Roadmap for 2026

In a Gist

Deepen our engagements with key potential influencers of Trump's AI policy, directly, and/or via their relevant advisors, staff and envoys — as well as attempts to directly reach the relevant White House officials and office the Office of the President.

  • Leverage the Christian, Judaic and especially Catholic worldviews of most humanist key potential influencers of Trump's AI policy — and the alignment of Vance and Pope Leo XIV on AI safety governance and ethics to foster a convergence of those influencers (advisors, staff and envoys). This will be done via multiple private meetings in Rome leading up to an Symposium and a close-door Roundtables in June 18-19, 2026, in Rome, and then again in DC in the Fall 2026.

  • Updating the Strategic Memo of The Deal of the Century 2.6 with follow-up versions, drafting highly targeted direct or open letters and ad-personam detailed memos for each of the influencers.

Ready to Scale: The Next 12 Months

Twelve months ago, we had a theory and a plan: a few potential influencers of Trump's AI policy were crucial to the future of humanity and AI. Today, we have something far more valuable: proven pathways and a vast strategic treasure trove to persuade the people who will shape American AI policy.

The October 2025 US Persuasion Tour — in the Bay Area and Washington, DC — built relationships with 23 AI lab officials, activated 18 national security contacts, and established direct introducer pathways to multiple influencers, including the top AI advisors or head of policy of two of those influencers.  

We returned to Rome with notebooks full of field intelligence that we poured into a complete overhaul of our strategic document.

The result is the 356-page Strategic Memo v2.6: a treasure trove of tailored arguments, psychological profiles, philosophical analyses, and convergence scenarios for every key influencer—Vance, Altman, Bannon, Amodei,  Gabbard, Suleyman, Hassabis, Thiel, Musk, Pope Leo XIV, and a dozen more. No other organization has assembled anything comparable.

We are now positioned to easily 10x our outreach power. The foundations are built. The political moment is aligned. What we now need is the operational capacity to effectively leverage at scale this treasure trove of information and our wide network.

The Opening Political Window

The timing could not be better aligned. The anticipated Trump-Xi summit in April 2026 creates a natural focal point for AI governance discussions at the highest level. 

Our "peace through strength" framing—positioning a US-China treaty as securing permanent American technological advantage rather than constraining American power—resonates with the incoming team's worldview.

The influencers we're targeting have direct access to Trump. The convergence scenarios in our memo show how their different philosophies can align on shared concerns about uncontrolled AI development.

The Rome/Vatican Catalyst: A Potential Breakthrough

Among all our planned activities, one stands out as potentially transformative: private gatherings in Rome and the Vatican bringing together key introducers and influencers in June 2026.

The Vatican occupies a unique position. It is trusted by both Washington and Beijing. Pope Leo XIV has made AI governance a priority. The Holy See's moral authority transcends the usual political divisions.

Our coalition includes direct connections to Pope Leo XIV's inner circle and top Vatican AI advisors. We're positioned to convene something unprecedented: a private, closed-door dialogue bringing together the "humanist" wing of our target influencers—those concerned about AI's threat to human dignity, meaningful work, and social cohesion—with Vatican leadership and sympathetic figures from the technology world.

This is the nucleus of what we call the humanist AI alliance: a coalition united not by techno-optimism or accelerationist ideology, but by the shared conviction that superintelligence development must serve human flourishing.

Imagine a private gathering where:

  • Vatican AI advisors present the Holy See's framework for AI governance

  • Key introducers with access to Vance, Bannon, and other "humanist" influencers share strategic intelligence

  • Sympathetic AI lab figures discuss internal dynamics and windows of opportunity

  • Coalition members refine convergence strategies in real-time

Such a gathering could catalyze alignment among influencers who share underlying values but haven't yet coordinated their efforts. Rome provides the neutral ground, the moral authority, and the discretion that such a convening requires.

The Multiplier Effect: Why 2-3 Hires Changes Everything

A 356-page strategic memo doesn't persuade anyone by itself. It requires people to deploy it—systematically, persistently, across every channel we've opened.

Here's what changes with 2-3 dedicated team members:

AI-Augmented Persuasion at Scale. Even junior staff can now leverage AI tools to transform our treasure trove into highly personalized engagement. The Strategic Memo contains detailed profiles of each influencer's worldview, their specific concerns, and their persuadable points. With the right prompts, a small team can generate:

  • Tailored follow-up communications for every contact from the October tour

  • Customized briefing materials adapted to each introducer's relationship with their target

  • Real-time talking points calibrated to breaking political developments

  • Persuasive content for multiple channels simultaneously

What took our core team months to produce manually can now be operationalized in weeks. The memo becomes a living arsenal rather than a static document.

Systematic Follow-Through The October tour opened doors. But doors close if you don't walk through them. With dedicated staff:

  • Every one of the 23 AI lab contacts gets sustained engagement

  • Every national security relationship gets nurtured toward deeper access

  • Every introducer pathway gets worked systematically toward influencer meetings

  • Every testimonial request gets followed up, and every volunteer gets activated

Multi-Hub Operations. We currently operate with a single full-time staff, managing Rome operations while periodically traveling to the US. With additional staff, we can:

  • Maintain continuous presence in multiple hubs simultaneously

  • Run parallel engagement tracks in Washington, the Bay Area, and Mar-a-Lago

  • Respond immediately to political developments and emerging opportunities

  • Organize advocacy gatherings and private briefings at far greater frequency

What We'll Achieve: 12-Month Targets

With $150,000–$400,000 in funding and 2-3 dedicated hires starting in early January, we project the following outcomes in 2026:

Strategic Documentation

  • Strategic Memo v3.0 published by the end of January with updated open letters

  • Strategic Memo v3.5 published by mid-April, positioned for the summit window

  • Continuous refinement incorporating field intelligence and political developments

Influencer & Introducer Engagement

  • 150+ total engagements with introducers across all four hubs (up from ~50 in 2025)

  • 30+ direct interactions with the targeted influencers or their senior staff

  • 5-8 substantive meetings with the targeted influencers themselves

  • 50+ follow-up engagements with October tour contacts

Coalition Building

  • 25+ new high-value testimonials from credible voices

  • 15+ new expert contributors to the Strategic Memo

  • 130+ total coalition members, advisors, and supporters (up from 100+)

Media & Public Positioning

  • 3-5 strategic media placements in high-influence publications

  • Expanded social media presence with consistent content cadence

  • Public momentum building toward the summit window

This is a high-value, low-probability outcome—but our positioning makes it genuinely achievable. With dedicated staff to handle the intensive logistics and relationship management, we can pursue this track while simultaneously executing the broader campaign across all hubs.