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Open-source AI tools built for Indonesia

We build free, open-source AI infrastructure and education tools for underserved communities. Three active projects. Real students and educators as users. Zero external funding — yet.

Your support — whether a donation, a research grant, or a partnership — directly accelerates tools that help Indonesian students think critically, find their path, and access AI without dependency.

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MIT
Open License
100%
Transparent Finances
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Indonesia-based
Why Fund Us

The problem we are solving

Indonesia has 277 million people, 45 million students, and a fast-growing AI sector — but almost no open-source AI tooling built for its context.

45M+

Students in Indonesia

Lack access to AI-powered career guidance and mental health support tools designed for their language, culture, and economic context.

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Critical-thinking AI tools

Mainstream AI tools breed dependency. No open-source middleware exists that actively teaches Socratic thinking before providing answers.

$0

External funding received

Everything built so far is self-funded and volunteer-driven. Funding unlocks full-time development, research, and community outreach.

What your funding unlocks

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Full-time dev
Move from nights-and-weekends to full-time shipping
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School pilots
Run We Will Shine pilots in Indonesian high schools
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Research output
Publish findings on AI & critical thinking in EdTech
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Community
Grow a local open-source AI developer community
The Projects

Three tools, one mission

Making AI development and education more humane, transparent, and accessible.

Core Focus

2USE / double-u-es /

AI middleware that refuses instant answers. Forces critical thinking through Socratic method before any LLM responds. Anti-dependency by design.

  • Intercepts AI queries — asks clarifying questions first
  • Pluggable into any LLM pipeline as middleware
  • Designed for students, educators, and edtech platforms
  • Research foundation: Socratic pedagogy + AI alignment

Research opportunity: 2USE is a novel application of Socratic AI — suitable for EdTech, HCI, and AI Ethics research grants.

View on GitHub
Live

We Will Shine / W·S /

AI-powered career guidance and student wellbeing platform for Indonesian students and school counselors (Guru BK).

  • AI career guidance in Bahasa Indonesia
  • Safe anonymous journaling & counseling space
  • Counselor dashboard with wellbeing insights
  • Built with SvelteKit — fully open source & MIT licensed
GitHub Live Demo
ML/LLM

AI Lab

ML/LLM Engineering Platform. Unified provider registry, model catalog, experiment tracking, and cost analytics — self-hosted, no proxy.

  • 10 built-in providers — OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq…
  • Experiment tracking with cost and latency analytics
  • Config sync to OpenCode, Cursor, Continue, Aider
  • REST API + CLI + Web UI — fully self-hosted
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Research & Institutional Funding

For researchers & institutions

Our projects sit at the intersection of AI, education, and social impact — making them strong candidates for academic research and institutional grants.

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AI Ethics & Pedagogy

2USE raises novel questions: Can AI middleware reduce cognitive dependency? How does Socratic prompting affect learning outcomes? Publishable as HCI or EdTech research.

Socratic AILLM AlignmentEdTech
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Student Wellbeing & Guidance

We Will Shine addresses a critical gap in school counseling infrastructure. Suitable for social science, educational psychology, and public health research.

Mental HealthCareer GuidanceIndonesia
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ML/LLM Observability

AI Lab provides open infrastructure for multi-provider LLM experiment tracking — useful for reproducibility research and AI cost studies.

LLMOpsReproducibilityOpen Infrastructure

Funding sources we are pursuing — and where you can help

Ford Foundation
Digital rights, education equity in Global South
We Will Shine + 2USE
Mozilla Foundation
Open-source, responsible AI, Trustworthy AI grants
All three projects
NLnet Foundation
Open internet, open-source infrastructure
AI Lab + 2USE
DIKTI / Kemdikbud
Indonesian higher-ed & student innovation grants
We Will Shine + 2USE
Google.org
Tech nonprofits, education, AI for good
We Will Shine
Open Society Foundations
Education, democratic participation
2USE + We Will Shine
GitHub Fund
Early-stage open-source projects
All three projects
USAID / Asia Foundation
Indonesia development, youth education
We Will Shine

Know a program officer or grant committee? We can provide a research brief, technical documentation, or a live demo for any of these applications. Reach out at hello@ainjiner.ai.

Funding Guide Research Brief Partnerships Roadmap Budget Plan Impact Statement
Donate & Sponsor

Support our work

All projects are free and open source. Donations go directly to development, infrastructure, and community outreach. 100% transparent via Open Collective.

GitHub Sponsors

Recurring or one-time. Your name on our repos. Integrated directly into GitHub.

Sponsor on GitHub

Open Collective

100% transparent. See every dollar received and spent — ideal for institutional donors.

Contribute transparently

Ko-fi

Simple one-time donations. Buy us a coffee and keep the momentum going.

Buy a coffee

Trakteer

Dukungan lokal dari Indonesia. Traktir kami untuk terus berkarya dan memberi dampak.

Traktir sekarang

Not ready to donate? Star AI Lab, 2USE, or We Will Shine on GitHub. Share with researchers, educators, or anyone who cares about responsible AI in education. Every bit of visibility helps us reach funders.

Get in Touch

Let's build something that matters

Whether you're a donor, a researcher, a university, an NGO, or a developer who wants to contribute — we'd love to hear from you.

hello@ainjiner.ai github.com/ainjiner