# Funding the Commons SF Bay Area 2024

Conference · David Brower Center, Berkeley · 13–14 April 2024

Two-day conference on AI and the Open Web: funding mechanisms for public goods and open-source technologies.

- Watch all recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C6eF-zu5AZC9dFtgMVhnclE5GtnkWvX
- Watch the reel: https://x.com/FundingCommons/status/1806320654964113595
- Read the impact report: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGHMsDypK4/wv2EzzcomRz4Ahq9QiuH3g/view
- Photo album: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17XVu59cMK3Uwck4-HNQbS8R7p-B981jp

## Saturday 13 April 2024

- 10:00–10:10 **Welcome & Introducing Earth Commons**: Orin Ayodele, Earth Commons (Earth Commons)
- 10:00–10:20 **Introducing Funding the Commons**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons; Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39w3wUsOp4E)
- 10:10–10:30 **Planet.Health: Infrastructures of hope**: Geordan Shannon, Unexia (Earth Commons)
- 10:20–10:40 **Delivering Sustainability of critical OSS projects**: Brian Behlendorf, Linux Foundation (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM31veGhsHs)
- 10:30–10:50 **Soils and Open Agriculture for Planetary Health**: Will Gardiner, Open Agricultural Technology (Earth Commons)
- 10:40–11:00 **Human rights-centered FLOSS technology**: Natalie Cadranel, OpenArchive; Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Funding the Commons)
- 10:50–11:10 **Fueling Climate Tech: Funding Mission-Driven Startups**: Phil Dillard, Thruline Networks (Earth Commons)
- 11:00–11:10 **Morning Workshop Previews**: Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs; Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Workshop · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uW2lpoXe7Q)
- 11:20–11:40 **Inclusive Climate Open Innovation and Systems Transitions: Case of the Circular Design Lab Bangkok**: Courtney Savie Lawrence, UNDP (Earth Commons)
- 11:20–11:40 **Public Goods Funding as a Competitive Advantage for OSS/web3 projects**: Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ78TOQ0wx4)
- 11:20–12:10 **Public goods Profit Sharing in Tech**: Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs; Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Workshop · Funding the Commons)
- 11:40–12:00 **Bridging Technology & Tradition: White Buffalo Woman x Web 3.0**: Jessica Abkarian, IRL Art (Earth Commons)
- 11:40–12:00 **The Cost of Community**: Josh Tan, Metagov (Funding the Commons)
- 12:00–12:20 **Blame**: David Vorick, GlowLabs; Zach Lefler, GainForest (Earth Commons)
- 12:00–12:20 **Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Justice and Tech from a Funder Perspective**: Liz Henry, Borealis Philanthropy (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yHBLiwR8g)
- 12:10–13:00 **Internet Standards as Public Goods**: Danny O'Brien, Filecoin Foundation (Workshop · Funding the Commons)
- 12:20–13:00 **Rewiring How We are Networked**: Jack Manning Bancroft, AIME (Earth Commons)
- 12:20–13:00 **Panel: Driving growth in an ecosystem, what worked and what didn't**: Michelle Lee, IPFS Fund; Mehan Jayasuriya, Mozilla; Brian Behlendorf, Linux Foundation; Dae Moyer, Endaoment (Panel · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4HDudLXNQo)
- 14:00–14:30 **Studies of Extreme Weather using Machine Learning & Climate Emulators**: William (Bill) Collins, Berkeley National Lab (Earth Commons)
- 14:00–14:10 **Afternoon Workshop Previews**: LauNaMu, Metrics Garden Labs; Andrew Dickson, Drips; Holke Brammer, Hypercerts; Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs (Workshop · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2uENpDGA_k)
- 14:10–14:30 **Blockchain as Commons: Applying Ostrom’s Polycentric Approach to Blockchain Governance**: Navroop Sahdev, The Digital Economist (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFw6DE7qiVM)
