About Us
The Story of Intelligent Internet
What we are building
By Emad Mostaque
This project was born from a simple but profound observation: our world is running on an obsolete protocol, and the rise of artificial intelligence is forcing a system-wide update.
Purpose: Faced with a choice between two paths to ruin: Authoritarian control or the slow decay of human purpose, we chose to forge a third path.
The Great Decoupling
A Great Decoupling is upon us. For the first time, the tools humanity has built are beginning to out-think their makers, severing the link between human labor and economic value. This forces a choice between two equally ruinous paths.
These are not destines. These are failures of design.
The Great Race
This is a frantic, zero-sum contest to build a monolithic, godlike AI. It is a future haunted by the catastrophic risks of an arms race for artificial intelligence, leading inevitably to authoritarian control where power is centralised in opaque, proprietary models.
Gradual Disempowerment
This is a slow decay of human agency, where we trade purpose for convenience. In this future, our labor becomes obsolete, and our choices are perpetually nudged by algorithms we don't control. We risk becoming contented subjects; materially comfortable but spiritually empty.
The Third Path
The Intelligent Internet is our blueprint for that Third Path.
Our Plan is simple, and it is absolute.
We have a clear, four-point plan to solve the coordination issues that have faced civilization for millennia. This is what we do.
A New Economic Foundation
We are building a Bitcoin for the Intelligence Age. We redefine money from an IOU for human toil into a direct receipt for benefit delivered. Our foundation is Proof-of-Benefit, not proof of waste.
Sovereign AI for All
We use that foundation to gift every human an arsenal of open intelligence. These are agents you own, on a network that belongs to you, not a monolithic service controlled by a distant corporation.
Permissionless Coordination
We scale that intelligence into a society that can build and solve problems at the speed of thought, without asking for permission, using our Common Ground protocol as an antidote to bureaucracy.
A Foundation of Trust
We anchor our AI agents on the consensus wisdom of humanity. Clean, open, and auditable, not the chaotic data of a scraped internet. This ensures our technology is aligned with our highest values.
The Principles That Guide Our Code
Our entire framework is built to support our foundational Axiom of Unity - the principle that all reality is one interconnected process. This axiom is upheld by our Tripod of Justice. This is made up of three non-negotiable principles that guide our architecture and measure our success across Material, Intelligence, Network, and Diversity [MIND] metrics.
Openness
The worst imaginable fate is to be completely isolated. Therefore, our first priority is to guarantee that no part of the system can be cut off from the whole.
Isolation is forbidden.
Flow
Once openness is secured, the greatest risk is systemic collapse from stagnation. Resources must circulate to all members of the system, flowing naturally to where they are needed most.
Stagnation is prohibited.
Resilience
A system cannot flourish if it violates its own fundamental constraints. Our actions must always operate within the boundaries that ensure continued existence and sustainability.
Transgression is self-defeating.
Our Team: A Global Collaboration
The Intelligent Internet is not the work of a single company, but a growing global movement. Our core team of 38 people, distributed across > 8 countries, is a coalition of Engineers, Researchers, Scientists, Free-thinkers and Idea enthusiasts.
Led by Emad Mostaque: our work involves both designing the robust, foundational protocols of the system and cultivating the human-centric communities that bring it to life.
Engineers
Building the core protocols
Scientists
Testing the ideas
Researchers
Developing the code
Free thinkers and
Idea enthusiasts
Communicating and shaping
the vision to the world
The Intelligent Internet is a comprehensive, multi-layered framework. We are building in the open and invite you to explore the full architecture.
Join the Movement
Intelligent Internet is the Stack.
You should have an AI on your side. We will make that happen. The tools are here. The community is waiting. Do you want in?
