PauseAI

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Founded May 2023 (3 years old)HQ: Utrecht, Netherlandspauseai.info ↗

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Financial

Total Funding Raised€715KDec 2025view →

Organization

CountryNetherlands—view →

Founded DateMay 2023—view →

HeadquartersUtrecht, Netherlands—view →

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.—view →

People

Founded ByJoep Meindertsma—view →

General

Websitehttps://pauseai.info/—view →

Other

annual-revenue2883192024view →

employee-count22Apr 2026view →

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.—view →

leadershipCEO: Maxime Fournes. Organizing Director: Irina Tavera. Communications Director: Jonathan Moody. Board: Joep Meindertsma (Chairman), Michiel van den Ingh (Treasurer), Otto Barten (Secretary).2025view →

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.2025view →

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