At its heart, democracy is about collective decision making. It is a way to solve common problems together and foster trust. Citizen Assemblies — used by governments and nonprofit organizations worldwide — are one way to promote democracy by increasing public engagement in government decisions.

This year will always remain firm in our memory. It was the year we took a bold leap to start this new non-profit organization: Common Good AI. The last 12 months have shown the power of navigating challenges together, as we used adaptive thinking to guide our way. We established Common Good AI because we see tremendous opportunities to foster community-based problem solving using digital collaboration at scale. As we look across 2024 and now forward to 2025, we are further emboldened that our vision to use new tools to promote inclusive civic engagement can happen if we continue to adapt and solve problems together. 

We continue to receive messages from readers, who are enthusiastic about community-based problem solving using digital collaboration at scale. We’ve connected with a wide range of individuals, from strategists designing inclusive global governance systems to grassroots organizers hosting citizen dialogues to mitigate US polarization. It validates the need for new tools to promote inclusive civic engagement to find an actionable path forward together.

Welcome to our second newsletter.  Since our launch last month, we received positive feedback from many of you–thank you! In this newsletter, we highlight how we are building momentum around the idea of using collective intelligence to enable democratic engagement. Below, you will find several highlights from our ongoing outreach.

As a new nonprofit organization, we are fuelled by the opportunity to advance effective grassroots democratic engagement by leveraging the power of human collective intelligence at scale. Using new forms of AI that facilitate collaborative dialogue and reasoning, people everywhere can now engage in productive conversations about the issues that matter to them, learn from each other, and collectively prioritize solutions together. 

We are launching this monthly newsletter to share updates about our initiatives, and we invite you to engage with us.