Built for the languages the world forgot
Dialectify.ai exists because millions of people deserve AI that truly understands them — in the language they grew up speaking, not just the one they were taught in school.
The Origin
It started with a conversation my mom couldn't have with AI
My mother is Manadonese. She grew up speaking Bahasa Manado — a language full of warmth, humor, and expressions that simply don't exist in standard Indonesian. When I tried using AI tools to help her translate or communicate, they failed. Not partially — completely.
That moment made me realize the problem wasn't just Manado Malay. There are 700+ dialects across Indonesia alone, and thousands more across the world, that modern AI treats as if they don't exist. The people who speak them are invisible to the technology shaping our future.
Dialectify.ai is my answer to that. Not just a translation tool — but the infrastructure layer that makes every ignored language a first-class citizen of the AI era.
7,000 languages exist in the world. AI speaks maybe 100 of them well. We're here for the other 6,900.
What We Believe
Our values shape every decision we make
Language is identity
Every dialect carries centuries of culture, humor, and wisdom. When a language disappears from AI, a community becomes invisible to the modern world.
Data before models
The bottleneck isn't AI capability — it's data. We obsess over collecting clean, verified, native-speaker data before we write a single line of model code.
Community first
The people who speak these languages are our partners, not just data sources. We build with communities, not on top of them.
Infrastructure thinking
We're not building a translation app. We're building the roads that make every dialect-aware AI product possible.
The Team
Small team. Big mission.
Geary Audie
Founder & Engineer
Software developer based in Bandung, Indonesia. Building Dialectify.ai to give the world's ignored languages a place in the AI era — starting with his mother's language, Manado Malay.
You?
Co-founder · Linguist · Engineer
We're looking for people who are passionate about language, AI, and building infrastructure that matters. If that's you, we'd love to talk.
Roadmap
Where we've been. Where we're going.
Be part of the mission
Whether you're a developer, researcher, linguist, or someone who just loves their dialect — there's a place for you in what we're building.