Our Vision
A world where AI empowers dignity, creativity, and shared prosperity—where every student, worker, and entrepreneur has the tools to succeed.
Shared possibility
About Us
Advancing digital equity and responsible AI for everyone.
AFAI works to ensure every community can participate in—and benefit from—the Intelligence Age.
About AFAI
Who we are
The American Foundation for Artificial Intelligence is dedicated to building a future where every community can thrive in the Intelligence Age.
We expand access to AI education, workforce opportunities, entrepreneurship, and responsible innovation so that technology becomes a force for equity, not exclusion.
Our Mission
We help AI elevate people, strengthen communities, and expand economic opportunity through education, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and responsible innovation.
People. Opportunity. Progress.
What guides us
Our values
A shared commitment to people, responsible progress, and technology that serves the public good.
Innovation
We pursue practical ideas that make AI knowledge, tools, and opportunity more accessible.
Community
We begin with people and build alongside the communities and institutions our work is meant to serve.
Integrity
We act with honesty, communicate clearly, and hold our work to a high standard of public accountability.
Safety
We advance technology responsibly, with meaningful protections for people, privacy, and individual rights.
Collaboration
We bring together communities, educators, researchers, businesses, and public institutions around shared goals.
Long-term Stewardship
We build durable, community-led approaches that create opportunity today and for generations to come.
Our support
How We Are Funded
Our work is made possible by private contributions from individuals, foundations, and partners who believe the benefits of artificial intelligence should be broadly shared. Their support gives us the flexibility to direct resources where they can make the greatest difference and helps every project pursue the largest possible public impact. We are grateful to each supporter who makes this work possible.