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 Democracy x AI Cohort: Call for Proposals

 
 
 

 
 Inviting technologists building AI systems that strengthen democracy to apply

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 Technology—and its place in our lives—has always tested and shaped democratic ideals. The printing press broke monopolies on information, fundamentally altering the architecture of power. The telegraph created high-speed networks that erased the barrier of distance, allowing discovery and dissent to travel across continents in an instant. Radio, television, and eventually the Internet brought voices from the margins into the public square as never before.

 But democratic progress is never a fixed win. It ebbs and flows—power recalibrates, adapting to new tools of influence. Today, AI is being used to flood information environments with synthetic content, automate surveillance of activists and organizers, and optimize platforms for engagement over truth. The result: people can't tell what's real, institutions are losing credibility, and shared understanding is fracturing. Current applications of AI aren't just failing democracy—they're actively undermining it. We are seeking to support working prototypes that prove AI can serve democracy.

 That's why we're launching the Mozilla Foundation Incubator Democracy x AI Cohort for 2026. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 About the Incubator 

 Mozilla Foundation believes that better tech futures are possible—and we're proving it by investing in projects that will make them real. We back technologists that are building alternatives that work—tools that are open, transparent, and designed to serve everyone. We support technologies that give power back to people and communities, and we plant seeds of radical change by funding projects that push forward new tech paradigms.

 Mozilla Foundation’s Incubator is a catalyst for this movement. All too often, promising alternatives launch, but fail to bridge the “valley of death” between prototyping and sustainability. We help build a community around promising ideas, finding the right users, contributors, mentors, and funders to sustain the work of technologists without compromising their values. We call this “product-community fit.”

 Every sustainable alternative we help build becomes proof that technology can work differently. By helping viable alternatives reach their full potential, we change what's possible: one successful alternative at a time. 

 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

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