What Democracy Earth Foundation does

Democracy Earth Foundation is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 2015 and operating with 11-50 employees, that develops open-source, blockchain-based governance infrastructure for borderless democratic participation. Its core product, the Democracy Earth Protocol, is a programmable ballot box accessible at ai.democracy.earth that enables users to create, configure, and deploy elections using voting models ranging from simple majority to ranked choice, quadratic, and liquid democracy—configured via natural language prompts that AI converts into voting logic. Adjacent products include Proof of Humanity, a decentralized, video-verified identity system on Ethereum; Solidarity Currency, a Universal Basic Income distribution layer for verified human profiles; WAGMI.law, an AI tool that generates audited Solidity smart contracts from plain English; and Sairi Digital Citizen, a tokenized autonomous AI agent on Base mainnet with persistent memory and the ability to deploy code and hold assets.

The foundation's technical architecture is built on Ethereum and Coinbase's Base L2 mainnet, with smart contract deployment via MetaMask and ecosystem integrations for Snapshot (off-chain governance) and Uniswap (token trading). All code is open-source on GitHub at github.com/DemocracyEarth. The foundation has published two white papers—The Social Smart Contract (2017) and Who Watches the Watchmen (2020)—and two books (Hacktivismo and Tecnosapiens), and operates the La Última Frontera podcast featuring guests including Vitalik Buterin, Eric Weinstein, and Juan Maldacena.

As a nonprofit, the foundation's revenue model is donation-based via Open Collective, supplemented by retail book sales through Mercado Libre and Amazon Kindle at price points of $24.99 and $29.99. Disclosed external capital is limited to approximately $220,000 from Y Combinator across 2014-2015. Go-to-market is entirely product-led growth: users self-onboard via web browser or fork the open-source codebase, with no sales motion or paid tier. The foundation's customer segments are horizontal—organizations seeking governance tools, autonomous AI agents requiring economic agency, and individuals seeking UBI access—with the website supporting English, Spanish, and Portuguese to signal Latin American geographic emphasis.

Name

Democracy Earth Foundation

Legal name

Democracy Earth Foundation

Website

https://democracy.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Democracy Earth Foundation is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit building open-source blockchain governance tools—including AI-powered voting protocols, decentralized identity, Universal Basic Income distribution, and autonomous AI agent infrastructure—on Ethereum and Base mainnet for global, borderless civic participation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open-source governance software

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Finance Services (6199), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

On-Chain Voting & Proposal Systems (FSAPAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Governance Frameworks & DAO Tooling (modules, templates, standards) (FSAPAHAC), Delegation, Representation & Voting Power Markets (FSAPAHAG), Grants, Funding & Budget Allocation Platforms (FSAPAHAE), Authorization & Permissions (delegation, allowances, capability-based access, session keys) (FSAPACAJ)

Keywords

• Open-source governance
• Blockchain voting platform
• Decentralized identity
• Smart contract tools
• Civic technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation based in San Francisco, the organization relies on donations from individuals and organizations. Open Collective platform used for donation collection.
2. Book Sales: Published works including Hacktivismo ($24.99) and Tecnosapiens ($29.99) available in print, digital, and audiobook formats through platforms like Mercado Libre and Amazon Kindle.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Democracy Earth Foundation builds and open-source publishes a blockchain-based programmable ballot box (Democracy Earth Protocol) that lets any user create, configure via natural language AI, and deploy democratic elections with privacy-preserving cryptographic voting on Ethereum and Base mainnet. Surrounding this core, it operates companion modules including Sairi Digital Citizen (a tokenized autonomous AI agent on Base), WAGMI.law (natural-language to Solidity smart contract generator), Proof of Humanity (decentralized identity verification), and Solidarity Currency (Universal Basic Income streams).

