AI is already changing our jobs, our social lives, and our security.

We are not leading this change — we are barely part of it. Europe's largest AI company, Mistral, has raised just $3B, compared to OpenAI's $168B.

Remaining passive is not an option. Others will develop AI and then sell it to us, making us poorer, more dependent, and voiceless on AI safety — which may become as important as nuclear arms control.

Our long-term goal is collaboration — with the US, China, and others. But collaboration starts with strength. By investing now, we ensure we bring real value to the table, rather than letting our future be decided for us.

This petition is part of the AI Movement and applies to the following countries:

• The European Union, the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland
• Canada, Australia and New Zealand
• Japan and South Korea
• Other like-minded partners

Our Plan

We propose a Sovereign AI Investment Fund (SAIF) — a public-private fund inspired by successful sovereign wealth funds (Norway Pension Fund, Temasek and others). Participation is voluntary and open to non-EU partners.

We envision a public investment on the order of $100-200 billion, mobilizing $300-600 billion in total, focused on the following key areas:

• Datacenter Infrastructure: Both direct construction and indirect investment (funding companies and startups that build them).
• A CERN for AI: Create a research institution similar to CERN dedicated to AI.
• AI Startups and Companies: Funding promising startups, prioritizing domestic companies while also investing in leading firms like OpenAI and Anthropic to reduce risk and facilitate cooperation.
• Adjacent Technologies and Strategic Resources: Robotics, brain-computer interfaces, quantum computing, and securing strategic resources like rare earth elements and semiconductor manufacturing capacity.

A note on financing

The investment scale is in line with other major EU initiatives. Member states participate with a direct year 1 contribution of around 0.1-0.3% of GDP.
The initial capital is leveraged, for EU countries, via the EIB, National Development Banks, NGEU reallocations and defence budgets. This public commitment anchors private and institutional co-investment. For non-EU countries, similar vehicles can be used, to increase the impact of their contribution.

For example, looking at similar programs in Europe, a year 1 direct member states contribution of $30 billion can correspond to a total public capital via parallel vehicles of around $75 billion, which can mobilize $200 billion in total investments when including private and institutional investors.

Investment decisions are made by independent professionals — not politicians — under a clear public mandate, similar to how successful sovereign wealth funds operate. The fund is designed to generate returns, not distribute subsidies.

CERN for AI is financed separately, in a similar way to the original CERN, and benefits from the shared infrastructure of the broader initiative.

We provide more in-depth details on the financing on our website.

Shared investment, shared value

Having AI companies headquartered in our countries means jobs and taxes paid here. Beyond that, returns from AI infrastructure, equity from supported startups, and other long-term gains flow back to participating countries.

Every country would remain fully in control of its share of returns. Some may choose to reinvest it into further AI development, while others could use the gains to support public welfare or provide citizen dividends.

In this way, countries benefit from acting together at scale, while citizens directly benefit from the long-term value generated by strategic AI investments.

Look at the AI Movement website for more details.

Join us in shaping a future where AI works for all of us.