The Cooperation
of Statesmen on AI
Roundtables (1st Edition)
Washington, D.C. — Sept15–16, 2026
Our AI Predicament
A consensus is rising among US voters and AI powerbrokers: a safe, abundant, and fair AI future requires a bold, timely, and well-designed US–China-led AI safety treaty — and a durable mechanism for citizens to share in AI's power and wealth.
While President Xi calls for global AI governance through the UN, Trump has rejected that path — pointing instead to "the prudence and cooperation of statesmen."
That is the right approach, and it may have changed history if President Truman had listened to his Secretary of War Stimson to do the same for nuclear weapons.
What the Roundtables Will Do
These roundtables aim to facilitate the convergence of a critical mass of key potential influencers of Trump's AI policy to foster, support and guide Trump in advancing such a Deal of the Century.
Two days of closed-door working sessions, convened by the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI with partnering institutions. The aim is convergence — not statements, not a conference.
Two interlocked objectives
A Trump–Xi-led AI safety treaty — the "cooperation of statesmen" Trump himself invoked — to ban ASI, and prevent loss of control, grave misuse, and superpower conflict.
A treaty-protected citizens' AI co-ownership deal — a natural evolution of Trump's US Sovereign Wealth Fund and Genesis Mission — to durably share AI's wealth and power.
Why now
XI is calling for it, and so are increasingly political and media figures and AI lab leaders. 63% of US voters think it is likely that humanity will lose control of AI; 77% support a strong international AI agreement. It is the fastest-growing political issue by importance — a liability Trump can turn into the opportunity of a lifetime. Three more Trump–Xi summits are planned for 2026.
Who's in the room
A few dozen invitees across five constituencies: senior US officials and advisors; frontier AI-lab leaders; national-security and AI-governance think tanks; humans-first civil society; and independent scientists, religious leaders, and introducers.
Go deeper
Roundtable Backgrounder → [link]
The Deal of the Century → [link]
Executive Summary — Memo v2.8 → [link]
Participate
Attendance is by invitation. If you are an advisor, official, lab leader, scholar, or funder who would bring insight or introductions to the room, we welcome the conversation.