Community

Most small nonprofits, farms and rural offices will never run a data center or justify an expensive AI subscription. We think they should still get the benefit.

A shared AI pilot for small nonprofits

One local machine, shared by a small group of nonprofits, running open models privately so their data stays off other people's servers. Each organization gets assistants built around what it needs:

• Grant research, and first drafts of proposals and reports
• Finding and reaching more of the people they serve
• Operations: schedules, records, letters and forms
• Media: posts, newsletters and simple design help

Assistants draft; people decide. Nothing goes out in an organization's name without someone there approving it. Every group gets hands-on setup and training, because a tool nobody is shown how to use doesn't help anyone.

The pilot ends with a public report and a plain how-to guide that other towns can copy.

Technology for rural work

We also want to help farms and rural communities use technology on their own terms, starting with the questions they bring us rather than the products someone wants to sell them.

Interested?

If you run a small nonprofit, or fund them, and this sounds useful, we'd like to hear from you: hello@axialab.org.