Founded October 2026 · members welcome
Trust in AI should not rest on the word of whoever runs it.
OVAIC brings together organisations that make AI claims and decisions independently checkable: what evidence was used, who signed it, whether the sources are independent, and whether anyone can reproduce the result.
We build for future generations. Our aim is lasting public value that outlives any one company, not profit.
Become a memberRead the charterOpen to everyone
We help those who help everyone. OVAIC is open to every person and every organisation, whatever their age, faith, nationality, origin or skin colour. A lack of money is never a reason to stay outside: an idea, the wish to contribute or a request for support is enough to apply. The Board considers every such request seriously and answers in writing.
We separate metaphysics and marketing from science that can be checked. Together we recognise pseudoscience, the wish for fame at any price and attempts to turn this common work into a private business. Money decides nothing here. What lasts is verification, trust and good work for the generations after us.
Why a consortium
AI systems now move money, shape public information and act on behalf of people. Many teams work on parts of the answer: signed evidence, provenance, oracle data, proofs of computation, transparency logs, agent permissions. No single company should decide how these fit together or which result counts. OVAIC is a neutral place to compare approaches on shared, public test cases and to publish what holds up.
Five principles
Independence
No member, chain, AI vendor or certification body controls the consortium or its results.
Reproducibility
A claim counts only if others can reproduce it from published code and data.
Open correction
Errors are corrected in public, with credit to whoever found them. A finding against a member's own method is welcome.
Plurality
Members compare different approaches. OVAIC does not crown one technology.
No verdicts on trust
OVAIC publishes methods and test results. It does not certify that any system or person can be trusted.
What we do
Open test bed
Shared, public test cases (attacks, edge cases, real data) against which any member method can be run and compared.
Interoperability
Profiles for how signed evidence, provenance records, oracle data, proofs of computation and transparency receipts fit together.
Joint reports
Reproducible results, published with code and data.
Open standards
Members contribute to the IETF, W3C, C2PA and other bodies in their own name.
Stay informed
Subscribe to our news, or join the open discussion. Every subscription is confirmed by email, and you can leave at any time.
announce@ovaic.org
News and announcements: new members, published results, standards work. One or two messages a month.
discuss@ovaic.org
Open discussion of verifiable AI and of the standards work at the IETF and W3C.
Members of the consortium also have a closed list for votes and Board matters. We use your address only for the list you choose. We never pass it on.
Who can join
| Role | Who | Rights |
|---|---|---|
| Member | Companies, protocols, research groups and non-profits working on verification, provenance, evaluation or agent trust | Equal rights, one vote each |
| Observer | Standards bodies, regulators and individual experts | Take part, without a vote |
Joining takes a short application and acceptance of the charter. The annual fee is graded by size, from CHF 100 for individuals to CHF 5,000 for companies with up to 999 staff; larger companies join as strategic members by agreement, in money or in kind (see Fees). Every member declares its products and does not vote on results that concern its own method.
Write to ovaic.online/contact with your organisation, what you work on and the test case you would bring.
Founding
OVAIC was founded in Zurich. Founding meeting: 18 October 2026, online. Written adoption: 19 October 2026, unanimous.
| Founding member | Representative |
|---|---|
| ImpulseOne GmbH, Schaffhausen | Michaela Schäfer |
| TON Provider (association), Zurich | Lars Bodemann |
| Gravit Open Network Foundation (association, initiator), Zurich | Alexander Neumann |
Board until the first ordinary General Assembly: Alexander Neumann, President; Michaela Schäfer, Vice President; Lars Bodemann. Auditors will be elected at the first ordinary General Assembly. Secretary: Dr. Alex Konviser.
Disclosed relationships: Dr. Alex Konviser is President of the Gravit Open Network Foundation, the initiator, and has held positions at TON Provider. ImpulseOne GmbH has no relationship with the initiator. Under Art. 26 of the statutes, a majority of the Board will come from organisations independent of the initiator by the first ordinary General Assembly.
Initiator
The Gravit Open Network Foundation, Zurich, initiates OVAIC and joins as one member on the same terms as all others. It holds no special rights.