Project summary

AI Kurd (aikurd.org) is an educational platform dedicated to AI education and AI safety researches. It believe the AI revolution should not leave Kurdish speakers behind - so we explain AI tools, technology, and AI Safety clearly, in Kurdish and English. Their mission is simple: give every Kurdish student, teacher, and curious mind the knowledge to use AI well - and to understand how it can be built safely. And all of their work are in English and Kurdish languages.

What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?

My main goal is to take my region and world into another level of AI in general and AI Safety especially. I want to build a huge organization to make the next generation AI scientists and can serve the humanity. and I want to reach this by these at the beginning:

- Creating series short videos about AI Safety and explaining it deeply in English and kurdish subtitle or vice versa {here is a link of one of my videos:(https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc375JpseLz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)}

- Expanding KurdRoom (kurdroom.aikurd.org) to give local learners interactive access to open-source safety resources and tools (especially for university students).

- Running small-scale university meetups and educational sessions in Erbil.

How will this funding be used?

We are requesting 35000 dollars to establish the first dedicated AI Safety Hub in Erbil, Iraq, supporting a 4-person. operational team and physical workspace for 12 months:

- $24k - 4 person Local Team: Full-time stipends for 1 Lead Technical Writer/Translator, 1 Video Editor/Media Producer, 1 Web/PWA Developer, and 1 Community & Workshop Manager.

- $5.5k - Office Space & Facilities: Dedicated office lease in Erbil, high-speed fiber internet, generator power backup, and utility costs.

- $3.5k - Production Gear & Local Compute: Camera/lighting upgrades, dedicated local workstation, and cloud GPU credits for model fine- tuning and safety evaluations.

- $2k - University Workshops & Field-Building: Hosting monthly in-person AI alignment discussions, printing educational booklets, and university outreach events.

Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects

This project is run by two co-founders:
- Sharo Saadi Hassan (Co-Founder & Technical Lead): Undergraduate AI student in Erbil focusing on AI Safety, alignment, and mechanistic interpretability. I lead platform development for (aikurd.org) and KurdRoom, technical writing, and research breakdowns.

- Mohammed Hazhar Taha (Co-Founder): Undergraduate AI student in Erbil focusing on AI Safety, focuses on media production, content strategy, editing, and distribution operations.
and the other two persons didn't add to the team due to lack of money and a place for our working time.

Track Record:

- Bootstrapped AI Kurd on just $250 in total spent capital, generating over 200,000+ total views across our educational video series.

- Individual AI Safety Reels regularly reach 25k to 80k views, demonstrating strong organic reach distribution efficiency in the region.

- Successfully built and deployed (aikurd.org) and the (kurdroom.aikurd.org) Progressive Web App to serve Kurdish-speaking learners.

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?

- Primary Failure Risk: Managing technical research, site infrastructure, and video production alongside full-time university studies could lead to capacity bottlenecks or slower content schedules.

-Mitigation & Sustainability: Hosting and operational costs for AI Kurd and KurdRoom are lightweight. Even if video publication output slows down, all translated safety articles, educational resources, and PWA tools will remain permanently open-source and online for the community.

How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?

/$300- $350 total (bootstrapped from personal funds to cover initial domain, basic hosting, and video production test runs). We have received no institutional grants or external venture funding to date.