Five centuries ofHaitian History,searchable by AI.
280,000+ pages of primary sources across French, Kreyòl, English, and Spanish — queryable in plain language for the first time.
We build AI systems that serve communities — not extract from them. Technology rooted in culture. Infrastructure owned by the people it serves.
studio1804 is an independent AI research lab focused on technological sovereignty. We develop multilingual AI, digitize cultural archives, and build cooperative platforms — proving that advanced technology and community ownership aren't in conflict.
Projects
rasin.ai
AI-powered research platform
Makes five centuries of Haitian history searchable for the first time. Query 280,000+ pages of primary sources in plain language across French, Kreyòl, English, and Spanish.
RAG · BGE-M3 · Qdrant · vLLM · GPU-accelerated OCR
joumou
Community-owned infrastructure
Kreyòl-first platform putting critical infrastructure — news, safety, commerce, and coordination — in the hands of the community it serves. Built as a cooperative where users are owners.
Local-first · Cooperative model · Kreyòl NLP
Applied Research Areas
Our research focuses on developing AI systems that communities own, govern, and benefit from economically while building sustainable infrastructure for technological sovereignty.
Recognition
NVIDIA Inception Member
studio1804 is a member of NVIDIA Inception — NVIDIA's program supporting AI startups building at the frontier. Our work with GPU-accelerated OCR and multilingual AI leverages NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated computing.