Building the Post-BigTech Economy

€25 Million Gift-Based Fund for Democratic Technology

We're creating cooperative alternatives to surveillance capitalism. No debt burden. No extraction. Just technology that serves democracy.

€25M Target by 2030
15+ European Cities
150+ Projects Funded
100% Gift Model
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Join organisations building democratic alternatives to BigTech. Co-governance, shared knowledge, community impact.

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Become a Benefactor

Individual contributors who help select and fund cooperative projects. Voting rights, project oversight, community building. Donate through our OpenCollective

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Have a democratic tech project that needs funding? As we're building up the Fund, feel welcome to join our community. Platform cooperative, community AI, civic technology—we want to hear from you.

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The Stakes Could Not Be Higher

BigTech's $450+ billion wealth concentration isn't just inequality—it's the construction of techno-authoritarian infrastructure threatening democratic society itself.

$264B Annual extraction from communities
€300B Climate costs by 2030
0 Democratic oversight of AI systems