That's the type of problem a nonprofit called Current AI is trying to solve by building open, public AI infrastructure. In February at the India AI Summit, it teamed up with Bhashini, the Indian government's AI language division. The result became Suno Sutra, Hindi for 'listening chronicles,' a pocket-sized, offline device that runs AI in 22 Indian languages, no internet required. 'In India, there are hundreds of different languages and dialects, and right now AI is not representing them,' Current AI CEO Ayah Bdeir said in an interview with TechCrunch. The device is open-sourced, available for developer communities to build on. The nonprofit, founded in February 2025 by Martin Tisne, is moving fast. Last month, it allocated $3.2 million in grants to projects across four organizations; most recently (last week) it launched an open-source AI chatbot at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva. Current AI operates as a 'public-private partnership' bringing together governments, companies, and...
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