Eleven places, one approach.
Most of this work is anchored by a long-term relationship with educators, faculty, or community leaders on the ground. A few entries are single-engagement contributions to programs we believe in, and are labeled as such. The work looks different in each place, but the commitments are the same.
Molokai
Working with teachers on Molokai to bring AI and computer science curriculum into local classrooms, designed around place-based pedagogy and the island's own context.
Taiwan
Volunteer teaching at two middle schools in rural Hsinchu, organized in partnership with ITRI, bringing AI and entrepreneurship education to students an hour outside Taiwan's high-tech capital.
Vietnam
In December 2024, the Foundation ran programming in Vietnam, inspired and co-taught by Bao Phan, a former student of co-founder Chuck Eesley, in partnership with Fulbright University Vietnam, UEH University, and an HKU/AWS workshop on AI Innovation & Trends.
Malaysia
AI literacy and design thinking workshops for educators and students in partnership with the Penang Science Cluster, leading Malaysian universities, the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the SDGs. The 2025 Penang program trained ~25 teachers reaching ~2,500 students. Project ASPIRAS AI, Lijie's 4-month cohort program helping 15 Malaysian non-profits move beyond basic chatbot usage to deep operational AI integration, is underway with two of four modules delivered.
Tanzania
In June 2023, the Foundation taught at the LOHADA orphanage in Tanzania alongside James Juma, a former student of co-founder Chuck Eesley who built the connection, and Abisola, a former Stanford PhD student who co-taught. The Foundation also raised funds for a tractor for the orphanage.
MIT MEET
In December 2022, Lijie and Chuck taught a full-day workshop at MEETConf, MIT MEET's annual conference for current students and alumni. A single-engagement contribution to a program the Foundation believes in: bringing Israeli and Palestinian high school students together for advanced computer science and entrepreneurship education.
Uganda
Funding microloans for refugee entrepreneurs in Uganda alongside research on what makes entrepreneurship training work for displaced founders. Delivered in partnership with Challenges Uganda (microlending pilot and mentorship) and Makerere University Business School (curriculum and research).
San Francisco State University
The Foundation's first university partnership. Launched during the pandemic, the SFSU Mentorship Program connected Computer Science majors with SFSU alumni for mock technical interviews and career guidance. The Foundation's direct involvement has since wound down, but the program continues today within the SFSU CS department and its alumni network, sustained by the relationships the partnership helped activate.
Paris
In July 2025, the Foundation supported the Improbable Chair at ESCP Business School and its partner L'Ascenseur, Prof. Sylvain Bureau's art-thinking framework applied to non-profit leaders and to organizations working on equal opportunity in France. Chuck taught pro bono across two days of seminars and joined the closing panel at the Musée Postal.
Bangkok
Ten days of entrepreneurship teaching in Bangkok, December 14–23, 2026, for high school and college students from underprivileged backgrounds. Lijie and Chuck are both teaching. The trip is coordinated by Pear Chotbunwong, who grew up in Bangkok and took Chuck's MS&E 272 Entrepreneurship Without Borders at Stanford, which is the pattern behind most of the Foundation's durable partnerships.
NUS Enterprise
In July 2026, the Foundation contributed Problem Statement 9, Accelerating AI Adoption for SMEs, to the NUS Enterprise Summer Programme in Entrepreneurship. Over 200 students from 20 countries built 40 ventures across the programme's briefs; the team that won ours took a coaching session with Chuck as their prize. A remote contribution of a brief and an hour.