What an AI project actually costs in Algeria
Real cost drivers for a custom AI build in Algeria, why we quote per project instead of per month, and the four things that move a price up or down.
When you don't need AI
Three common business problems where a form, a spreadsheet or a phone number beats an AI build, and how to tell before you spend money.
Your data is the hard part, not the model
Most AI projects stall on inconsistent records rather than model quality. What we check before quoting, and how to get your data ready.
Building for a slow connection
What changes when your users are on mobile data outside the big cities: payload budgets, streaming responses, and what to cache.
French, Arabic and one document
Bidirectional text, mixed scripts and Latin numerals in the same paragraph: the engineering problems behind bilingual documents, and how to avoid mangling them.
Stopping a model from inventing a citation
Retrieval, citation verification and the underrated ability to refuse: how to build AI for work where a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer.
“AI for Africa” is 54 different products
Why localisation is the product rather than a feature, and what actually has to change to take an AI tool from one African country to another.
Shipping software to professionals whose work must be exact
What changes when your users are notaires, accountants or engineers: trust, auditability, and why 'mostly right' is a failing grade.
Buying AI in Algeria: what to ask before you sign
Eight questions that separate a vendor who will deliver from one who will demo well, covering data, ownership, accuracy, and what happens after launch.
Why we build our own products and take client work
How running two tracks, a product like Kateb and custom builds, makes each one better, and the tension it creates.