Initiative for Decentralized Empowered
AI

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ABOUT US

IDEA Hub connects researchers and practitioners who are building AI systems designed to serve both communities and corporations.

We focus on practical applications where control, transparency, and locally informed decision-making enhance value creation and trust.

In today’s AI landscape, data ownership, compute access, and decision-making often rely on large, centralized infrastructures.

At IDEA Hub, we explore how distributed and collaborative approaches can complement these systems — helping organizations maintain agency, strengthen resilience, and ensure responsible innovation.

Our events and projects highlight real-world use cases, technical building blocks, and governance models that support shared responsibility and sustainable AI adoption.

We believe that decentralization is not about replacing the existing order — it’s about creating choice, balance, and human-centric control in how intelligence is built and shared.

Organizations of all sizes are increasingly seeking ways to ensure better data stewardship, interoperability, and long-term trust.

We support and showcase emerging ideas — the ‘newborns’ of the DeAI R&D world — that are still taking shape but carry significant potential for ethical and scalable growth.

Our Mission

To bridge technology and ethics by exploring how Decentralized and Collaborative AI (DeAI) can empower people, strengthen organizations, and create shared value across sectors.

We don’t just ask how technology works — we ask who it serves and how it can make systems more inclusive, transparent, and resilient.

Our broader vision is to establish a long-term understanding where scientists, universities, open-source communities, public institutions, SMEs, and large enterprises can create contacts, collaborate, share knowledge, and shape the responsible evolution of AI — ensuring that its benefits remain accessible, accountable, and human-centered.

Decentralized AI represents a shared vision for a world where intelligence serves peace, cooperation, and collective resilience.

Events

Apr 28

June 12

Decentralized AI: Smart Health Data

Nov

Decentralized AI: Use-Cases in Public Sector. TBA

Decentralized AI: TBA

Dec

Jan

Decentralized AI: TBA

Feb

Decentralized AI: TBA

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Get Involved

1. PRESENT YOUR WORK

Enhance our community events by offering your venue, perfect for fostering collaboration and networking. Propose a location for our next gathering and help us create memorable experiences in inspiring settings.

While many organizations are still learning the ropes of decentralized AI, we invite you to be proactive and join the conversation now. Get fresh, market-applicable insights on emerging technologies and connect with researchers and implementers who are building the future of AI. Position your organization at the forefront of this R&D era. Showcase your brand’s commitment to the innovation growth.

Become part of our dynamic community to gain access to valuable insights and ideas, exclusive events, networking opportunities, and more. Sign up today and connect with like-minded individuals who are making a difference in our industry.

Present your decentralized AI research, prototypes, and implementation challenges. Help others learn from your successes, failures, and technical insights - driving the field forward through open knowledge sharing. We're looking for technical presentations on federated learning experiments, local model deployments, privacy-preserving architectures, and real-world decentralization attempts.

2. OFFER A VENUE
3. SPONSOR AN EVENT
4. JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Speakers

JACK GILWARD

Head of UX, Unicorns

MEGAN GREEN

Chief product officer, Proton

MARC LENO

Product design, VP Pass Inc.

SARAH SLANKARD

UX designer, INLV

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