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31 Organizations · 4 Communities · One Convergence

The Builders Are Converging

For the first time, the leaders who refuse to surrender sovereignty over intelligence are finding each other. This is what convergence looks like.

For the first time in history, the builders who refuse to surrender sovereignty...

...the researchers who demand verifiability...

...the communities who insist intelligence serves humanity...

...are finding each other.

The movement has already begun.

The Convergence

Where the Builders Meet

GENESIS Praxis Faith Driven The Gathering Gloo AI & Faith Nous EleutherAI Hugging Face Together AI Ollama Mistral r/LocalLLaMA Apollo CAIS AISI METR FLI LawZero ARC Forum Hill & Valley FAI Manhattan Inst. CNAS Heritage

31 Organizations · 4 Communities · One Convergence

The Implementation Gap

The world has a concentration problem

AI development controlled by 5 corporations

AI development governed by the builders, for humanity

Five companies control the substrate of intelligence. The builders, researchers, and communities who disagree have never coordinated. Until now.

What They're All Saying

Four themes. One conclusion.

Sovereignty

EleutherAI named themselves after the Greek word for liberty. Sovereign's Capital builds companies free from external control. National AI labs are emerging because nations refuse dependence.

Verifiability

Apollo Research became a Public Benefit Corporation to prove AI systems do what they claim. AISI evaluates frontier models. METR red-teams them. Trust requires proof.

Human Flourishing

Praxis calls it redemptive entrepreneurship. Faith Driven calls it Kingdom alignment. Both mean the same thing: technology exists to serve people, not replace them.

Open Science

Hugging Face hosts 2 million+ models in the open. Nous Research builds frontier models without corporate capture. Common Pile ensures training data remains free.

The Three Anchor Alliances

Priority relationships already forming

$2B+
Henry Kaestner & Sovereign's Capital

Faith Driven Investor network. Redemptive technology. The financial infrastructure for builders who won't compromise their values.

June 23
ARC Forum London

Baroness Stroud. Global AI governance. June 23-25, 2026. Where policy meets implementation and the responsible builders have a seat.

Sept 17
The Gathering, Carlsbad

September 17-20, 2026. Where faith-driven leaders and technologists converge. The coalition's natural home.

Who's Already at the Table

The coalition is not theoretical

Henry Kaestner
Sovereign's Capital / Faith Driven
Andy Crouch
Author / Praxis Sr. Fellow
Pat Gelsinger
Fmr. Intel CEO / Faith Leader
Jeffrey Quesnelle
Nous Research / Open Source AI
Dan Hendrycks
CAIS / AI Safety
Stella Biderman
EleutherAI / Open Research
Marius Hobbhahn
Apollo Research / Evaluations
Jason Thacker
ERLC / AI Ethics
Baroness Stroud
ARC Forum / Policy
Zach Graves
FAS / Tech Policy
Trae Stephens
Founders Fund / Defense Tech
Beth Barnes
METR / Red-teaming
Kenny Jahng
Church Tech / AI Community
Clem Delangue
Hugging Face / CEO
Geoffrey Irving
AISI (UK) / Safety
Father Benanti
Vatican AI Advisor
David Bahnsen
The Bahnsen Group / Finance
Russell Moore
Christianity Today / Ethics
Paul Scharre
CNAS / National Security
Bobby Gruenewald
YouVersion / Church Innovation

What the Coalition Receives

The power of convergence

1
Sovereign AI infrastructure — not rented from Big Tech
31+
Organizations already mapped and converging
4
Distinct communities united by shared values
The compounding power of aligned builders

The Window

Timing is everything

The builders who move first set the terms for everyone.

The Concentration

What we're building against

$3.2T
Big Tech market cap controlling AI development
5
Corporations that own the substrate
0
Accountability mechanisms they answer to
18 mo
Window before consolidation becomes permanent

Most people who talk about sovereign AI have a slide deck.

We have a running system.

Built by one person. 18 years of preparation.
$250K+ personally invested. Running right now.

We are not asking for funding.

We are not asking for help.

We are showing you what already exists — and inviting you to see what your community gains.

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