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# Orature AI - Pioneering Urdu Language AI

**Mission:** Orature AI is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of Artificial Intelligence, and Language Models for the Urdu language. We aim to develop computationally efficient, culturally-aware, and accessible language technologies that empower local communities, researchers, and businesses. Our work focuses on bridging the linguistic digital divide and promoting equitable and sustainable AI development.

**Vision:** To be a leading force in creating and democratizing state-of-the-art NLP resources for Urdu, a low-resource language, fostering innovation and inclusivity in the global AI landscape.

## About Us

Orature AI has emerged from the foundational work of the ALIF الف project, a Final Year Project at Habib University (Spring 2025). Our core team comprises passionate researchers and engineers committed to open-source principles and collaborative innovation.

**Core Team (Founders of ALIF الف):**
*   Syed Muhammad Ali Naqvi
*   Zainab Haider
*   Syeda Haya Fatima
*   Hammad Sajid
*   Ali Muhammad Asad

**Supervisor of ALIF الف:**
* Dr. Abdul Samad
* Dr Inayat Ullah

**Affiliation:**
*   Habib University, Dhanani School of Science and Engineering

## Our Focus Areas

*   **Data Curation & Tokenization:** Novel creation and meticulous preprocessing of large-scale, culturally relevant datasets and language-specific tokenizer.
*   **Urdu Language Model Development:** Creating robust pretrained and instruction-tuned Small Language Models (SLMs) for Urdu.
*   **Low-Resource NLP:** Developing scalable frameworks and methodologies for building language models for underrepresented languages.
*   **Open Source Contribution:** Sharing models, datasets, and research findings with the global community.
*   **Sustainable AI:** Advocating for efficient and environmentally conscious AI practices.

## Our Flagship Project: ALIF الف

The **ALIF الف** project represents our initial and core contribution, featuring a series of Urdu pretrained generative models, custom tokenizers, and comprehensive datasets.
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## Get Involved

*   **Explore our Models & Datasets:** Browse our contributions on the Hugging Face Hub.
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