Founder(s): Pelonomi Moiloa (CEO) and Jade Abbott. An AI research & product lab focused on African languages and contexts. Lelapa’s team of African AI researchers builds natural language processing tools that cater to indigenous languages. For example, its flagship product VulaVula is a speech transcription and translation service supporting languages like Zulu, Sesotho, and Afrikaans. By creating language AI for under-served languages, Lelapa aims to “decolonize” AI and make it more inclusive