Design Principle

Sovereignty

Organisations should be able to choose where inference happens, which models are used and who controls infrastructure.

Research foundations

Relevant research traditions and thinkers that inform this principle.

Sovereign AI

The capacity to run AI on infrastructure you control, independent of third-party providers.

Local-First Computing

Software architectures that keep computation and data close to the user.

Data Sovereignty

The principle that organisations should control where their data lives and how it's processed.

Infrastructure Independence

The ability to choose, change and control the underlying systems powering a product.

Open Models

AI models that can be run locally, inspected and deployed without vendor dependency.