Industry has an important and essential role in ensuring AI is successfully developed and deployed. The Open Source AI Association exists to ensure a vibrant, competitive AI industry built on open innovation — one that enables broad economic growth and opportunity for all.
The other side is well-organized and well-funded, and there is a major threat that regulation could significantly block open source AI models. We intend to meet it.
The AI Alliance has created a 501(c)(6) trade association to independently and assertively advocate for and support open source AI with industry and government.
Scaling a significant policy effort to help build support for an open AI ecosystem.
Scaling advocacy with our corporate partners to build a larger open market.
Bringing researchers, sovereign model developers, data providers and infrastructure owners together to support Project Tapestry.
Four workstreams, running through 2026 and 2027.
Launch a coordinated earned-media, expert-voice, and public-sign-on campaign.
Write and publish targeted, substantive explainers addressing key topics.
Deliver targeted education to Congress, the administration, and relevant agencies.
A modern equivalent to the internet-era “Framework for Global Electronic Commerce.”
Membership dues fund open source AI policy, advocacy, and industry programs.
Dues fund policy and advocacy. The portion allocable to lobbying is not deductible as a business expense — IRC §162(e).
Project Tapestry participation is a separate LOI track, not a membership tier.
Membership enquiries — Kaushik Bhatta (KB), kbhatta@thealliance.ai
Association members fund and champion projects across the Alliance — with project leaders staying in the lead. Both tiers include customers and use cases, marketing for adoption, and public education and advocacy.
Member-governed.
Governed by an AI Alliance member with specific support from us — the project stays in the member’s control while receiving targeted assistance.
Alliance-governed, with project leadership inside our program.
Lives in the AI Alliance GitHub organization with full infrastructure support.
Unified targets across the AI Alliance Community 501(c)(3) and the Open Source AI Association 501(c)(6).