About Us
Who We Are
We're a coalition of AI governance experts working to convince key influencers of Trump's AI policy to champion a bold US-China led global AI treaty—before the window closes.
The Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI is a nonpartisan, international advocacy organization based in Rome, Italy. We were convened in July 2024 by the Trustless Computing Association and launched in December 2024 with six founding NGO partners. Today we comprise 10 international NGOs and are backed by current and former leaders from the United Nations, US National Security Agency, UBS, World Economic Forum, Yale, and Princeton.
In February 2025, we received $60,000 in seed funding from Jaan Tallinn's Survival and Flourishing Fund—the second-largest donor in the AI safety space. This enabled us to develop The Deal of the Century, our strategic initiative targeting Trump's key AI advisors.
Our Mission
"We call on all heads of state, President Trump and President Xi, their advisors and security agencies, to engage in an open global treaty-making process for safe and fair AI of radically unprecedented scope, urgency and effectiveness." — Open Call for a Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI, December 2024
Amidst an accelerating, winner-take-all race for artificial superintelligence, we believe there is still time for humanity to come together to ensure AI remains human-controllable and shaped by humanity as a whole—preventing catastrophic misuse while maximizing the chance of beneficial outcomes.
We are advancing a much more timely, effective, and democratic treaty-making process for AI, based on the intergovernmental constituent assembly model—the same approach that produced the US federal constitution in 1787. This model is fast (months, not decades), veto-proof, and has been proven to work under extreme pressure.
Our aim: a strong, expert-led, federal and democratic global governance of AI, akin to what President Truman proposed for nuclear technologies via the Baruch Plan in 1946—while avoiding its failure due to vetoes and Cold War dynamics.
Governance Structure
The Coalition was established by six NGOs signing a partnership agreement on September 10th, 2024. We operate through three bodies:
Interim Secretariat (meets periodically)
Rufo Guerreschi (Italy) — Convenor, Coordinator, and Spokesperson
Joep Meindertsma (Netherlands) — CEO, PauseAI
Wendell Wallach (USA) — Yale Bioethics; Carnegie Council Fellow
Xiaohu Zhu (China) — Center for Safe AGI; Future of Life Institute
Tolga Bilge (Norway) — Founder, AItreaty.org; ControlAI
Felix De Simone (USA) — Organizing Director, PauseAI US
Robert Whitfield (UK) — Chair, AI Working Group, World Federalist Movement
Executive Committee (ongoing operations)
Rufo Guerreschi — Convenor (full-time volunteer)
Felix De Simone — Content and Outreach (part-time volunteer)
Joep Meindertsma — Communications and Strategy (part-time volunteer)
Xiaohu Zhu — Far-East Outreach (part-time volunteer)
Marta Jastrzębska (Poland) — Fundraising (part-time)
Advisory Board includes experts from Princeton, Yale, the UN Commission on Science and Technology, and former NSA officials. See our full team →
Founding Partners
Trustless Computing Association (Convenor) — Geneva-based nonprofit advancing democratic global AI governance since 2015
World Federalist Movement — AI Working Group of the organization that convened 2,500 NGOs leading to the International Criminal Court
PauseAI — International nonprofit promoting an AI development moratorium and global safety agency
AItreaty.org — Initiative advancing international AI treaty ratification
European Center for Peace and Development — UN-established institution for global peace and cooperation
International Congress for the Governance of AI — Initiative co-led by Wendell Wallach (Yale/Carnegie Council)
Legal Structure
Name: Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI ETS
Address: Largo dell'Olgiata 15, isola 13-5d, 00123, Roma
Entity Tax ID “Cofice Fiscale”: 96624000582
Legal email address: PEC coalitionforabaruchplanforai@legalmail.it
Date of Establishment: March 20, 2025
(type of ETS: ateco 94.99.90)
Disclaimer
The Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI is a nonpartisan and apolitical international organization. We focus on Trump because he leads the US administration during this decisive period. Any reference to communications with US officials refers exclusively to informational and educational meetings about international diplomacy options—not lobbying for legislative changes. Our focus is exclusively on the international and diplomatic dimensions of AI governance.