PauseAI
OrganizationFounded by Joep Meindertsma
Grassroots movement demanding a pause on frontier AI development. Local groups in 30+ cities worldwide. Activities include tabling, protesting, and grassroots lobbying. Signatory of FLI's Pro-Human AI Declaration (March 2026). Primary intervention types: grassroots activism, public protest, lobbying.
Total Funding Raised
$715,000
as of Dec 2025
Facts
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Total Funding Raised$715,000
People
Founded ByJoep Meindertsma
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Scale16 national chapters (Australia, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, UK, US). PauseAI US has 6 local groups.
LeadershipCEO: Maxime Fournes. Organizing Director: Irina Tavera. Communications Director: Jonathan Moody. Board: Joep Meindertsma (Chairman), Michiel van den Ingh (Treasurer), Otto Barten (Secretary).
Key ActionsMay 2023: protest at Microsoft Brussels. Nov 2023: protest at Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit. Feb 2024: protest at OpenAI HQ. May 2024: coordinated protests in 13 countries before Seoul Summit. Feb 2025: global protest for Paris AI Summit.
Organization
CountryNetherlands
Founded DateMay 2023
HeadquartersUtrecht, Netherlands
Legal StructureDutch foundation (Stichting PauseAI, KvK 92951031). PauseAI US is a separate 501(c)(3). Operates as a federation of national chapters coordinated by the global entity.
General
Websitehttps://pauseai.info/