- 14:10–15:20 **Improving Impact Assessment in Retro Funding**: LauNaMu, Metrics Garden Labs; Gloria Kexin Wu, Karma3 Labs/OpenRank; Matthew Prewitt, RadicalxChange; William Le, Haraka; Ven Gist, HGPF Ecosystem Support Machine; Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs; Matthew Stephenson, Pantera Capital; Eugene Leventhal, Metagov; Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin (Workshop · Funding the Commons)
- 14:30–14:50 **AI Tech Trees for Ambitious Futures**: Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute (Earth Commons)
- 14:30–14:50 **Network Funding Model**: Juan Benet, Protocol Labs Network (Funding the Commons)
- 14:50–15:10 **The property systems that brought us here will never take us there**: Matthew Prewitt, RadicalxChange (Earth Commons)
- 14:50–15:10 **Retro Profit Organizations**: Matthew Stephenson, Pantera Capital (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfG94rAvW58)
- 15:10–15:30 **Drawing on Indigenous Wisdom for Adaptive Economic Models**: Atossa Soltani, Amazon Sacred Headwaters (Earth Commons)
- 15:10–15:30 **Onion Services: The Last Defense Line for the Open Web**: Al Smith, The Tor Project (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jURcSm6NqTA)
- 15:20–17:00 **Bridging the Gap: Web2 and Web3 OSS Funding Infrastructure**: Andrew Dickson, Drips; Artem Brazhnikov, Octant; Holke Brammer, Hypercerts; Tom Mellan, CryptoEconLab; Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs (Workshop · Funding the Commons)
- 15:30–16:00 **How impact measurement helps build resilient systems**: Lauren Turk, Fera Zero; Aria McLauchlan, Land Core (Earth Commons)
- 15:30–15:50 **Measuring impact of open source software (Web2)**: Andrew Nesbitt, Ecosyste.ms (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhUJyw18410)
- 15:50–16:10 **Measuring impact of open source software (Web3 + bigger picture)**: Carl Cervone, Open Source Observer (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIiGbxEAw8)
- 16:10–16:30 **Funding the Transition to Regenerative Bioregional Economies through Bioregional Financing Facilities**: Samantha Power, Finance for Gaia (Earth Commons)
- 16:20–16:40 **Panel: Funding AI public goods and keeping them public**: Samuel Klein, Public AI Network; John Henry Clippinger, MIT Media Lab & Active Inference Institute; Daniel Friedman, Active Inference Institute, COGSEC (Panel · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7tWi5xTyE)
- 16:30–16:50 **Reflections on Building Web3 Ecosystems for ReFi**: Angelo Kalaw, Celo (Earth Commons)
- 16:40–17:00 **Jolt: An Open Source zkVM by a16z crypto research and engineering**: Sam Ragsdale, a16z (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1h_A7pxO4)
- 16:50–17:10 **Learning from Mycelial Networks for Designing Resilient Interdependence**: Gregory Landua, Regen Network (Earth Commons)
- 17:00–17:20 **Open Culture in the Arts**: Barry Threw, Gray Area; Kelani Nichole, TRANSFER (Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BON6f7MLtvs)
- 17:00–18:00 **How Web2 and Web3 can learn from each other’s grant funding pathways and processes**: Eugene Leventhal, Metagov (Workshop · Funding the Commons)
- 17:10–17:30 **Impactful Capital Allocation in Climate, Ecology and Biodiversity**: Matthew Stotts, Cerulean Ventures (Earth Commons)
- 17:20–17:50 **Fireside Chat: A developer’s journey: supporting your public goods work**: Reuven Gonzales, Open Source Observer; Britta Gustafson, A1M Solutions (Fireside · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CThl_e6mo)
- 17:30–17:50 **Open Innovation for Planetary Thriving**: Stuart Cowan, Buckminster Fuller Institute (Earth Commons)
- 17:50–18:00 **Conclusion & Workshop Results**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Raymond Cheng, Kariba Labs (Workshop · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN0jG7LdkII)

