# Funding the Commons San Francisco 2025

Conference · Internet Archive, San Francisco · 15–16 March 2025

Two days at the Internet Archive on Infrastructures of Resilience: stewarding open technologies and public goods.

- Watch all recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C6eF-zu5AZO8PFLl4E1UG4mkeeqQThD
- Photo album: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i90K-d9wVFjrp2ynMDL9A6rZWCTZjxdu
- Watch the highlight reel: https://x.com/FundingCommons/status/1907413959184925120

## Saturday 15 March 2025

- time not listed **Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios**: Christine Peterson, Foresight Institute; Mark S. Miller, Agoric; Max Langenkamp, SecureDNA; Abhinav Singh, Normalyze; Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkhYflpxHb4)
- time not listed **Index Wallet Game**: Connor McCormick, Network Goods Institute (Workshop Room)
- time not listed **Barter & Beyond Game**: Will Ruddick, Grassroots Economics (Workshop Room)
- 09:15–09:50 **Internet Archive Tour**: Wendy Hanamura, Internet Archive (Main Stage)
- 09:50–10:00 **Opening Words**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Wendy Hanamura, Internet Archive (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwTyjQyRSVQ)
- 10:00–10:20 **Toward Universal Access to All Knowledge**: Mark Graham, Internet Archive (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3CZQE_zNtQ)
- 10:00–11:00 **Office Hours Sessions**: Devansh Mehta, Ethereum Foundation; Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute; Sarah Thiam, FIL-B, Filecoin; James Kiernan, Octant; Shady El Damaty, human.tech; Nanak Nihal Khalsa, human.tech (Workshop Room)
- 10:20–10:40 **Futures Worth Building**: B Cavello, Aspen Institute (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlnrgVdFXZ8)
- 10:40–11:10 **“Seed Banks for Data”: Stewarding and Preserving Climate Data**: Alan Ransil, Cherty; Maria João Sousa, Climate Change AI; Marie-Claire Graf, Climate Action Now; David Dao, GainForest (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9NxzmlOZGU)
- 11:10–11:30 **Powering Human Coordination Networks with Keys, Identity, and Wallets**: Shady El Damaty, human.tech (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0hyyrVGSc)
- 11:40–12:00 **Legal Infrastructure for Agent Transactions**: Dazza Greenwood, Civics.Com Consultancy (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4015YgxPp-A)
- 11:40–12:40 **Human Tech Alignment Workshop** (Workshop · Workshop Room)
- 12:00–12:20 **Load-Bearing People, Load-Bearing Code**: Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtL_3Bqxk_Q)
- 12:20–12:40 **OMN: Towards a Robust Planetary Library**: Samuel Klein, Public AI Network (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpoK8WtyKg)
- 12:40–13:00 **Culture & Community as Complex Systems**: Carter Gibson, Google; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2qsBkGfeg)
- 13:40–14:00 **Building the 21st Century Commons**: Tom Kalil, Renaissance Philanthropy; Evan Miyazono, Atlas Computing (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWzyyuxEqs)
- 13:40–14:10 **Building User-Owned AI with TEEs & Open Infrastructures**: Josh Ford, NEAR AI & NEAR Protocol (Workshop Room)
- 14:00–14:20 **Decentralized Scenarios Under Short AGI Timelines**: Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pql5WS_C3RQ)
- 14:10–15:20 **Access the Decentralized Storage Layer of the Internet**: Sarah Thiam, FIL-B, Filecoin (Workshop Room)
- 14:20–14:25 **Biorisk as Common Resource: The Critical Digital-to-Physical Interface**: Max Langenkamp, SecureDNA (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7-xPkXUAo)
- 14:25–14:30 **Computer Security in the Age of AI**: Abhinav Singh, Normalyze (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXKx9LHTEE)
- 15:00–15:20 **AI Tools for Navigating Existential Risk**: Ben Goldhaber, Future of Life Foundation; Lou de Kerhuelvez, Nodes (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C34M_0ZCc)
- 15:30–15:50 **Decentralized, Confidential Machine Learning**: Alex Skidanov, NEAR (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmjgFDKyN0M)
- 15:30–16:30 **Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios Workshop** (Workshop · Workshop Room)
- 15:50–16:10 **Funding Open Source & Decentralized Development, from Enterprise to AI Agents**: Paul Brody, Ethereum Enterprise Alliance; Timour Kosters, Edge City (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8tRbc3qkA)
- 16:10–16:30 **“Deep Funding”: Scaling Funding & Governance with Network Intelligence**: Raymond Cheng, Open Source Observer; Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin, Allo; James Kiernan, Octant; Devansh Mehta, Ethereum Foundation; Sophia Dew, Celo (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLs9MpGg9aw)
- 16:30–17:00 **The Crypto-Settlement Manifesto for OSS Builders**: Robert Drost, Eigen Foundation (Main Stage)

