Become a Somast partner
We build open Somali language data, models and education. If your organisation can help, or could use our work, let's talk.
Why partner with Somast
Somali is spoken by over 20 million people, yet it is barely present in the data that trains modern AI. Everything we release is open, so a partnership with us puts your support or expertise behind work that anyone can use.
- Somali speakers
- 20M+
- open corpus tokens
- 1.1B+
- bootcamp cohorts
- 5
- bootcamp alumni
- 200+
Ways to partner
Pick the one closest to what you have in mind. You can also tell us you are not sure.
Research
Universities and labs working on Somali or low-resource language technology. Share methods, evaluate models together, or co-author papers.
Data and language
Media, archives, linguists and community groups with Somali text or speech. Help us collect, check and release data with clear licences.
Funding and sponsorship
Foundations, companies and donors. Sponsor a bootcamp, a dataset release or a research project.
Education and training
Schools, training centres and employers. Run our bootcamps with your learners or help them into work.
Technology and in-kind support
Companies offering cloud credit, hosting, tools or open-source sponsorship, such as Docker's support for Soplang.
Consulting and software
Organisations that need software or technical advice from our engineers, as we do with Skilful.
What partners get
- Public credit on our website and in our releases
- A credit line in dataset and model cards you helped with
- Co-authorship on joint research
- Visibility at our bootcamps and launches
How it works
- 1
Tell us
Fill in the short form below or message us on WhatsApp.
- 2
We reply
A member of the team writes back within 5 working days.
- 3
We agree a plan
We agree what each side will do, then announce it together.
Questions
Does it cost anything to partner?
No. A partnership is an agreement to work together. Sponsorship is one way to help but it is not required.
Do we have to be a company?
No. Universities, community groups, schools, media and individuals with a clear plan are all welcome.
Will our work be open?
Our datasets, models and code are released under open licences. If your data cannot be open, tell us in your message and we will say if we can still work together.
Can you help with software or consulting?
Yes. Our engineers take on software and advisory work, for example as Skilful's technology partner.
How long does an agreement take?
We reply within 5 working days. After that it depends on the size of the plan, from a few days for a small collaboration to a few weeks for a larger one.