Regulation disciplines power. It does not redistribute it. A European Big Tech would only swap one gatekeeper for another. So we do not ask where infrastructure is based. We ask whether anyone can capture it.
Four design ideals anchor everything we build. Our Policy paper turns them into testable properties.
Many organisations and communities cooperating, not one national winner.
Open specifications with many implementations, not one company's rulebook.
Infrastructure that resists capture by design.
Value flows back to the people who create it.
EuroStack, Europe 2031 and the IPCEI-AI ask what Europe should build. Current AI funds the open, public-interest building blocks. We add the question that decides whether any of it lasts: can anyone capture it?
The ⿻ Plural Stack initiative is the collaborative work of researchers, legal experts, policy specialists and technology practitioners from across the Plurality community, convened by five partner organisations, coordinated by RadicalxChange (RxC). It builds on the work of Audrey Tang, E. Glen Weyl and the RadicalxChange community. The door is open: any actor that honours plural values can build with us, wherever it is based.
Lineage & related activities:
Europe is writing the criteria for its next stack right now. The Cloud and AI Development Act sets four sovereignty assurance levels without a method to establish them. Nineteen member states back a European AI stack with more than €10 billion. Whoever sets the criteria shapes the stack. Why this needs an instrument →
The ⿻ Plural Stack Paper (v1.0, June 2026): three dimensions, sixteen properties, one test for capture.
The Plural AI Stack Assessment scores AI stacks against that test. Seven pilots so far.
Eight recommendations for building and adopting plural protocols first.
Five partner organisations, one open invitation to funders, enterprises, governments and builders.
Five partner organisations convene the Plural Stack: RadicalxChange Foundation, European Ethereum Institute, Identity Valley, European Decentralisation Institute and Global Solutions Initiative. Together they span digital rights, research, policy and civic tech.