Hardware for Education · A Foundation priority
Before you recycle it,
let it teach.
Give usable retired technology a new purpose. Help us build local learning infrastructure for schools, libraries and communities—starting with the hardware people already have.
Technology — and particularly artificial intelligence — creates an opportunity to make exceptional educational support dramatically more accessible. We build that access into the tools, knowledge and research we share.
We connect learning, knowledge, models and community. Each domain strengthens the next: research informs code, code connects datasets, and shared resources support educators.
Knowledge is a public good.
Knowledge becomes more valuable when people can access, understand and build upon it.
Learning belongs to everyone.
High-quality educational support should not be a luxury product.
Technology can expand access.
AI can make personalised educational support available at a scale that was previously impossible.
Free should mean free.
Fundamental educational support should not be artificially weakened to create paid learner tiers.
Africa should not be an afterthought.
We build from an African context from the beginning.
Teachers matter.
AI should support educators, parents and communities — not pretend to replace them.
Safety is part of the product.
Technology designed to teach and interact with children carries responsibility.
Openness accelerates progress.
Where privacy, licensing, safety and safeguarding allow it, useful educational technology and knowledge should be shared.
We are building educational technology from an African context rather than treating Africa as a market technology is adapted for later. Our work begins in South Africa and Africa, but it is not limited to Africa.
Where privacy, licensing, safety and safeguarding allow it, useful educational technology and knowledge should be shared.
Pebble Bench — evaluation and benchmarking for educational AI
Pebble Knowledge — curated educational knowledge and curriculum resources
Pebble Local — educational AI where cloud connectivity cannot be assumed
Public benefit comes with public accountability. Our commitments cover governance, safeguarding, responsible AI and transparent funding. Ask us about our work and the principles behind it.