collaboration_potential
Very High. Metagov is directly building the backend software required to "spin up democracies, governance boards, reputation systems, [and] juries". Their infrastructure is custom-built for governance simulations.
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community_size
18 active Research Directors; the Interop cohort alone consists of 21 developer teams.
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event_participation
Interoperable Deliberative Tools Symposia and in-person offsites (Berkeley, Oct 2024; Jan 2025); Mathematics for Governance Design workshop (University of Edinburgh); Dweb Camp (AI Think Tank curation)
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funding_sources
Mina Foundation ($200,000 grant for the Interoperable Deliberative Tools program); Stanford's Digital Civil Society Lab; Ford Foundation and Sloan Foundation (via Open Collective); Grant for the Web (GFTW)
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governance_model
Operates a decentralized "hub-shaped" model. Eighteen Research Directors act as principal investigators who leverage Metagov as a fiscal host while retaining modular independence for their working groups.
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key_projects
Interoperable Deliberative Tools (IDT or "Interop"); Public AI; Web 3 and DAOs; Calm Tech Institute; OpenGrants by DAOstar (creating a composable grants data layer for Web3)
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open_source_tools
Metagov Core API, PolicyKit, CommunityRule, Govbase, OpenGrants data layer, Open Facilitation Library.; Publications: Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider; DAOIP-5 standard for Web3 grant data; Interop Mid-term reports.
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partner_orgs
Mina Foundation; AI & Democracy Foundation; Atlas Computing; Society Library; Open Collective; DAOstar / OpenGrants; DADA.art (Launch partner); Loomio, SourceCred, Stanford Participatory Budgeting Platform
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publications
Open-source tools: Metagov Core API, PolicyKit, CommunityRule, Govbase, OpenGrants data layer, Open Facilitation Library.; Publications: Governable Spaces by Nathan Schneider; DAOIP-5 standard for Web3 grant data; Interop Mid-term reports.
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