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Open Standards
Interoperability specifications, deployment patterns, APIs and reference architectures that reduce lock-in.
Open Sovereign AI Federation
Building the open foundation for sovereign AI.
OSAF — the Open Sovereign AI Federation — is a vendor-neutral, non-profit association advancing sovereign, independent and interoperable AI infrastructure worldwide.
Mission
A neutral forum for sovereign AI infrastructure.
AI infrastructure is becoming critical national infrastructure. OSAF exists to reduce concentration risk and promote a trusted ecosystem of sovereign AI operators, infrastructure providers, researchers, public-sector bodies and enterprise users.
What OSAF does
- ✓Develops open technical standards, APIs and reference architectures for sovereign AI deployments.
- ✓Creates governance and assurance frameworks for sovereignty, security, compliance and trust.
- ✓Supports knowledge sharing between members through working groups, publications and events.
- ✓Advocates for policies that support independent compute infrastructure and open AI markets.
Workstreams
Four practical areas of collaboration.
OSAF is built for practical, outcome-oriented collaboration across technical standards, governance, capability building and policy engagement.
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Governance & Trust
Assurance frameworks for data residency, operational control, security and transparent AI operations.
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Capacity Building
Technical working groups, shared learnings, benchmarks and operating practices for sovereign AI providers.
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Policy Advocacy
Engagement with government and regulators to support resilient, competitive and sovereign AI ecosystems without coordinating member pricing, customers or markets.
Membership
For organisations building the sovereign AI ecosystem.
Membership is open to qualifying AI operators, infrastructure providers, research institutions, government agencies and enterprises committed to independent AI capability.
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Full Members
Organisations operating or deploying sovereign AI infrastructure and participating in standards, governance and working groups.
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Associate Members
Organisations onboarding into the ecosystem or contributing expertise, software, policy or research capacity.
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Observer Members
Government, academic or institutional observers participating in selected events and policy discussions.
Resources
Launch materials and governance documents.
Read the OSAF launch announcement and founding charter directly on osaf.ai.
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Press Release
Official launch announcement for the Open Sovereign AI Federation.
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OSAF Charter
The Federation’s mission, governance, membership framework, competition-law safeguards and operating principles.
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Apply to Join
Submit an expression of interest and the Secretariat will send the full application form.
Apply
Register interest in joining OSAF.
Submit a short expression of interest. The OSAF Secretariat will review it and send the formal application pack.
- ✓No obligation — this is an expression of interest only.
- ✓Members remain commercially independent.
- ✓OSAF operates as a non-profit association governed by New South Wales, Australia law.