## Sunday 16 March 2025

- time not listed **Funding the Commons Update**: David Casey, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1F-aZhLneg)
- time not listed **Leading Through Subtraction**: Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum Foundation; Wendy Hanamura, Internet Archive (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXU-_x7rxE)
- time not listed **Collective Intelligence vs. Superintelligence? Institutional Design for Resilience in the AI Age**: Chris Wray, Future Human Systems Research; Seth Frey, UC Davis (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL54NQ6f_0g)
- time not listed **The Future of AI is Specialized: Why General Models Aren’t Enough**: Ram, OpenLedger (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7eOLwNxyA)
- time not listed **Geospatial AI for Climate and Nature**: Diego Saez Gil, Pachama; Stuart Cowan, Buckminster Fuller Institute (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dOAauxDBw)
- time not listed **Decentralized AI, from Open Data to AGI**: Vincent Weisser, Prime Intellect; Anna Kazlauskas, OpenDataLabs, Vana; Ram, OpenLedger; Chi Zhang, Kite AI; Madisen Taylor, Prime Intellect (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TY0TaxHBKk)
- time not listed **Existential Narratives: Workshop with Other Internet**: Toby Shorin, Other Internet (Workshop · Workshop Room)
- time not listed **AI & Emerging Technologies for Ecological Resilience - Roundtable**: Djimo Serodio, Silvi; Adina Popescu, Ærth; David Fortson, Regen Network; Caitlin Moore, Cherty; Tony Lai, Mothertree Labs (Roundtable · Workshop Room)
- 09:50–10:30 **Opening** (Workshop Room)
- 10:30–11:30 **Office Hours Sessions**: Alan Ransil, Cherty; Caitlin Moore, Cherty; Gregory Landua, Regen Network; David Fortson, Regen Network; Samuel Klein, Public AI Network; Chris Wray, Future Human Systems Research; Seth Frey, UC Davis; Duke Jones, Identikey (Workshop Room)
- 10:40–11:00 **An Anthropology of Cyborgs, for Cyborgs**: Amber Case, Calm Technology (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhBCuYQ5oI)
- 11:00–11:20 **Where Does Funding Come From? Funding Informational Commons in a World with AI**: Barry Threw, Gray Area; Matthew Prewitt, RadicalxChange (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJBcLEaqws)
- 11:20–11:30 **Introducing Grassroots Economics and the Barter & Beyond Game** (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkKhbJz1h-E)
- 11:40–11:50 **Ecoweaving with Beloved Intelligence**: Tony Lai, Mothertree Labs (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAJpDi2cd9g)
- 11:50–12:10 **Sensemaking a Planetary Ecological Commons**: Stuart Cowan, Buckminster Fuller Institute; Marco Schletz, Innovation and Governance Researcher, Open Earth Foundation; Sarah Ashley Baxendell, Layer, ArtEcology (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44UlXHvkvCU)
- 12:10–12:30 **Funding the Regeneration**: Matthew Monahan, Ma Earth (Main Stage)
- 12:10–13:00 **Through the Eyes of a Climate Artist**: Carter Brooks, Artist, Climate Art (Workshop Room)
- 12:30–13:00 **Investing in Climate Resilience**: Tito Jankowski, AirMiners; Troy Carter, Earthshot Labs; Gregory Landua, Regen Network; Tereza Bízková, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4jHcYU660)
- 13:40–14:40 **Activating Founder Mode: Office Hours with OrangeDAO**: Don Ho, OrangeDAO (Workshop Room)
- 14:20–14:40 **Beyond the Black Box Algorithm: Health Data and the Public Good**: Daniel Wolfe, UCSF UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpeB0Q1c_dc)
- 14:40–14:50 **Stewarding the Future with Wise Ancestors**: Aleksandra Smilek, Wise Ancestors (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFo3cVAxknE)
- 14:40–15:20 **Public Product Organizations, Vehicles for Collaborative Stewardship**: Ben Cerveny, Foundation for Public Code (Workshop Room)
- 14:50–15:20 **Biodiversity Data as a Commons: Sequencing Life on Earth**: Ann Pace, Wise Ancestors; Brad Shaffer, UCLA, California Conservation Genomics Project; Aleksandra Smilek, Wise Ancestors (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6m4bVwLVGE)
- 16:00–16:30 **Privacy By Design: ZK, MPC, TEE**: Nanak Nihal Khalsa, human.tech; Florent Tavernier, Celo; Aayush Gupta, Proteus; Chris Cassano, Lit Protocol; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHf8k5eQM4)
- 16:00–17:00 **Biodiversity Commons**: Ann Pace, Wise Ancestors; Aleksandra Smilek, Wise Ancestors; Lou de Kerhuelvez, Nodes (Workshop Room)
- 16:30–17:15 **Architecting Resilient Futures**: Illia Polosukhin, NEAR; Juan Benet, Protocol Labs (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S9FlYjfnpM)
- 17:15–17:30 **Frontier AI to Decode Animal Language**: Aza Raskin, Earth Species Project, Center for Humane Technology (Main Stage) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUSj-kTVIUQ)

