Perfectico AI Incubator

Perfecto Labs

Perfectico AI Incubator

We equip Latin American youth with AI and robotics skills through hands-on projects that solve real-world social challenges and drive innovation.

92000 Yamasá, Dominican Republic

DOM

Nonprofit

While Silicon Valley uses AI to optimize convenience, youth in Latin America face urgent, unmet needs—clean water, reliable electricity, safe transportation, and access to jobs—that are ideal candidates for affordable, tech-enabled solutions. But those most affected often don’t realize that free tools and training already exist. Platforms like fast.ai offer deep learning courses, but language, awareness, and relevance are major barriers. Perfecto Labs closes this gap by making AI education visible, hands-on, and delivered in Spanish—through real projects that address local needs. In the Dominican Republic alone, there are over 1.7 million students aged 10–18, yet few learn coding, AI, or problem-solving. Across Latin America, over 30 million youth lack access to quality STEM education. Meanwhile, 70% of public school students across the region do not meet minimum proficiency in math or science (UNESCO). The problem we are solving is this: the gap between the powerful potential of AI to solve everyday problems and the absence of inclusive, youth-led, hands-on education that enables local innovation. By teaching tech in a way that is local, low-cost, and student-led, Perfecto Labs empowers youth not just to learn technology—but to use it to solve the problems they live with every day.

Perfectico AI Incubator is a student-led tech incubator that empowers youth in underserved communities to use AI and programming to solve real problems they face daily. Students are not handed problems—they identify them by gathering and analyzing data from their neighborhoods, schools, and families. They then learn AI, coding, and design thinking through project-based classes, supported by mentors and guided by one core principle: simplicity is key. Our students build low-cost, high-impact solutions using simple, accessible technology. Examples include: a beach-cleaning robot, a job-search web app for youth in rural areas, and a cacao bean sorting machine using Teachable Machine. Our student-led distribution strategy includes: the Perfectico Podcast, school visits to recruit and train other students, and the Perfectico AI Solver pitch competition. Students are mentored by 60+ Amigos Perfectos, Dominican professionals working at top global tech firms like Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify. Perfectico AI Incubator is more than a coding class. It’s a movement led by youth, using tech to solve real problems.

Perfectico AI Incubator serves youth ages 10–18 in underserved communities across Latin America who have curiosity, creativity, and a desire to solve problems—but lack access to quality tech education. We’ve spent the last four years developing and refining our model in Yamasá, a rural town in the Dominican Republic where students have little exposure to programming, AI, or innovation. Despite these barriers, they’ve already built community-changing projects—proving that the talent is there, but the tools and support often are not. When Andioris, a 13-year-old in our robotics class, learned how sensors and motors worked, he asked, “Why should Ocean Cleanup come to our country when we can learn tech and clean it ourselves?” That moment sparked our flagship project: a robot that identifies and removes plastic from local rivers and beaches. Our students are often overlooked by traditional education systems and excluded from global tech ecosystems. Perfecto Labs changes that by empowering youth to: – Learn future-ready skills in AI, coding, and robotics – Solve real-world problems with tech – Access mentorship from Dominicans working at companies like Google and Amazon We’re now expanding to Santo Domingo—with plans to reach Mexico City and Colombia in 2026.