Building Post-BigTech

€25 Million Gift-Based Fund for Democratic Technology

We're creating cooperative alternatives to Big Tech. No debt burden. No extraction. Technology that serves democracy. Technology that serves communities and that communities take ownership of. We're building up the Democratic Tech Fund as a member-based federation. It's work in progress and we welcome you to join us. The time calls for serious collective ambition.

€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 an individual member

Join people who help select and fund cooperative projects. Get access to our community spaces, get voting rights, project oversight, community building. Donate through our OpenCollective

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The Stakes Could Not Be Higher

BigTech's $450+ billion wealth concentration isn't just inequalityβ€”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
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