Join us
This page explains how you can help the Novus Ignis Foundation today. The foundation is already operating, the manifesto and whitepapers are published, and you can send a remark on every document. There are no services or contributions yet, and we have not yet tested Suveria's safeguards in any trial: Suveria, a private space for working with digital intelligence, is at the design stage, and Omniforum, a shared space for conversation, understanding and decisions, has a first prototype under construction.
Work at the foundation is based on volunteering. No one is paid for holding a position, there will be no salaried jobs, and the foundation reimburses documented, necessary costs of tasks, for example a ticket to a working meeting. Helping should fit into everyday life: you choose a task, contribute as much as you can, and return to your own affairs.
More: manifesto, section 6.2 and Foundation Principles whitepaper, chapter 5.
The simplest first step#
Read the introduction to the manifesto or one chapter of your choice and tell us where the text stopped making sense. A remark like that is just as valuable to us as a specialist's.
This is what the “I have a comment” button is for: you highlight a passage of the manifesto or a whitepaper and, with one click, prepare a message that already contains the quotation and a link to that spot. The message goes only to the foundation, and we record the remarks that lead to changes in the document's history.
More: Omniforum whitepaper, section 5.5 and manifesto, chapter 9.
Who we are looking for#
The manifesto invites knowledge and imagination from many fields. Below are the roles in which help will be needed earliest. The link next to each one opens a message to us with a ready subject line.
- Security, cryptography and infrastructure. What we are doing: we are designing Suveria so that its privacy depends not on trust in the foundation, but on safeguards that can be independently verified. What we need: people who will help design tests of its protection and try to break it on test accounts with made-up data. What already exists: a description of the trials in the Suveria whitepaper; we have not carried out any of them yet. Sign me up
- Programming and interface design. What we are doing: the software for Suveria and Omniforum as open source code. What we need: people who will co-create it, test it and design how it is used. What already exists: an Omniforum prototype under construction; we will publish the code when the first version is ready for trials. Sign me up
- Law. What we are doing: before we accept the first prepayment, we want to have terms of service reviewed for compliance with consumer law and a legal opinion on payment costs. What we need: people who know foundation law, data protection, digital services and payments. What already exists: the statute with its change register and a draft of future regulations. Sign me up
- Research and benchmark. What we are doing: materials for training models and a benchmark, that is, a set of tasks and scoring rules that checks whether help from digital intelligence serves people outside the test as well. What we need: people who will prepare the first examples and plan research with people. What already exists: a described program; there are no examples, dataset or team yet. Sign me up
- Showing technology to the public. What we are doing: we want to run the trials of Suveria's protection openly and record the results, including the failed ones, in a results log. What we need: creators who show technology to a wide audience, as well as critics. We do not pay for promotion, and we mark every collaboration in the register of benefits. Sign me up
- Your experience. What we are doing: services meant to help people think freely, learn and plan their own lives. What we need: people who will tell us what they face every day and what would really help them. You do not need any technical knowledge for this. Sign me up
- Translation and communication. What we are doing: we want to open Suveria and Omniforum to people from every part of the world. What we need: people who will translate documents or explain the idea in plain language. What already exists: the manifesto under a license that lets you use and adapt it, with attribution. Sign me up
More: manifesto, chapter 9, Suveria whitepaper, chapter 9, benchmark whitepaper, chapter 1 and Foundation Principles whitepaper, chapter 1.
Financial support#
Since 31 October 2026, we have accepted donations by bank transfer in zlotys, euros and dollars: transfer details and rules are on the Support the foundation page. The first payment is the founding fund from the founder, shown in the register of contributions and expenses.
Anyone who wants to fund infrastructure at the start will be able to do so only as an earmarked initiative: covering the full cost, with public accounting, with no influence on decisions and no right to promotion. Before we accept the first one, we will announce the terms of the fundraiser and the maximum value of the initiative. In this way we want first to cover the fixed cost of the pilot and of the Suveria protection trial. A contribution does not grant votes or privileges.
We do not accept any benefit that is conditional on promotion, a recommendation or a concession in decisions. The benefits and connections of the people who manage the foundation will be entered in a public register of benefits, which serves oversight, not gratitude.
If you want to support the start, write to us and we will tell you what is possible today and on what terms. I'm writing about support
More: Foundation Principles whitepaper, chapter 1, section 8.3 and chapter 7.
What working together looks like#
- Applying is an ordinary message. You write to salve@novusignis.org with a ready subject line, without any form collecting data on our server. Tell us what matters to you and what you want to bring: a skill, a question, an idea or an experience.
- Open invitations. At every stage we will publish who we are looking for, what the task involves, how much time it may take and what is already in place.
- Fixed-term roles. Every role with decision-making powers has a described purpose, scope and review date. You can reduce your involvement, hand the role over to someone else or leave, and tasks are handed over so that the work does not stop.
- Reimbursement of costs, not payment for time. The foundation reimburses documented, necessary costs of a task. When Pillar I funds or earmarked donations are available for this, it may also cover the cost of tools volunteers need to work on open source code, within a public budget limit; the scope of such costs will be confirmed by a legal opinion.
- Your own way of presenting your contribution. Under your name, a permanent pseudonym or a name assigned to the project.
Let's look together for a step that will matter and will fit into your life.
More: Foundation Principles whitepaper, chapter 5 and chapter 11.