Fund the public-interest layer of AI.
Five companies control 71% of the world's AI compute. The counterweight — open, public-interest, Southeast Asia-rooted — runs on volunteer time and a founder's savings. We are looking for funders who believe AI's benefits should not concentrate in five zip codes.
What your support enables
Every level of funding has concrete outcomes. These are not aspirational. They follow directly from what the community is already doing.
Community infrastructure becomes sustainable.
Consistent builder sessions, a real NGO project pipeline, 2 to 3 NGO projects per quarter.
The first flagship project ships with real resources.
Design budget, paid NGO co-owner time, documentation so any city can fork it.
The community doubles.
Part-time community organizer, events in 2 to 3 cities, 5+ active projects.
This becomes infrastructure.
Full-time coordination, 3 flagship builds per year, AI Adoption API expands to 30+ countries, SEA AI literacy curriculum released.
Scenarios are cumulative. Full breakdown and what each level enables in detail: read the roadmap.
Why fund us, not a bigger org
International AI-ethics organizations are well-funded and based in San Francisco, Brussels, or London. They produce good policy work. They do not have builders shipping code in Kuala Lumpur. We do.
Community already exists. 20+ active builders. 2 NGO partnerships shipped. 5M+ content views on AI literacy. Live open data API tracking 16 countries, used by researchers.
Founder credibility. AI for Good Malaysia is led by Fathy Rashad — speaker at Malaysia's Foreign Affairs Ministry and the IDFR Distinguished Lecture Series, featured on Bernama TV, RTM TV1, Era.fm, and Kosmo, MIT-collaborated AI researcher.
Regional position. Embedded in Southeast Asia's builder networks: Buildclub MY, AI Tinkerers KL, Cursor MY, AI SEA, 500 AI Residency. A grant here funds a node in a working regional ecosystem.
Open by default. Every artifact we ship is MIT-licensed and reusable. Funding us is funding infrastructure that any city in the region inherits.
What you get
Specific, not ceremonial.
Quarterly impact reports
Projects shipped, NGOs served, builders activated, content reach. Public, so we cannot hide a bad quarter.
Recognition
On the site, in the manifesto signatory block, and in every shipped project's README. Or full anonymity — your choice.
Direct access to the work
Invitations to community sessions, early access to flagship projects, optional input on the project fund's allocation.
Co-authored research
If your foundation publishes on AI inequality, public-interest AI infrastructure, or AI adoption in the Global South, we will co-author. Our open data API is the seed of this.
What this funding does not cover
Worth stating directly so you can decide if we are the right fit.
AI safety research. We respect that work. It is not what we do.
A Malaysian ChatGPT competitor. We do not believe one is needed.
Think-tank policy papers. We ship code and run community.
A scaling-to-10-countries-by-2027 plan. We start small, ship well, and design the work to fork rather than expand by hiring.
If you are looking for any of the above, we will refer you to organizations doing those things well.
Get in touch
Fathy Rashad
For foundations or program officers: mention which area you are inquiring from. We respond within 48 hours and can send a grant proposal, references, financial documentation, and registration paperwork on request.