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Trustless Computing Association

Geneva, Switzerland

Democracy & Civil societyScience & Research
NGOFounded 2015International reach2 volunteers
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Founded in 2015, Trustless Computing Association is a non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland working on democracy & civil society, science & research.

The Trustless Computing Association is a non-profit founded in 2015 and headquartered in Geneva, with a main operational office in Rome, Italy. It works to develop international standards and institutions for the secure and democratic governance of digital communications and artificial intelligence. Its activities include research, scholarly publications, conference series that bring together experts, officials and diplomats, and advocacy campaigns. Its main current initiative is the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative, which promotes an open, expert-led treaty-making process toward a democratic intergovernmental organisation for AI, and the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI. The association also spun off TRUSTLESS.AI to build open technologies aligned with trustless computing certifications. Its work is largely voluntary, sustained by a small team and contributions from advisors and partners.

Location

Geneva, Switzerland

Founded

2015

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

AI governancedigital communicationstrustless computingdemocratic governanceAI safetystandards

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Democracy & Civil societyScience & Research

How they work

ResearchAdvocacy & campaigningAwareness & education

Programmes

Harnessing AI Risk Initiative

Democracy & Civil society

Open coalition effort to advance a democratic, expert-led treaty-making process toward an intergovernmental organisation for AI governance. Its main programme since March 2023, now conflated into the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI.

Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI

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Democracy & Civil society

Open, participatory coalition of NGOs, experts and states, launched on 10 September 2024, to advance the goals and methods of the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative.

Global Public Benefit AI Lab

Science & Research

Planned open, public-private, democratically governed consortium to develop human-controllable, safe AI capabilities, currently in early development.

Funding & support

Volunteers

2

Funded by

EU funding

Ways to support

DonateCorporate partnershipVolunteer

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

EOS, DFKI, Kryptus, KU Leuven Cryptography Lab

People

Management & team (1)

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