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Yali Labs builds inclusive AI systems—starting with Kinyarwanda—so teams can ship products that understand and serve real communities.
Our Approach
We build language-first AI that's engineered for production—and designed to scale across African languages.
Models and tooling built for Kinyarwanda—from the tokenizer up to foundation AI.
Engineering rigor: reliability, performance, and clear developer surfaces.
We translate state-of-the-art research into capabilities teams can trust.
Why Yali
From tokenization to foundation models, we build language-first systems that understand Kinyarwanda—and scale to more African languages over time.
Designed specifically for Kinyarwanda—capturing nuance that global models miss.
Developed with local speakers to reflect the real needs and context of Rwandan users.
Building models that understand and engage in natural Kinyarwanda dialogue.
Future-ready for text, images, audio, and documents—all in one platform.
Continuously exploring new ideas and methods to advance AI capability in Rwanda.
Products
Tokenizer and Model help you ship Kinyarwanda-first NLP. ALTA Foundry helps you collect, annotate, and automate high-quality datasets with OCR and transcription flows.
A production-ready tokenizer built for accuracy and throughput—so your NLP pipelines stay fast and reliable at scale.
A Mixture-of-Experts transformer designed for assistants, search, and enterprise workflows—with the speed and quality you need.
Collect datasets, annotate and label at scale, and run automation flows like OCR and transcription—so your AI ships faster with higher-quality ground truth.
Ecosystem
Backed by programs and infrastructure partners that help us ship reliable AI.
We’re building a diverse, inclusive community at Yali Labs. If you’re a builder, researcher, or partner—let’s talk about how we can deploy AI that benefits Rwanda and beyond.
