VOL_01 / 2026 Functions

Four operational lines. None symbolic.

Each function has its own deliverables, its own cadence, and its own measurable output. This is what the Alliance does in practice.

F.01
Movement

Manifesto & coalition-building

The Planetary Republic is the founding document. The Alliance holds the signature roll, expands the coalition across professions and borders, and coordinates allied voices when the next defense contract or surveillance proposal hits the news cycle.

  • Signature page (open to allies and endorsers)
  • Press response coordination
  • Op-ed and quote-card placement support for members
  • Editorial council and amendment process for the manifesto
F.02
Watchdog

Counter-party tracker

Public, regularly updated record of the firms, executives, contracts, and political networks that are directing AI capital toward weapons, surveillance, and democratic capture. Sourced from FedBizOpps, USAspending.gov, and investigative press.

  • Counter-party profiles (Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI, a16z, Thiel network)
  • Contract monitoring with published primary sources
  • Quarterly counter-party report
  • Tip line for whistleblowers in the affected industries
F.03
Policy

Regulatory advocacy

Comments to FTC, FCC, NIST, the EU AI Office, and state AI rulemaking bodies. Friend-of-the-court briefs in landmark AI litigation. Coordinated policy responses when proposed regulations would tilt the field toward extraction or surveillance.

  • Public-comment library and template responses
  • Amicus brief co-signing program
  • Legislator briefings on public-interest AI policy
  • Coalition responses to landmark AI regulatory moments
F.04
Research & Capital

Public-interest AI research network

Aligned research from member institutions on AI's environmental cost, labor impacts, civic harms, and constructive applications. Funder convening — Ford, MacArthur, Omidyar, Knight, Wellcome, Schmidt — to direct catalytic capital toward the AI for Planet catalog.

  • Annual State of Public-Interest AI report
  • Funder roundtables and aligned grant cycles
  • Research fellowships for builders in the catalog
  • Member-institution publication stream
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The Counter-party Tracker

A short slice. The full register publishes Q4 2026.

Sourced from public procurement records and investigative reporting, published openly so policymakers, journalists, and clients can see who is shaping the AI age behind the rhetoric.

Palantir Technologies
Defense AI · Predictive policing · ICE contracts
Alex Karp · Nicholas Zamiska · Shyam Sankar
Anduril Industries
Autonomous weapons · Border surveillance
Palmer Luckey
Scale AI
Defense data labeling · DoD contracts
Alexandr Wang
a16z (American Dynamism thesis)
Defense-tech capital allocation · Political influence
Marc Andreessen · Katherine Boyle
Thiel Network
Political capture · Litigation against critics
Peter Thiel · JD Vance · Blake Masters

// SAMPLE — full tracker publishes Q4 2026, with primary-source contract documentation per entry.

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This work needs participants. And capital.

Tracker maintenance, policy desk staffing, fellowship underwriting — the four functions don't run themselves.