The Deal of

 the Century

This far into an unchecked ASI race, only a US-China-led AI treaty — extraordinarily bold, timely and well-designed — can avoid an AI takeover, prevent an immense power concentration, and realize AI’s astounding promise.

Online Summary


As a coalition of 10 NGOs, 20 expert advisors and 24 contributors, we are seeking to persuade a critical mass of key, humanist, formal and informal, US AI policy powerbrokers and the White House to decisively and urgently update US AI policy — to tackle head-on AI immense risk for safety and concentration of power, and realize its astounding potential.

Our vision revolves around fostering an emerging consensus arounds a US-China-led AI safety treaty, paired with a citizen co-ownership mandate of top AI firms — to be pursued via an extraordinarily bold, timely "Apollo Program of AI diplomacy", first bilateral and then international.

Concurrently with the publication of our latest Strategic Memo and our first video podcast interview with John Sherman, we started in mid-July reaching out to prospective partners and participants for The Deal of the Century Roundtables, to be held in Washington D.C. on September 15-16th, 2026.

One-Pager for D. J. Trump

The initiative is perhaps best introduced via (an updated version of) the One-Pager that we submitted to the White House last June 26th as part of our 3rd Open Letter to President Trump:

What: We are calling the White House to deeply analyze the prospects of a proper US-China-led AI safety treaty, paired with a citizen co-ownership mandate of top AI firms — to be pursued via an extraordinarily bold, timely "Apollo Program of AI diplomacy", first bilateral and then global — and foster an emerging consensus on it among key formal and informal US AI policy powerbrokers.

Why: Secure US economic and technological leadership. Reduce the economic and military risks of US-China competition. Prevent the fast-rising, immense risks of AI-driven cyber, chemical, and nuclear threats, and the loss of human control. Ensure Americans fairly share in AI’s wealth and power. Establish a legacy unmatched by any leader in history.

Who: President Xi has repeatedly expressed support for strong international AI governance mechanisms. So have Bannon, Beck, Rogan, Carlson, the Vatican, Christian leaders, and most AI scientists. In different ways, all four — Amodei, Altman, Hassabis, and Musk — have called for it. By now, 63% of US voters believe it's likely that humanity will lose control of AI, 53% believe it's likely that AI will destroy humanity, and 77% call for a strong global AI treaty.

Timelines: Most top insiders and several key reports warn that AI capable of engineering pathogens that could kill millions or of permanently escaping human control may arrive in the coming years. Jack Clark, Anthropic's co-founder and Head of Policy, places the odds of losing control of AI at 30% by 2027 and 60% by 2028.

Roadmap: On a wartime timetable, appoint highly-resourced classified and unclassified feasibility working groups. Within 2–3 months, make a private case to President Xi to launch with the utmost urgency a treaty-making process — one that determines urgent mitigation measures and mutually trusted treaty enforcement and ultra-high-bandwidth diplomacy infrastructure, involving thousands of extremely well-resourced officials and experts: a global US-led “Apollo Program of AI Diplomacy."

Momentum: So far, we have engaged over 95+ relevant staff and advisors of key potential influencers of Trump's AI policy: officials (Kratsios, Rubio, Vance, Bessent, Wiles); political, religious, and media figures (Pope Leo XIV, Bannon, Carlson, Beck, DeSantis, Rogan); and lab leaders (Amodei/Clark, Altman, Hassabis, Musk, Sutskever). So far, we have engaged for a cumulative of over 20 hours with persons reporting directly to four of the above powerbrokers

Our Help: Our independent, nonpartisan coalition, 10 NGOs, 20 expert advisors, and a unique 356-page Strategic Memo with 24 contributors, stands ready to support President Trump and his partners on multiple fronts: feasibility analysis, actionable-path design, and, above all, catalyzing support and converging intent among key influencers and powerbrokers of US AI policy, from lab leaders to leading political, media, and religious figures.