Dues: sliding scale starting at $5/month. All members receive $15/month credit for chat and API. Additional credits available for purchase; credits never expire and carry over month to month.
Not given
Key features
Web search built into chat
File uploads and document support
OpenAI-compatible developer API
Personal API keys
Encrypted enclave privacy option
100% renewable energy option
Member governance participation
Shared monthly credit allowance
Publicly developed models
Harpe: chooses what an AI agent reads under a token budget with consistent results
Kibisis: keeps agent memory on your hardware with AES-256-GCM encryption
Argus: append-only record that detects edits with cryptographic verification
No network code by default for local and disconnected use
MIT License with published code, benchmarks and raw results
What makes it different
Member-governed cooperative structure where users help decide the direction and choices
Equal membership with sliding-scale pricing based on ability to pay
Choice of AI models by values including privacy and renewable energy
No data lock-in; members own their data and can cancel anytime
Credits never expire and carry over month to month
Measured empirical validation across 6,111 questions outperforming full-context models
Zero plaintext on disk with encrypted vaults matching plaintext accuracy
78.3% fewer tokens sent to the model with a 1,200-token budget per turn
Preserves conversational chronology and relational qualifiers under token budgets
Inference Cooperative
Perseus Computing