Your capital goes further here than anywhere in Silicon Valley.

The developers are just as good. Sometimes better. The infrastructure costs a fraction. And no one else is paying attention. We build tools for the 90% of the world's developers that get overlooked. Some of our work is pure open source. Some may become investable. Either way, your money works harder here.

Track record

Audrey created Cookiecutter (200 million downloads) and co-founded PyLadies. We co-authored Two Scoops of Django and were part of the team that organized the first PyCon Philippines in 2012. Daniel has worked at NASA and Kraken Technologies. We both worked at an AI R&D lab and both received the Python Software Foundation's Frank Willison Award.

We've spent 15 years building developer communities and open source tools. We know how to deliver, and we've built relationships with the communities big AI ignores.

Davao, Philippines. 600 miles from Manila. We ran a code sprint. Developers contributed real code to real projects. They stayed until the end. They made sure we didn't leave hungry.

The talent was always there. The opportunity wasn't. See for yourself.

What we're building now

This is grant territory. Unrestricted funding preferred.

Air framework

An AI-first Python web framework. Runs on a $2.50 VPS or a Raspberry Pi. Rejects the "hosting funnel" model that extracts money from developers. 16KB JavaScript footprint works on slow connections. Built on FastAPI, Pydantic, Starlette. MIT licensed, no lock-in.

Cookiecutter modernization

200 million downloads. Now becoming a dependency of Air. Sustainable maintenance instead of burnout.

Workshops & sprints

Manila. Davao. Baguio. Wherever the developers are. Sustainable events that pay local organizers instead of burning out volunteers.

Southeast Asia expansion

The Philippines is home base, where Audrey has roots, where we've built relationships, where we proved the model. With funding: Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand. Same methodology, same results. The developers are already there.

What we're exploring

Our Research page shows ideas in earlier stages. Some are pure research. Some (like our hardware access work) could have return potential down the road.

These are early. Most funders start with grants to see how we work. The conversation determines the vehicle.

How to engage

We work with philanthropists, family offices, and impact investors. We're not trying to fit your categories. We trust you to figure out how to participate.

If you've ever looked at tech philanthropy and thought "this feels like it's about the donors, not the recipients," we agree. We're building something different.

Let's talk

Be direct. We will be too.

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