Projects

Applied AI systems that communities own, govern, and benefit from — starting with the tools they need most.

01

rasin.ai

AI-powered research platform for Haitian history

ACTIVE

Rasin (Kreyòl: "root") makes five centuries of Haitian history searchable for the first time. Query 280,000+ pages of primary sources — handwritten records, colonial newspapers, legal codes — in plain language across French, Kreyòl, English, and Spanish. Every answer is grounded in the original document, with citations linked to the exact page.

Key Features
280,000+ pages OCR-processed and full-text searchable
Knowledge graph connecting 20K+ people, places, and events
Cited answers linked to original primary sources
Multilingual search across French, Kreyòl, English, and Spanish

RAG · BGE-M3 · Qdrant · vLLM · docTR · Neo4j · DGX Spark

02

joumou

Community-owned infrastructure for the Haitian diaspora

IN DEVELOPMENT
Coming soon

Named for the soup of Haitian independence, Joumou is a Kreyòl-first platform that puts critical infrastructure — news, safety, commerce, and coordination — in the hands of the community it serves. No ads, no extraction, no outside control. Built as a cooperative where users are owners.

Key Features
Nouvèl: Verified, Kreyòl-first news aggregation
Sekirite: Real-time safety mapping and family check-ins
Mache: Peer-to-peer commerce for cultural goods
Cooperative model with community treasury

Local-first · Cooperative model · Kreyòl NLP · Community governance

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