A non-profit called Current AI is attempting something that sounds almost quaint in an era dominated by trillion-dollar tech companies: building AI infrastructure that belongs to everyone. Launched in February 2025 at the Paris AI Action Summit, the organization has secured over $400 million in initial funding commitments and is targeting $2.5 billion over five years to make it happen.
The backers read like a who’s-who of institutional power. The French government, Google, and Salesforce are among the partners that have committed funding. The initiative has drawn supportive statements from UN Secretary-General António Guterres and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
What Current AI is actually building
Founded and chaired by Martin Tisné, who also serves as CEO of AI Collaborative, Current AI describes itself as a global partnership focused on creating public-interest AI: transparent, accessible, and not optimized to extract maximum profit from every interaction.
The organization has moved beyond the mission-statement phase. On June 19, 2026, Current AI announced $3.2 million in pilot grants targeting cultural preservation projects in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab region, and the Brazilian Amazon.
