At every AI Hack for Freedom, activist team captains and open-source developers build tools for movements living under repression. Here are the top three teams from each event.
A platform that exposes "sportswashing." Fans can look up their favorite teams, see whether sponsors are tied to repressive regimes, and get the information they need to contact clubs and organize campaigns. AI gathers the data, and every entry is fact-checked by a person before publishing.
Explore Behind the Jersey →An offline learning platform for Afghan girls barred from school. It holds Afghanistan's grade 1–12 curriculum in Dari, English, and Pashto, with an AI teacher that explains lessons by text or voice. Local AI models mean no internet is needed, data stays private, and lessons can be shared by memory card.
Explore Ustad →A streaming app that preserves evidence of attacks on protesters and activists. Footage is sent to a remote server as it's recorded, or to nearby friends' devices when there's no internet, so it survives even if the phone is confiscated. A dashboard helps surface recurring faces to identify potential threats.
An open-source, self-hostable AI platform for trainers running strategic nonviolence workshops. It generates culturally relevant lessons and case studies, gives students a live interface for questions, and analyzes engagement to give trainers real-time feedback.
Explore Tarkus →An open-source app that lets dissidents and journalists publish without revealing their identities, using an AI-generated avatar with its own face, voice, and biography. Built on Nostr so content can't be taken down, with a Bitcoin wallet attached to each avatar for uncensorable donations.
Explore Zuka →A personalized AI learning companion for girls denied schooling by authoritarian regimes, covering English exam prep, job skills, and STEM. Lessons adapt to each student's pace and are preloaded so the app works offline in low-connectivity areas.
An app that helps protect journalists in high-risk environments. Users securely share their location and status updates with a trusted network, and a one-click SOS alert shares safety context and triggers response recommendations from the encrypted AI tool Maple.
Explore Stringer Safety →A Nostr app that governments can't shut down, where activists join country-specific communities to report events on the ground, share them globally, and earn bitcoin for their contributions. It includes a self-custodial wallet, Bitchat for offline messaging, and a private AI assistant.
Explore Agora →An AI investigation tool that extracts people, companies, addresses, and accounts from corporate registries, financial records, and court filings in multiple languages, then surfaces hidden connections between them as clear network maps.
Explore Corruption Disrespector →