When Trump reaches for a bold AI deal with Xi, a wise and shared plan should already be on his desk

We are an international coalition that, for 18 months, has prepared the Administration and a dozen key US AI policy powerbrokers for that moment — with strategic memos, one-on-one engagement and closed-door consultations. One aim: a proper, widely shared US negotiating position, toward China first, then the middle powers, then everyone else.

Where things stand. The President has moved from hands-off to executive-first: a safety order, the leading lab’s model suspended on NSA-backed grounds, a self-policing Accord, and a Super Intelligence Force to write a shared AI policy. The midterms handed Democrats both chambers: a President in his legacy years turns to foreign affairs, where AI is the file he can win, and Congress now co-authors any deal. Xi asked to “forestall loss of control”; 29 heads of state called for an institution that can verify and convene. Trump said no — a big no, or an opening bid. Full picture →

Our bet. Capability jumps and an ungoverned race make one scenario increasingly likely: events force the President, his Force and the powerbrokers to act at wartime pace — sweeping executive actions and emergency agreements among a few big powers, while high-bandwidth US-China talks design a bold, multi-phased, US-China-led treaty process. Trump moves fast once he decides; Operation Warp Speed is the proof. When he does, he will rely on the people already in the room and on plans built for the purpose. Why this scenario, and why only a proper treaty →

What we do. Over 500 pages of Strategic Memos on the treaty-making process, including 150 pages of profiles of the powerbrokers. In closed-door Consultations — provisionally December 9 and 13 (Washington, Miami on the eve of the G20), January 13 and February 10 — their delegates, independent experts, congressmen and citizen juries co-edit one draft. We facilitate; the positions are theirs. If three or four converge, they can bring it to him together.

Numbers & Assets: 500+ pages of Strategic Memos · 150 pages of powerbroker profiles · 95+ powerbroker staff and advisors engaged, 30+ hours with senior AI staff of four of the twelve · 8 NGOs, 18 advisors, 26 contributors · $7,500/month, all in

Support or join. $60,000 funds six months; $950K–1.75M, an 18-month scale-up (Roadmap). Send a delegate to the Consultations, or a name and who could introduce us. Meet us →

Where to go next

• The Deal of the Century — the scenario, the principles, the objections answered. Start here to judge whether we’re right.

• Consultations — the closed-door sessions where powerbrokers’ delegates co-edit the deal. Start here if you could take part, or know who should.

• Strategic Memos — 500+ pages on the process; v3.0 due November 20.

• Achievements · Roadmap — what we’ve done on a shoestring; what funding unlocks next.

• About Us · Governance — who we are, the eight NGOs, how we’re run.

• Cornered — the shortest read on the stakes.