Path to Launch
Where we are: Found. The first of five stages: Found, Ratify, Launch, Elect, Open.
The path to democratic AI governance
We are launching democratically-governed AI infrastructure from Switzerland. This dashboard tracks real-time progress across regulatory milestones, technical development, and funding goals - updated periodically with transparent reporting on what we're building, what gates we must clear, and when launch becomes possible.
Four gates must clear before launch. The status of each is below.
Launch Conditions
All four conditions must be met. STORE Association (the Swiss Verein now forming) takes over ratifying authority once four conditions clear. STORE Research Inc. continues as the R&D arm - deposit terms don't change, only who holds authority
- Funding completeFunding: the final $2,000,000 of the $4,000,000 seed is raised in Switzerland. We need at least two-thirds of it before launch.
- Swiss legal sign-offMME sign-off on payment flows and STORE Association formation in Switzerland.
- Favorable tax rulingA favorable ruling for asset transfer to the Swiss Association.
- Technical execution completeSTORE VERIFY Protocol, autonomous payments, First Governance voting, and AI Registry shipped.
The Foundation
STORE Cloud, STORE's underlying infrastructure, has been live since 2022, governed democratically the entire time. This is not a roadmap - it's a track record
Progress Breakdown
Three parallel tracks must converge for launch - regulatory clearance, technical execution, and funding
- Swiss Association founding underway
- Legal counsel engaged (MME)
- Favorable tax ruling pending
- FINMA compliance review
- This test network (STORE Pay)
- Your account (holdings, orders, statements, jobs, history)
- Governance
- STORE Send
- MME's payments review
- The monetary system
- Connecting to the blockchain
- MME's final review
- FINMA
- Registration opens once FINMA approves
- Marcus Aurelius (1/3) - in progress
- Thomas Paine (1/2) - pending
- Neil Armstrong (2/3) - pending
- $3,068,060 remaining
How Funding Maps to Milestones
Each governed milestone is named for a governor and unlocks the next stage of the constitutional rollout. The figures are cumulative totals raised, points on the way to the $4 Million goal, not amounts added together
Regulatory & Operations Path
The Path to Switzerland, gate by gate. Four gates must clear before launch. The status of each is below.
STORE Cloud operational across five data centers, governed democratically since day one.
126 governors across 30+ countries, 5 ballots passed at 77.43% average approval, 0 constitutional violations.
MME and institutional partners retained for the STORE Association formation.
Critical gate - Swiss legal sign-off on the autonomous payment architecture.
Critical gate - a favorable ruling for asset transfer to the Swiss Association.
Once all four conditions clear, ratifying authority transfers to the Swiss Verein. Launch becomes possible.
This dashboard updates periodically, between invite-only review calls with our launch partner in Switzerland for the forthcoming STORE Association. Foundation figures (governor and country counts, capacity) are ratified values.
Help launch the Democratic Cloud Computing protocol
The foundation is live and proven. What remains is funding, Swiss clearance, and technical execution - and then launch.