Nonprofit Current AI is racing to build the World Wide Web of AI, free for all

TechCrunch AI · 18 hours ago

Current AI, a nonprofit founded in February 2025 with $400 million in committed funding from governments and foundations, is building open-source AI infrastructure to serve underrepresented languages and communities excluded from major commercial AI systems. The organization deployed $3.2 million in grants last month across four organizations in Kenya, Lebanon, and Brazil, and launched an open-source chatbot in Geneva this month. By keeping data and models local and giving communities control over their information, Current AI aims to create a publicly available alternative to proprietary AI systems, similar to how the World Wide Web operates.