The TEAM

Lelapa AI is a home to a collective of researchers, engineers, and builders who believe the future of AI won’t be defined by bigger models, but by smarter, more efficient ones. Working within the real constraints of the Global South – limited bandwidth, modest devices, and fluid multilingual speech – has shaped our expertise.

These challenges made us leaders in low-resource AI, designing models that use less compute, less data, and less power while excelling in complex, real-world language environments. 

We’ve solved the efficiency challenges that stop traditional AI in its tracks, creating a blueprint for scalable, sustainable AI worldwide. Because if it works in the Global South, it can work anywhere.