## Sunday 14 April 2024

- 10:00–10:10 **Welcome**: Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons (Earth Commons)
- 10:00–10:15 **Welcome Address**: Cameron Dennis, Banyan Collective; Era Qian, Edge; David Casey, Funding the Commons; Jocelyn Weber Phipps, RDI (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons)
- 10:10–10:30 **The Tragedy of Our Global Commons Systems - and Ideas for Solutions**: Marco Schletz, Open Earth Foundation (Earth Commons)
- 10:15–10:20 **Open Source Campus + MC Innovator Feature**: Era Qian, Edge (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons)
- 10:20–10:35 **AGI with Safety Guarantees**: Evan Miyazono, Co-Founder, Atlas Computing (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtZjaTixtbM)
- 10:30–10:50 **Session with Lynne Twist**: Lynne Twist, Pachamama Alliance (Earth Commons)
- 10:35–10:50 **Gorilla LLM: Connecting LLMs with Massive Apps, Tools, and Services through APIs**: Shishir Patil, Co-Founder, Gorilla (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons)
- 10:50–11:10 **Embedding Sustainability into Tech’s DNA**: Megan Klimen, Filecoin Foundation (Earth Commons)
- 10:50–11:05 **Open Source Search: Two Decades of Bad Design Decisions and Legacy Software**: Ash Vardanian, Founder, Unum (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPv7QybMPxU)
- 11:05–11:20 **Open Source Conversational AI**: Alan Zabihi, Founder, Superagent (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7N1o1hoSs)
- 11:10–11:30 **Earth Science in an Age of Change**: Joe Mascaro, Planet Labs (Earth Commons)
- 11:20–11:40 **AutoGen: A Multi-Agent Framework for Enabling Next-Gen AI Applications**: Julia Kiseleva, Principal Researcher, Microsoft (From Github to Startup - The Odyssey of Open Source Founder · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMfp5PwnAM)
- 11:40–12:00 **Weaving Together Strategies to Regenerate Our Planet's Life-Giving Commons**: Bobby Fishkin, ReframeIt (Earth Commons)
- 12:00–12:20 **Biodiversity Islands: The Food, Water, Carbon, Community Nexus**: Brett Levin, BIOCULTIVATION (Earth Commons)
- 12:00–12:20 **The Model Openness Framework: Promoting Completeness and Openness for Reproducibility, Transparency & Usability in AI**: Matt White, Executive Director, Linux Foundation (The Path to Commercialization - OS Opportunities & Challenges · Funding the Commons)
- 12:20–12:40 **Blockchain Based Solutions for Climate**: Elvie Kamalova, Blockstreet Capital (Earth Commons)
- 12:20–12:40 **Advancing Open Source LLM Evaluation, Testing, and Debugging**: Jason Lopatecki, Co-founder, Arize AI (The Path to Commercialization - OS Opportunities & Challenges · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCzO4-DV48s)
- 12:40–13:00 **Can You Change the Future? Introducing the Ecological Benefits Framework**: Douglas Gayeton, The Lexicon (Earth Commons)
- 12:40–13:00 **Efficient Fine-Tuning and Serving of LLMs that Rival GPT-4**: Arnav Garg, Senior ML Engineer, Predibase (The Path to Commercialization - OS Opportunities & Challenges · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA3ExJDFDzA)
- 13:00–13:30 **Panel: Unlocking Value in Open Source AI - Commercialization & Monetization**: Era Qian, Edge; Keith Adams, Pebblebed; Suraj Patel, MongoDB; Erik Bovee, MindsDB (Panel · The Path to Commercialization - OS Opportunities & Challenges · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1Xif6KTVI)
- 14:00–14:20 **Building for Modern Carbon Credit Markets Using Open Data Frameworks and AI**: Peter Rosberg, Centigrade (Earth Commons)
- 14:20–14:40 **Perceiving the Earth Commons**: Michael Zargham, BlockScience (Earth Commons)
- 14:30–14:50 **Building Truly Open AI**: Alex Skidanov, Co-Founder, NEAR (Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1UIokZrHxw)
- 14:40–15:00 **How to Plant 1 Trillion Trees**: Djimo Serodio, Silvi (Earth Commons)
- 14:50–15:10 **AI and the Collective Pursuit of Truth**: Jamie Joyce, Founder, The Society Library (Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons)
- 15:00–15:20 **Building Digital Infrastructure for the Circular Transformation**: Christian Adler, Loopid; Alexis Gamboa, Loopid (Earth Commons)
- 15:10–15:30 **Building Successful Codegen Agents**: Anton Osika, GPTEngineer (Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgoFJaGSMw)
- 15:20–15:50 **The Current State of Organizing Collective Ownership of a Commons**: Seth Frey, UC Davis; Zarinah Agnew, Director, District Commons; Zackary Dunivin, PhD Student, Indiana University (Earth Commons)
- 15:30–15:50 **Open Source Robotics + Robo Dog Demo**: Vitaly Bulatov, Founder, Merklebot (Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCTxfDUQaWk)
- 15:50–16:20 **Panel: How to Grow & Scale Your OS Community**: Adam Chen, Weaviate; Shannon Hong, Open Future Foundation & Ex-Scale AI; Ben Goldhaber, FAR Labs; Cameron Dennis, NEAR (Panel · Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUuQY8x2_g)
- 16:00–16:20 **A Universal Regenerative Experience**: Josh Whiton, MakeSoil (Earth Commons)
- 16:20–16:40 **Towards A Planetary Federation Of Bioregions**: Benjamin Life, Open Civics (Earth Commons)
- 16:20–16:30 **Conclusion**: Era Qian, Edge; David Casey, Funding the Commons (Collective Intelligence / OS Community Growth & Autonomous Society · Funding the Commons) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjCr8hOaN4)
- 16:40–17:00 **Lawyering for the Planet: New Cultures of Legal Practice & New Pathways to Licensure**: Jessy Kate Schingler, Open Lunar Foundation (Earth Commons)
- 17:00–17:20 **Ma Earth: Funding for Regenerative Land Projects**: Matthew Monahan, Ma Earth (Earth Commons)
- 17:20–17:40 **Decentralized Trust in Environmental Assets with Liquicert**: Alan Ransil, Devonian Systems (Earth Commons)
- 17:40–18:00 **Closing Remarks**: David Casey, Funding the Commons (Earth Commons)

