AI BUILTFOR GOOD.IN THE OPEN.
Peripher.ai is a non-profit project building an AI product for public benefit. The product is designed and directed in-house and built by specialist partners — and every decision, tool and cost is documented on the blog.
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.
[PRODUCT NAME] is [ONE-SENTENCE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT AND WHO IT HELPS]. It is built as a non-profit: no paid tiers, no client work — just a useful tool and an honest record of how it was made.
Non-profit by design
The product exists to be useful, not to be sold. [DESCRIBE HOW IT IS FUNDED AND WHO CAN USE IT.]
Outsourced build
Specialist freelancers and partners write the code and train the models. The work here is scoping, briefing, reviewing and deciding.
Documented openly
Every phase gets a write-up: what was decided, which tools and vendors were used, what it cost and what went wrong.
FIVE STEPS, NO MAGIC.
The same loop repeats for every feature. It is deliberately boring — that is what makes it repeatable and easy to write about.
- 01
Define the problem
One user, one problem, one success metric — written down before any vendor is contacted.
- 02
Decide what to outsource
Keep strategy, scope and acceptance criteria in-house. Outsource build work with a clear spec and a fixed budget.
- 03
Brief and select
Short written brief, small paid trial where possible, then choose the partner on evidence rather than a pitch.
- 04
Review and ship
Review against the acceptance criteria, test with real users, ship the smallest useful version.
- 05
Write it up
Publish the decision, the cost and the lessons on the blog — including what did not work.
FOLLOW THE BUILD.
New write-ups are published on the blog as each phase of the product is scoped, built and reviewed.
Open the blog →