Aragt
An AI research and product company

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.

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MogadishuHQ
Nairobi
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Mission

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.

The name · To see

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.

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Somali · Verb · To see
Aragt
Aragt · Vision
  • Observe

    Perceive what is really there.

  • Understand

    Turn perception into insight.

  • Foresee

    See what is coming and build it.

Research

Where we're pushing the frontier.

Six of the areas our teams are actively investing in,from foundation models to safety.

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  • 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

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.

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Principles

How we work.

A shared set of commitments that shape the research we pursue and the products we ship.

  • 01
    Scientific excellence

    Rigor over hype. We publish, we measure, we let results speak.

  • 02
    Open innovation

    Sharing accelerates progress. We contribute to the commons.

  • 03
    Responsible AI

    Safety and human oversight are engineering requirements, not an afterthought.

  • 04
    Long-term thinking

    We optimize for the systems and institutions AI will require a decade from now.

  • 05
    Global impact

    Africa first, but not only. What we build should matter everywhere.

  • 06
    Engineering excellence

    Great research needs great systems. We build both to the same standard.

Get in touch

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.