## Recordings

- Closing Remarks (Open Source Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN0jG7LdkII
- A Developer’s Journey: Supporting Your Public Goods Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CThl_e6mo
- Open Culture in the Arts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BON6f7MLtvs
- Jolt: An open source zkVM by a16z crypto research and engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1h_A7pxO4
- Funding AI Public Goods and Keeping Them Public: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7tWi5xTyE
- Measuring impact of open source software (Web3 + bigger picture): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIiGbxEAw8
- Measuring impact of open source software (Web2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhUJyw18410
- Onion Services: The Last Defense Line for the Open Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jURcSm6NqTA
- Retro Profit Organizations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfG94rAvW58
- Blockchain as Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFw6DE7qiVM
- Afternoon Workshop Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2uENpDGA_k
- Driving growth in an ecosystem, what worked and what didn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4HDudLXNQo
- Disability Justice and Tech from a Funder Perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yHBLiwR8g
- Open Collective's Exit to Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDj7Z-042c
- Public Goods Funding as a Competitive Advantage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ78TOQ0wx4
- Morning Workshops Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uW2lpoXe7Q
- Berkeley RDI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HmEqKBw6_g
- Delivering Sustainability of Critical OSS Projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM31veGhsHs
- Opening Remarks (Open Source Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDE5qLUT-QY
- Introducing Funding the Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39w3wUsOp4E
- AGI with Safety Guarantees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtZjaTixtbM
- Open Source Search: Two Decades of Bad Design Decisions & Legacy Software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPv7QybMPxU
- Open Source Conversational AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7N1o1hoSs
- AutoGen: A Multi-Agent Framework for Enabling Next-Gen AI Applications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMfp5PwnAM
- Advancing Open Source LLM Evaluation, Testing, and Debugging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCzO4-DV48s
- Efficient Fine-Tuning and Serving of LLMs that Rival GPT-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA3ExJDFDzA
- Unlocking Value in Open Source AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1Xif6KTVI
- Building Truly Open AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1UIokZrHxw
- Building Successful Codegen Agents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgoFJaGSMw
- Open Source Robotics + Robo Dog Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCTxfDUQaWk
- How to Grow & Scale Your OS Community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUuQY8x2_g
- Conclusion (AI Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjCr8hOaN4