Solutions - Baobab Tech

What We Build

AI tools for the organizations doing the hardest work

The social impact sector has been slow to adopt AI, and the organizations doing the most important work are missing real opportunities because of it. That's what we're here to fix, responsibly.

We favour small tech over big tech: right-sized, open models that run on infrastructure you control, at a fraction of the cost and energy. We help you understand the risks of depending on a few large vendors, keep your data and decisions in your hands, and build AI capacity that is frugal, sovereign and accountable to the communities you serve.

Finding Signal in the Noise: Organizations sit on mountains of unstructured data buried in reports, documents, and fragmented sources. We build AI solutions that tap into that richness and open up new ways of working.
Open Source by Default: Most of what we build is open source, with full transparency on methodology. The social impact sector needs shared infrastructure, not another proprietary platform.
Built Together, Not Handed Off: We work inside your domain. You bring the expertise, we surface what AI makes possible. We iterate together until it clicks, and you own the result.
Small Tech, Done Differently: We aren't aligned with where big tech is taking AI. We believe small, intentional teams building frugal, open solutions can do more for the world than another billion-dollar model.

Who We Work With

We work with social good organizations, international development agencies, humanitarian organizations, and government partners to build AI solutions that amplify their mission. Most of what we build together is open source and available as shared infrastructure.

We have worked with Data For Good, DataKind, UNICEF, IPPF, the Frontier Tech Hub, DT Global, the UK Government (FCDO), the Global Water Center (GWC), The Center for Affordable Water & Sanitation Technology (CAWST), the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), Open WASH Data, The Global WASH Cluster and Action Contre la Faim (ACF), The Norwegian Government, and many more.

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