Technology Commons Alliance advances public-interest research, policy, and infrastructure so that artificial intelligence benefits everyone — not just those who own it.
Technology Commons Alliance is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ensuring that the transformative power of artificial intelligence is governed, distributed, and deployed in the public interest.
We bring together research institutions, philanthropic capital, policymakers, and civil society to build the shared infrastructure — technical, legal, and normative — that responsible AI requires.
Our work spans open-source model development, governance frameworks, institutional capacity-building, and the patient, long-term convenings that create durable trust between communities and technology systems.
Developing and stewarding shared technical infrastructure — model weights, evaluation benchmarks, safety datasets — as public goods available to all researchers.
Co-designing with governments and civil society the legal and normative standards that enable accountable, auditable, and rights-respecting AI deployment at scale.
Building the research and implementation capacity of universities, nonprofits, and governments in the Global South so the benefits of AI are globally distributed.
Deploying Program-Related Investments and patient philanthropic capital toward ventures and projects that produce public goods the market would otherwise under-fund.
Each TCA initiative is designed to address a structural gap in the AI ecosystem — not to duplicate what markets or governments already do, but to fill the spaces they cannot.
Open models create the conditions for real understanding. Their transparency enables researchers to probe limitations, optimize performance, and study the underlying behavior of powerful AI systems in ways closed models do not.
Learn MorePractitioner-focused convenings that translate academic research into actionable governance frameworks for legislatures, regulatory agencies, and international bodies.
Learn MoreA Program-Related Investment vehicle providing below-market capital to mission-aligned organizations building AI tools for healthcare, education, and civic infrastructure.
Learn MorePartnering with universities across Africa, South and Southeast Asia to build local AI safety and governance research capacity through fellowships and co-sponsored labs.
Learn MoreMaintaining an independent, community-owned suite of safety and capability benchmarks that no single company controls — essential infrastructure for credible AI assessment.
Learn MoreIntimate, off-the-record gatherings of foundation officers, government officials, and technologists to develop shared frameworks for philanthropic strategy in AI.
Learn MoreA new TCA analysis finds that voluntary self-regulation has systematically failed to address the most consequential risks of large-scale AI deployment, pointing to the need for treaty-level coordination and independent technical standards bodies.
Read the BriefOur annual comparative study of public versus private safety research output across fifteen major jurisdictions.
Read MoreWhy releasing model weights without commensurate governance infrastructure may widen, rather than close, the AI divide.
Read MoreTCA partners with universities, foundations, and government agencies committed to public-interest AI research and deployment.