National Science Foundation Phase 2 Grant

Amount: $1,000,000Date Awarded: September 2024

Details

Funder: National Science Foundation
Recipient: African-Language Frontier AI Safety Evaluations
Purpose: The NSF funding was intended to support the research and development of NKENNEAi’s African-language AI technology, including text-to-text translation, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech systems for languages such as Yoruba, Swahili, and Nigerian Pidgin. It also supported data collection and validation, model training, API development, security, testing, and the technical work needed to move the technology from research into commercial use.
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nkenne-esm-global-awarded-1-million-nsf-phase-2-grant-to-advance-african-language-ai-translation-api-302320343.html