Achievements of 2025
Ten Months That Changed Everything
In February 2025, four days before closing due to lack of funds, we received a $60,000 seed grant from the Survival and Flourishing Fund. We had a theory, a small team, a strategic analysis, and an ambitious goal: convince American leadership to pursue a US-China-led global AI treaty before the window closes.
Ten months later, we have something far more valuable than a theory: proven pathways to the people who will shape American AI policy and the World’s.
During our October 2025 US Persuasion Tour — spanning the Bay Area and Washington, DC — built relationships with 23 AI lab policy and strategy officials, activated 18 national security contacts, and established direct introducer pathways to multiple primary target influencers. We returned to Rome and poured everything we learned into a complete overhaul of our strategic document.
The result is the 354-page Strategic Memo v2.5: a treasure trove of tailored arguments, psychological profiles, philosophical analyses, and convergence scenarios for every key influencer—Vance, Altman, Amodei, Thiel, Musk, Bannon, Pope Leo XIV and a dozen more. No other organization has assembled anything comparable.
We are positioned to 10x our outreach power. The foundation is built. The document is ready. The political moment is aligned. What we need now is the operational capacity to deploy it.
This page tells the story of how we got here—and why the next six months matter more than anything we've done so far.
The Pivot (February 2025)
For twelve months before receiving our seed funding, we had been working through diplomatic channels in Geneva, engaging UN missions, building coalitions among smaller nations. The work was valuable. But in early 2025, we confronted an uncomfortable truth.
The race toward superintelligence isn't waiting for multilateral consensus. Neither UN processes nor European regulations can move fast enough—or carry sufficient weight—to matter. If a treaty capable of actually constraining AI development is going to happen, it will require the two nations with the most advanced AI capabilities to lead: the United States and China.
That realization reshaped everything. We launched The Deal of the Century and redirected all resources toward a single objective: convincing key influencers of Trump's AI policy to champion a US-China-led treaty before the window closes.
The $60,000 seed grant gave us runway to execute. We got to work.
The Deep Dive (February–September 2025)
We spent seven months conducting what we believe is the most exhaustive analysis ever undertaken of the people who will shape American AI policy.
The work was intensive. Our team—drawing on contributors with backgrounds spanning UN diplomacy, NSA operations, World Economic Forum policy, Yale, and Princeton—immersed ourselves in the public record of our target influencers. We analyzed their speeches, interviews, writings, and social media. We mapped their philosophical commitments, their professional interests, their psychological patterns. We identified where their worldviews converge and where they diverge.
We held three week-long, in-person analysis sprints in Rome, bringing together 20+ contributors to pressure-test our assessments and develop tailored persuasion strategies for each influencer.
What emerged was unprecedented: detailed profiles showing not just what each influencer believes about AI, but why they believe it—and what arguments might move them toward supporting a global treaty.
The output was Strategic Memo v2.0, published September 24th: 130 pages featuring open letters to each key influencer, strategic briefs adapted to their specific concerns, and convergence scenarios showing how a critical mass could align behind a unified pitch to Trump.
We had the analysis. Now we needed to test it in the field.
The 1st US Persuasion Tour (October 2025)
In October, we went to where the decisions are actually made.
Bay Area (October 3–21)
We set up a temporary Coalition HQ at the Hilton Hotel in Berkeley Marina and spent eighteen days building relationships with the people closest to AI lab leadership.
The approach was multi-pronged. We hosted one-to-one and group briefings at our temporary office. We activated our network for warm introductions. We held evening advocacy gatherings at Sens restaurant in San Francisco, bringing together introducers, advisors, supporters, and prospective donors. We conducted field engagements at AI lab headquarters—two days of direct contact at OpenAI and Anthropic, connecting with policy and strategy staff, sharing our open letters for internal forwarding.
We weren't expecting to meet Altman or Amodei on the first trip. That wasn't the goal. The goal was to build the layer of relationships that makes those meetings possible—to establish credibility, to identify warm introduction pathways, to understand the internal dynamics at each lab.
It worked. By the end of three weeks, we had engaged over 40 people across AI labs, the investor community, and the governance research world. Several senior policy officials at Anthropic expressed substantive interest in our treaty framework. We secured introduction pathways toward executives in Altman's orbit. We acquired testimonials and onboarded high-value contributors for the next version of our memo.
Washington, DC (October 21–24)
From the Bay Area, we flew to Washington for four intensive days with the national security establishment.
Our network here is deep—former NSA officials, connections to defense think tanks, ties to the intelligence community, relationships with a former top US cyber diplomat. We activated those connections through strategic gatherings, coordination meetings with DC teams of major AI safety organizations, briefings with think tank researchers, and evening gatherings for coalition members and guests.
The October DC trip established direct introducer pathways to two of our ten primary target influencers. We secured commitments from former officials to provide testimonials. Most importantly, we identified specific leverage points for framing our treaty proposal in terms that resonate with the incoming administration: "peace through strength," securing American technological advantage, preventing China from gaining unilateral control.
We returned to Rome with notebooks full of field intelligence—and a clear mandate to upgrade our strategic document.
The Treasure Trove (November–December 2025)
Everything we learned in October went into a complete overhaul of the Strategic Memo.
The Strategic Memo v2.5, published December 17th, is now 354 pages. It represents the most comprehensive resource ever assembled for advocating a global AI treaty to American leadership:
Greatly expanded influencer profiles incorporating field intelligence from the October tour—not just what they've said publicly, but how their organizations actually operate, who has their ear, what arguments resonate internally
Updated political analysis reflecting new administration appointments—David Sacks as AI Czar, Michael Kratsios as OSTP Director nominee—and what these appointments signal about policy direction
Refined convergence scenarios showing multiple pathways to unified influencer support, calibrated to the specific relationships and dynamics we observed in the field
Detailed treaty framework with enforcement mechanisms designed to address both the "Antichrist" concern (ungoverned AI leading to extinction) and the "Armageddon" concern (governed AI enabling authoritarianism)
Tailored open letters and strategic briefs for each target, updated based on everything we learned
We also published an Open Letter to Pope Leo XIV, engaging the Vatican's unique moral authority and its potential role as a diplomatic bridge trusted by both Washington and Beijing.
