About AISDG
The communities most affected by AI are rarely the ones building or benefiting from it.
Mission and Thesis
AI Sustainable Development Group, Inc. (AISDG) exists to close that gap. We serve as the institutional home for community-rooted AI infrastructure, convening, and advocacy — built with and for the populations most exposed to the consequences of how these technologies are designed, deployed, and governed.
The dominant narratives around AI are written by the people with the most access to it. AISDG works to change that. We invest in the organizational infrastructure — summits, education programs, policy engagement, digital platforms — that allows communities historically excluded from technology's inner circles to show up with standing: as builders, as advocates, and as beneficiaries.
This is not charity work. It is institutional work. The communities we serve are not deficits to be closed — they are assets to be organized. AISDG is the convening home, the credibility instrument, and the operational backbone for that organizing.
History and Origins
Habibi Tech founded in New York City — a Muslim-led technologist community for founders, operators, investors, and policymakers at the intersection of technology and Islamic values.
AI Sustainable Development Group, Inc. recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, incorporated in New York as the parent organizational home for Habibi Tech and emerging initiatives at the intersection of AI and underrepresented communities.
Early AI Sustainable Development Summit work, and the groundwork for a full-scale convening.
Inaugural Habibi Tech Summit at Industry City, Brooklyn — the largest gathering of Muslim technologists ever held. Approximately 1,000 attendees, 50 speakers across four stages, 36 partners, and more than 25 exhibitor booths, across twelve hours in a single day.
CNY Ethical AI Creator Lab pilot in development in Syracuse, NY — a 12-week place-based education and production program serving underserved communities in Upstate New York. Foundation funding awarded in 2026.
Habibi Tech Summit returns to New York City at Civic Hall, Union Square, during United Nations General Assembly week. The programme centrepiece is the Seven Stands — seven community-ratified declarations on what ethical AI requires.
Structure and Governance
AI Sustainable Development Group, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, incorporated in New York and exempt since July 2022. It is classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(2). The organization operates as the institutional parent for Habibi Tech and the CNY Ethical AI Creator Lab, providing legal, financial, and organizational infrastructure for both initiatives.
AISDG is governed by a board of three directors, who are also its officers. All three serve without compensation of any kind. The organization has no employees. The board met twelve times during 2025.
- Ramy Noaman
- President
- Yusuf Abdul-Qadir
- Secretary
- Ahmed Galal
- Treasurer
AISDG files a Form 990-EZ each year, which is a public document available for inspection. The organization has not been audited and is below every threshold at which an audit is required; we do not represent our filings as audited financial statements.