and build it.
Four pillars, one mission.
We invest across the full stack of modern AI,from foundational science to the products and infrastructure that put it to work.
Foundational work on language, vision, agents, robotics, and the science of alignment.
We publish open research and build the models that push the frontier of what AI can do.
Models, frameworks, datasets, and tooling released to the global research community.
Progress accelerates when knowledge is shared. We contribute openly whenever we can.
AI applied to finance, education, healthcare, agriculture, government, and science.
We turn research into products that solve real problems for real people.
Foundation models, APIs, agents, and infrastructure for developers and enterprises.
The building blocks anyone can use to create intelligent applications.
Where we're pushing the frontier.
Six of the areas our teams are actively investing in,from foundation models to safety.
- R.01
Large Language Models
Frontier models trained for reasoning, code, and multilingual understanding.
- R.02
AI Agents
Systems that plan, use tools, and act reliably over long horizons.
- R.03
Multimodal AI
Unified models across text, vision, audio, and structured data.
- R.04
African Language AI
Speech and language technology for the languages Africa actually speaks.
- R.05
AI Safety & Alignment
Research on evaluation, oversight, and making systems trustworthy at scale.
- R.06
Scientific AI
Models that accelerate discovery in biology, medicine, and the physical sciences.
Africa should be a builder of AI, not only a consumer of it.
We are building foundation models for African languages, growing the next generation of researchers through fellowships and open education, and partnering with institutions across the continent to deploy AI where it matters.
How we work.
A shared set of commitments that shape the research we pursue and the products we ship.
- 01Scientific excellence
Rigor over hype. We publish, we measure, we let results speak.
- 02Open innovation
Sharing accelerates progress. We contribute to the commons.
- 03Responsible AI
Safety and human oversight are engineering requirements, not an afterthought.
- 04Long-term thinking
We optimize for the systems and institutions AI will require a decade from now.
- 05Global impact
Africa first, but not only. What we build should matter everywhere.
- 06Engineering excellence
Great research needs great systems. We build both to the same standard.
Build the next decade of AI with us.
Whether you want to deploy our platform, collaborate on research, or partner on a product, we would love to hear from you.