Lelapa AI

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Johannesburg company building small, resource-efficient language models for African languages, such as InkubaLM, for businesses and developers on the continent.

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HQSouth Africa

Last roundSeed · Feb 2023

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Date	Round	Amount	Type	Investors
Feb 2023	Seed	USD 2.5M	Equity	Atlantica Ventures, Mozilla Ventures

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Foundation models · worldwide	Radar	—	Edition 0 · Oct 2026	4 Jan 2027

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