Boston AI Foundtry

Reimagining credentialing for the AI economy
Intellectuals League

Boston AI Foundry (Principal Project of Intellectuals League Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit movement dedicated to accelerating America’s global AI leadership by transforming underserved Boston youth into confident practitioners through a revolutionary "contribution-as-credential" model. Our mission bridges the widening AI divide by replacing obsolete curricula with a browser-based, practitioner-led engine that allows students to learn AI as a necessary tool while producing verified, inspectable work for local nonprofits and businesses. Ultimately, Boston AI Foundry serves as a replicable national model for inclusive workforce development, proving that when structural obstacles like cost and location are removed, the next generation of talent can emerge from any zip code to thrive in an AI-powered economy.

Non-Profit, Educational, Community Service

The Promise

The AI Curriculum and The Ecosystem

Contribute First. Learn Along the Way

Most programs teach AI so you can eventually do real work. We flip it. You start with a real problem — from a Boston nonprofit, a local business, an open research project. You learn AI because you need it to contribute. The skills stick because they're not abstract. They're necessary."
You're Not Alone in This

AI can feel overwhelming. It moves fast. It's easy to feel like you're already behind. The Ecosystem is the opposite of that: people at your level, mentors who get it, space to ask dumb questions, and a community that wants you to figure it out.

Coming Soon

The best AI talent doesn't need a better school.

It needs a better shot.

Free for Everyone

Boston AI Foundry gives students free, hands-on AI education - mentored by practitioners, proven by what you ship.
Access to AI shouldn't depend on your zip code.

AI Ecosystem for communities - mentored by practitioners who build for a living.

Hear From Us

"Agriculture took millennia. Industry took centuries. The internet took decades. Intelligence will only take years".
Every technological revolution has moved faster than the last - because each one compounds on the previous. Though, our systems for preparing people haven't kept pace. Boston AI Foundry builds at the speed the moment demands - putting real AI capabilities in students' hands.

Seymur Hasanov

Harvard University, Faculty

"The hardest problems AI creates aren't technical. They're human."
The breakthroughs are accelerating, but the real challenges - workforce displacement, governance, and inequality - don't have engineering solutions. They need people who understand both the technology and what it means for society.
Every project at the Foundry starts with a human problem worth solving - and every Fellow ships work that real communities actually use.

Bahruz Jabiyev

Founder of Mulberi

"AI is the first revolution where the tools are nearly free. The gap isn't access - it's agency."
Previous technological shifts required capital, infrastructure, factories, and servers. Today, a student with a laptop has access to the same foundational models as a Fortune 500 company. It's no longer who can build; it's who believes they should.
The Foundry exists to close that gap, turning "I'm learning about AI" into "I shipped something with AI".

Jhanat Japparov

Entrepreneur & Founder, Boston Intellectuals

OUR TEAM

Elvin Aghammadzada

CEO/Co-President
AI Architect
Zhanat Zhappar

Co-President
B.I.L. Founder
Seymur Hasanov

Advisory Board
Faculty, Harvard Uni.
Bahruz Jabiyev

Advisory Board
Cybersecurity Engineer