## Recordings

- Infrastructures of Resilience: San Francisco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVxJF5Dbiuw
- Architecting Resilient Futures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S9FlYjfnpM
- Privacy by Design: ZK, MPC, TEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHf8k5eQM4
- Decentralized AI, from Open Data to AGI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TY0TaxHBKk
- Biodiversity Data as a Commons: Sequencing Life on Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6m4bVwLVGE
- Stewarding the Future with Wise Ancestors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFo3cVAxknE
- Beyond the Black Box Algorithm: Health Data and the Public Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpeB0Q1c_dc
- Geospatial AI for Climate and Nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4dOAauxDBw
- Investing in Climate Resilience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4jHcYU660
- The Future of AI Is Specialized: Why General Models Aren't Enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7eOLwNxyA
- Sensemaking a Planetary Ecological Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44UlXHvkvCU
- Ecoweaving with Beloved Intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAJpDi2cd9g
- Introducing Grassroots Economics and the Barter & Beyond Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkKhbJz1h-E
- Where Does Knowledge Come From? Funding Informational Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJBcLEaqws
- An Anthropology of Cyborgs, for Cyborgs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhBCuYQ5oI
- Collective Intelligence vs. Superintelligence?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL54NQ6f_0g
- Leading Through Subtraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXU-_x7rxE
- Funding the Commons Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1F-aZhLneg
- "Deep Funding": Scaling Funding & Governance with Network Intelligence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLs9MpGg9aw
- Building Sustainable Open Source: Open Core & Web3 Decentralized Clouds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPg3NqPhi-Q
- Funding Open Source & Decentralized Development, from Enterprise to AI Agents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8tRbc3qkA
- Decentralized, Confidential Machine Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmjgFDKyN0M
- AI Tools for Navigating Existential Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C34M_0ZCc
- Decentralized AI: Beneficial Scenarios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkhYflpxHb4
- Computer Security in the Age of AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXKx9LHTEE
- Biorisk as Common Resource: The Critical Digital-to-Physical Interface: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7-xPkXUAo
- Decentralized Scenarios Under Short AGI Timelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pql5WS_C3RQ
- Building the 21st Century Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWzyyuxEqs
- Culture & Community as Complex Systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2qsBkGfeg
- OMN: Towards a Robust Planetary Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpoK8WtyKg
- Load Bearing People, Load Bearing Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtL_3Bqxk_Q
- Legal Infrastructure for Agent Transactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4015YgxPp-A
- Powering Human Coordination Networks with Keys, Identity, and Wallets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0hyyrVGSc
- "Seed Banks for Data": Stewarding and Preserving Climate Data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9NxzmlOZGU
- Futures Worth Building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlnrgVdFXZ8
- Toward Universal Access to All Knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3CZQE_zNtQ
- Opening Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwTyjQyRSVQ
- Frontier AI to Decode Animal Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUSj-kTVIUQ