# Decentralized AI Society

> The Operating System for Humanity

DAIS brings together leading decentralized AI players to promote an open AI economy built for humanity rather than tech giants.

DAIS unites organizations in the decentralized AI ecosystem to collectively promote the development of an open AI economy built by and for human beings. Through collaboration, information sharing, and coordinated efforts, DAIS advances technology standards and policies supporting decentralized AI systems founded on self-sovereign data models, digital assets, open-source code, edge computation, and decentralized infrastructure networks.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Developer Tooling
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2024-09-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/decentralized_ai_society

## Products

- [Decentralized AI Society Services](https://thegrid.id/profiles/decentralized_ai_society): DAIS provides industry coordination, policy advocacy, standards development, and educational services to advance decentralized AI adoption. The organization facilitates collaboration among ecosystem participants, hosts networking events, and lobbies for favorable regulatory frameworks while promoting ethical AI development principles. (Education and Training, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://dais.global)
- [Blog](https://dais.global/blog)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/daisglobal)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/DaisGlobal)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dais-decentralized-ai-society)

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP