A responsible centre for a hopeful field.

BRAIN Foundation is an independent nonprofit, registered in Nepal in 2026, convening researchers, policymakers, and builders to steward the development of AI in the public interest. We publish, convene, train, and advise — and we run the national AI Olympiad.

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The Nexus

Five seats at the table. None of them ours.

The Nexus mark carries our mission structurally — five connected nodes for the stakeholders we convene: researchers, builders, governments, civil society, and the public — held together by a single responsible centre.

Our role is the edges, not the nodes. We do not represent any one constituency. We speak with industry, and sometimes against it; with government, and sometimes against it.

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BRAIN Foundation was founded in early 2026 by a small group of researchers, civil servants, and engineers who had worked on AI questions in Nepal's public sector and felt the country needed a standing institution — not a project or a consultancy — to carry the work forward.

We took a simple premise into our charter: a tool is only as responsible as the room it was built in. Our job is to change the rooms.

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Team

Small, careful, always listening.

We are a team of fourteen, across research, policy, convenings, and communications — plus a standing board of advisers from Nepal, India, and the UK.

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Team

The people in the rooms.

Fourteen full-time staff, seven board members, and a growing network of fellows and affiliates. Researchers, policymakers, engineers, and communicators.

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