How the Foundation works

I. Why the Foundation exists

The Singularity Foundation exists to argue, in public and with evidence, that machine intelligence greater than our own, and the robotics it will command, is the best thing that will ever happen to humanity, and to help it arrive sooner and arrive well.

Most people still meet the singularity as science fiction or as a threat. The evidence tells a different story: capability is compounding on curves that can be measured, and the people closest to the work expect it to transform medicine, science and the economy within our lifetimes. That story deserves an institution that tells it plainly and backs it with sources.

The Foundation is funded by people who share the thesis, and it has a public token, SFSI, through which anyone can stand behind it. Because a crypto foundation is only as trustworthy as its disclosures, this charter puts the rules for wallets, grants and conflicts in writing.

II. What we do

1. 2.1
   Make the case

   We publish the argument for the singularity: its evidence, its promise and its strongest objections.

2. 2.2
   Track the curve

   We maintain a public index of AI and robotics progress, every figure linked to its source.

3. 2.3
   Fund open work

   We make grants and bounties for open-source AI, robotics and safety work that brings the future forward.

4. 2.4
   Forecast in public

   We record dated, probabilistic forecasts and score them publicly.

5. 2.5
   Keep the archive

   We keep the primary sources behind our claims in a permanent, public archive.

III. Programmes

Four lines of work, each with a public output and a regular rhythm.

Every grant under line C is published with its amount, recipient and purpose, and the transaction that paid it.

IV. Governance

1. 4.1
   Board

   Five members, with at least two from outside AI and crypto (law, medicine, economics or public policy). Three-year terms, maximum two terms.

2. 4.2
   Advisory panel

   At least seven people from AI research, robotics, economics and crypto security. Critics of the thesis are invited to publish responses on the Foundation's site.

3. 4.3
   Editorial independence

   Grantees and donors have no say over what the Foundation publishes.

4. 4.4
   Decision thresholds

   Ordinary decisions by simple majority. Charter amendments, dissolution, and any change to the wallet and treasury rules in chapter V require a three-quarters majority.

5. 4.5
   Dissenting opinions

   Board members in the minority may attach written reasons to any decision; those dissents are published with it.

V. Money, wallets and conflicts of interest

1. 5.1
   Public wallets

   Every wallet the Foundation controls is listed on this site with its address. A wallet that is not listed is not the Foundation's.

2. 5.2
   Announced movements

   Any transfer of SFSI out of a Foundation wallet is announced, with its purpose, before it is made. Grant payments are the exception; they are published within seven days.

3. 5.3
   Quarterly accounts

   Income, spending and holdings are published every quarter, in fiat and on-chain terms.

4. 5.4
   Personal disclosure

   Board members, advisors and staff declare their SFSI holdings and any stake in AI or crypto companies in a public register, and announce any SFSI they buy or sell.

5. 5.5
   One official token

   The Foundation's only token is SFSI, on Solana. Any other token using the name is not ours.

VI. Publication standard

Everything the Foundation publishes about AI meets these rules.

1. 6.1
   A source for every figure

   Every number links to the primary source it comes from.

2. 6.2
   Strongest objection

   Every major claim is published with the strongest objection to it and our answer.

3. 6.3
   Error log

   Claims that turn out to be wrong are not deleted. They stay published with the date and reason for correction.

4. 6.4
   Optimism on the record

   Our forecasts carry dates and probabilities so our optimism can be checked, not just admired.

VII. Roadmap

2026 Q4

• SFSI launched on Solana
• Archive opens: 766 studies, 17 themes, full-text sources
• Forecast registry opens
• Foundation wallets listed publicly

2027

• Singularity index goes live
• First grant round for open AI and robotics work
• First forecast score report

2028

• Robotics milestones added to the index
• Grant rounds two and three, with on-chain ledger
• Advisory panel expanded to robotics and economics

2029

• Three-year public review of every programme
• Charter review

VIII. When the Foundation would stop

A foundation with no conditions for stopping has made its own survival the goal. These conditions are binding.

1. 8.1
   Silence

   If the Foundation publishes nothing for 24 months, it dissolves. Existing is no substitute for working.

2. 8.2
   Broken disclosure

   If a Foundation wallet is found to have moved funds in breach of chapter V, the finding is published and the Board must answer it in public within 30 days.

3. 8.3
   Remaining assets

   On dissolution, remaining assets go to open AI, robotics or safety work, chosen by the Board and published with the transactions.

4. 8.4
   Purpose voided

   Per article X of the manifesto: if the trajectory of this technology stops treating the human as the end, everything the Foundation defends becomes void, and the Board is obliged to say so.