We're building a distributed network of AI research labs. Manila was first. Singapore is forming. More chapters are coming across Southeast Asia and beyond. Maybe yours.
Each chapter is embedded in its local tech community, researching problems that matter there. Affordable AI inference. Multilingual tools. Hardware access. Grid optimization. The research agenda comes from the community, not from us.
This is real AI research, not just meetups. Chapters publish papers, build tools, and ship code. The difference is that the researchers are part of the communities they're building for.
For tech communities in cities. Monthly gatherings, sprints, and ongoing collaboration. Manila is a city chapter. Singapore is forming as one.
For students and faculty doing AI research. Access to our network, shared infrastructure, and collaboration across chapters.
For existing groups (PyLadies, GDGs, local meetups) that want to add AI research to what they do. You bring the community, we bring the research network.
You don't need to be an AI expert. You need to be someone who can gather people and believes in the mission. The PyLadies model scaled to 260+ chapters in 62 countries. We know how this works.
Tell us where you're based, what community you're part of, and what problems you'd want to research. Early chapters will shape what WIL becomes.
Email usNot ready to lead a chapter? You can still contribute code, documentation, or community organizing to our open source projects.
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