The 354-page memo is a treasure trove—but a treasure trove requires people to deploy it. Every profile, every argument, every convergence scenario is ammunition for a persuasion campaign. With the right team, even junior staff can use AI tools to transform this material into highly personalized engagements across every channel we've opened.
Where We Stand Now
In ten months, starting from a $60,000 seed grant, we have built:
A Strategic Arsenal The 354-page Strategic Memo contains more actionable intelligence on AI policy influencers than any document we're aware of. It's not academic analysis—it's a playbook for persuasion, with tailored approaches for each target based on their specific worldview, interests, and pressure points.
Proven Pathways The October tour established 85+ contacts across AI labs, the national security establishment, think tanks, and the investor community. These aren't cold leads—they're relationships with demonstrated interest, many of whom have already provided testimonials or offered to facilitate introductions.
Direct Introducer Access We now have direct pathways to 2 of our 10 primary target influencers, with warm introduction routes developing toward several others. The next step is converting introducer relationships into influencer meetings.
Strategic Positioning Our coalition of 100+ members, advisors, and supporters is concentrated precisely where AI policy decisions are made: Bay Area, Washington DC, Rome/Vatican, and the Mar-a-Lago area. This positioning is deliberate and took years to build.
Vatican Connections Our relationships with Pope Leo XIV's inner circle and top Vatican AI advisors position us to potentially convene something unprecedented: private gatherings that could catalyze the non-secular humanist AI alliance we're working to build.
Political Alignment The incoming administration is actively shaping its AI policy posture. Our "peace through strength" framing resonates with their worldview. The anticipated Trump-Xi summit in late April 2026 creates a natural focal point. The window is open.
The Foundation Is Built. The Moment Is Now.
We've proven we can build relationships and produce world-class analysis on a shoestring budget. Our burn rate is ~$7,500/month. Our cost per high-value meeting during the October tour was approximately $180. We've achieved more analytical depth, more direct engagement, and more strategic positioning than organizations operating with ten times our budget.
The constraint is no longer strategy or positioning. It's operational capacity.
With $150,000–$400,000 in funding and 2-3 dedicated hires starting in early January, we can 10x our outreach power. The 354-page treasure trove becomes a living arsenal. Every contact from October gets systematic follow-up. Every introducer pathway gets worked toward influencer access. Every hub operates simultaneously rather than sequentially.
The next six months represent the most critical window for influencing American AI policy toward a global treaty. We're positioned to seize it.
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Detailed Metrics: What We Achieved in 2025
Research & Analysis (February–September)
Sources analyzed: 667+
Articles and videos documenting influencer statements: 517+
Academic papers on AI governance and treaty precedents: 150+
Analysis infrastructure:
In-person analysis sprints: 3 week-long sessions
Contributors engaged: 40+ (backgrounds include UN, NSA, WEF, Yale, Princeton)
Influencer profiles developed: 10 primary targets + secondary network
Documentation produced:
Strategic Memo v2.0 (September): 130 pages
Strategic Memo v2.5 (December): 354 pages
Open letters drafted: 12+
Strategic briefs developed: 8+
1st US Persuasion Tour (October)
Bay Area Campaign (Oct 3–21)
Total engagements: 45+
AI lab policy/strategy officials: 23
AI safety researchers: 15
Tech investors/executives: 11
Governance experts/academics: 9
One-to-one briefings at Coalition HQ: 32
Advocacy gatherings hosted: 2
Field engagement days at AI lab HQs: 2
Washington, DC Campaign (Oct 21–24)
Total engagements: 40+
National security establishment contacts: 18
Think tank researchers: 12
State Department contacts: 6
Intelligence community contacts: 4
AI safety org DC teams: 5
Congressional staff: 3
Evening gatherings hosted: 2
Tour Outcomes
Direct introducer pathways to primary influencers: 2
Warm introduction routes developing: 4+
New testimonials acquired: 14
New volunteers recruited: 12
High-value contributors onboarded: 4
Prospective donors engaged: 8
Coalition Building (Full Year)
Network growth:
Total members, advisors, and supporters: 100+
New testimonials (2025): 14
Expert contributors: 40+
Core team members: 3
Geographic concentration:
Bay Area: AI lab access, tech investor network
Washington, DC: National security establishment, think tanks
Rome/Vatican: Vatican connections, European network
Mar-a-Lago area: Trump orbit access
Capital Efficiency in 2025
Funding:
Total received (SFF seed grant): $72,000
Monthly burn rate: ~$7,500
Months of operation: 10
Cost metrics:
Cost per Strategic Memo page: ~$85
Cost per high-value meeting (October tour): ~$180
Cost per new coalition member: ~$75
Cost per testimonial acquired: ~$215
What this demonstrates: We've achieved more analytical depth, more direct engagement, and more strategic positioning than organizations with 10x our budget. Every dollar has generated measurable, compounding returns.
What Comes Next
With $50,000–$150,000 and 2-3 dedicated hires, we project:
150+ introducer engagements (up from ~50 in 2025)
30+ interactions with primary influencers or senior staff
5-8 substantive meetings with primary influencers themselves
25+ new testimonials
Strategic Memo updates through v3.5
Potential breakthrough: private Rome/Vatican convenings catalyzing the humanist AI alliance
The foundation is built. The moment is now.