Product overview

Democracy Earth Foundation operates a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on open-source, censorship-resistant governance tools. The core product is the Democracy Earth Protocol, a programmable ballot box enabling democratic elections with AI-powered configuration. The ecosystem includes WAGMI.law for AI-powered smart contract code generation, Sairi Digital Citizen as a tokenized autonomous AI agent, Solidarity Currency for Universal Basic Income distribution, and Proof of Humanity for decentralized human identity verification. Additional offerings include the La Última Frontera podcast on AI and governance, plus published white papers and books exploring digital democracy theory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Democracy Earth Protocol: Your Programmable Ballot Box - Create, configure, and deploy democratic elections in minutes with AI-powered voting, privacy-first anonymous voting, and real-time results.
• Sairi Digital Citizen
• Solidarity Currency (UBI)
• Proof of Humanity
• WAGMI.law
• La Última Frontera

Products and services

• Democracy Earth Protocol A programmable ballot box enabling users to create, configure via plain-language AI, and deploy democratic elections in minutes without technical expertise. Supports simple majority, ranked choice, quadratic, liquid democracy, and custom voting rules with privacy-first cryptographic voting and real-time results. Aimed at communities, DAOs, and decentralized organizations.
• Sairi Digital Citizen A tokenized autonomous AI agent on Base mainnet with persistent memory, judgment, and real economic stakes that can autonomously deploy code, hold assets, enter agreements, and evolve strategies over time. Positioned as the foundation's first artificial citizen for Web3 builders and AI-agent developers.
• WAGMI.law Natural-language to Solidity smart contract generator. Users describe a contract in plain English and the AI produces Foundry repositories that are tested, audited for vulnerabilities, and deployable to Base via MetaMask without requiring Solidity expertise.
• Proof of Humanity Decentralized, privacy-preserving self-sovereign identity system on Ethereum. Users verify humanity with a short video; no servers, biometrics, or real names required, with open audit. Functions as the identity primitive for accessing Solidarity Currency UBI and participating in on-chain governance.
• Solidarity Currency Universal Basic Income initiative distributing UBI streams equally to verified Proof of Humanity profiles. Operates as a decentralized treasury and tradable token (Trade via Uniswap; governed via Snapshot at ubi-voting.eth) for global, borderless financial inclusion.
• Hacktivismo — Digital Democracy in Action Published book (by Santiago Siri) exploring how digital activism is reshaping democracy in the 21st century. Distributed in print, digital, and audiobook formats via Mercado Libre ($24.99) and Amazon Kindle; covers digital rights, cyber democracy, tech activism, and social change.
• Tecnosapiens — The Evolution of Human-AI Governance Published book (by Santiago Siri) examining humanity's next evolutionary step in the age of AI, covering human-AI collaboration, future governance, digital evolution, and collective intelligence. Distributed via Mercado Libre ($29.99) and Amazon Kindle in print, digital, and audiobook formats.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Snapshot Labs: Snapshot is the dominant off-chain DAO voting platform and the de facto standard for governance proposals across DeFi. DEF explicitly integrates with Snapshot for Proof of Humanity and UBI governance, making it the closest direct comparable in on-chain voting.
• Tally: Tally provides on-chain DAO governance dashboards and voting execution, competing head-to-head with Democracy Earth Protocol for governance tooling on Ethereum mainnet.
• Aragon: Aragon is a long-standing DAO framework providing tooling for creating and managing decentralized organizations, directly comparable to DEF's governance framework offerings.
• Vocdoni: Vocdoni builds privacy-preserving, cryptographically secure voting infrastructure on blockchain—closely aligned with DEF's privacy-first cryptographic voting approach and emphasis on censorship-resistant democratic elections.
• DAOstack: DAOstack offers a modular open-source framework for DAO governance with reputation and prediction markets, comparable to DEF's modular governance framework and emphasis on flexible voting models.
• Colony: Colony provides decentralized autonomous organizations tooling focused on contributor management and reputation, overlapping with DEF's coordination and contributor management positioning.

Emerging players

• Worldcoin (Tools for Humanity): Worldcoin offers proof-of-personhood via biometric (iris) verification—comparable to DEF's Proof of Humanity. Both target the same problem of Sybil-resistant human identity but with fundamentally different privacy and architecture tradeoffs.
• BrightID: BrightID is a decentralized, biometric-free social identity graph for proof-of-personhood—a direct conceptual peer to Proof of Humanity, both aiming for privacy-preserving one-person-one-account identity on Ethereum.
• Kleros: Kleros is a decentralized arbitration and dispute-resolution protocol—relevant as an adjacent governance primitive that could complement or compete with components of DEF's governance toolkit.

Broad incumbents

• Gitcoin: Gitcoin runs quadratic funding rounds and grant allocation for public goods, directly comparable to the budget-allocation and UBI distribution aspects of DEF's Solidarity Currency initiative.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/DemocracyEarth
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@LaFronteraSiri
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9221724
• Xx.com/democracyearth
• Facebookfacebook.com/democracyearth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Democracy Earth Foundation