AI Foundry is an AI-focused startup accelerator and innovation hub designed to support early- and growth-stage AI startups with funding, mentorship, community, and technical resources - tailored for African markets.
AI Foundry is a next-generation AI-focused startup accelerator and innovation hub in Africa - built to help founders move from promising prototypes to scalable, investable businesses through capital, mentorship, network access, and technical resources.
We exist to close the execution gap for African AI startups: turning strong ideas and early traction into production-ready products, commercial partnerships, and investor-ready companies. Our support is practical and founder-first - combining funding, deep technical enablement (cloud/GPU infrastructure), and a high-trust community that helps teams ship faster.
To be Africa’s premier launchpad for AI innovation that builds globally competitive, locally relevant AI companies - companies that can serve African markets at scale while meeting global standards for product quality, governance, and impact.
We envision an Africa where AI founders are not limited by infrastructure, access to capital, or lack of networks - but are empowered to build world-class products that solve real problems across sectors like healthcare, education, agriculture, climate, finance, and public services.
To empower AI founders with capital, network access, industry mentorship, and AI infrastructure needed to build scalable businesses that solve critical challenges across sectors like healthcare, education, agriculture, and climate.
Our mission is execution-focused: accelerate product delivery, support go-to-market, unlock pilots and partnerships, and prepare founders for fundraising and long-term growth.
AI Foundry provides founders with the capital, infrastructure, and structured support needed to move from MVP to scale.
AI startups fail less from lack of ideas and more from constraints: infrastructure, shipping velocity, distribution, and access to the right decision-makers. AI Foundry is designed to remove those blockers.
We back founders building practical AI that improves productivity, access, and resilience - starting where the impact is clearest.
A structured acceleration program built for speed, clarity, and investor readiness - combining technical enablement, mentorship, and market access.
We prioritize teams that can ship and learn fast, with clear problem definition and evidence of market demand (users, pilots, LOIs, or revenue).
Whether you’re an AI founder looking for capital and support, or an institution seeking innovation access and talent pipelines - AI Foundry is built for measurable outcomes.
