Countdown to the launch of our API: the Vulavula API release
Ever come across an originally African NLP API that challenges the dominance of Western languages in the field of natural language processing? Our Vulavula API is that NLP.?
The launch of our API is less than a month away, preceded by a hackathon to reveal the API on 29-30 June, and we absolutely cannot wait to have more of you using the API, to bring multilinguality to your services and solutions.
We had over 300 applicants to participate in the hack, and we have selected 65 incredible young developers to create solutions that truly move humanity forward. Congratulations to the 65 hackers- may the best team win!
“This marks a significant milestone in our journey as a startup, and we can't wait to see how our users will innovate with it.” - Chief Technology Officer, Jade Abbott.
As we all eagerly await the launch of our API, the beta of the Vulavula API is available, you can access the documentation here, the notebook here, and simply install the Python SDK using pip install Vulavula. We encourage everyone to try it out and share their feedback with us.?
Product Highlights & Upcoming Events
We are counting down to the reveal of our API to developers through a hackathon on the 29th to 30 of this month, followed by the official API launch in the beginning of July.
“The capabilities of the Vulavula API are being applied to real life problems and we are excited to reveal those solutions soon", our Product Manager Darshan Naidoo asserts.
Email us on [email protected] to find out how our API can accelerate the reach, growth and relevance of your offerings and services, by enabling multilinguality.
Direct API Updates
Listing on AWS Marketplace
Our NER and Transcribe services are now available on the AWS Sagemaker marketplace. This means you can easily find and use our models through AWS. Find them here
Coming Soon...
??- FAQ Knowledge Base API
The new API service will help you create and manage a frequently asked questions (FAQ) knowledge base. This makes it easier to provide quick answers to common questions.
??- Translate API
Our Translate API will allow you to translate text between different languages quickly and accurately. This makes communication across different languages much simpler.
To ensure that our product performs at its best we focus on careful data curation and analysis, involving knowledge experts to evaluate and continuously improve our models.
“Our research methodologies for developing the Vulavula API models are thorough and robust,”? our Product Research Lead Jenalea Rajab adds.?
Some of the challenges that will be addressed with our Vulavula API in the hackathon include:?
Lelapa AI Publications?
Our Chief Information Officer, Vukosi Marivate, recently contributed to a research paper titled "Prompting towards Alleviating Code-Switched Data Scarcity in Under-Resourced Languages with GPT as a Pivot."
Read the paper here: https://aclanthology.org/2024.sigul-1.33/
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TAUS Massively Multilingual AI Conference
Our Chief Technology Officer, Jade Abbott, attended the TAUS Massively Multilingual AI Conference in Rome from June 18-20. This event focused on bringing together AI and the language technology industry, with a special emphasis on applications in multilingual customer support, content creation, and localisation.
This resonates with us as our goal is to build multilingual AI models that are African-contextualised for the inclusion of Africans in the digital economy.
Our CEO delivered a keynote address at the AI for Good Global Summit
Our CEO was a speaker at the AI For Good Global Summit on May 30, where she delivered an inspiring talk on "Organising African Talent to Move Humanity Forward: Language Technology for Africa."
Additionally, she participated in a panel discussion on "AI and the Next Generation: Revolutionising Education and Career Opportunities for Youth," contributing valuable insights on how AI can shape the future for young people in Africa and beyond.
Watch the summit here.
Lelapa AI Mondays
We launched our new LinkedIn feature where we give our community an? exclusive glimpse into the vibrant minds and hearts driving innovation at Lelapa AI. #LelapaAIMondays offers a unique opportunity to explore our team’s ideas and visions shaping the future of AI in Africa.?
In the first episode we featured our product manager Darshan Naidoo, where he discussed our design philosophy: Watch here.?
The second episode features the lead of our product research team Jenalea Rajab. She touches on our research methodologies to develop proficient and multilingual AI language models: Watch here.
How Cool??
Do you know how to say hello in African languages??
On 24 May we celebrated Africa month and we taught our community how to greet each other in African languages. Get into it as well, check out the ways to say hello below.?
Interested in integrating our API into your business? Say hello to us: [email protected].
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