Our Vision
We envision public cloud infrastructure where every person's data is stored safely, owned by no one else, and governed by democratic principles rather than corporate profit.
We need a public cloud infrastructure because every person deserves to have their private and/or public data stored safely and not owned by anyone else.
Today's digital infrastructure is controlled by a small oligopoly of tech giants. AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud together control over 65% of the cloud market. Your personal data, your community's communications, your organization's operations— all flow through systems designed to extract value, not create it.
We're building an alternative: infrastructure that operates like a public utility, governed democratically, funded publicly, and designed to serve rather than exploit.
Data Sovereignty: Public cloud infrastructure empowers individuals with greater control over their data, reducing reliance on centralized corporate entities that harvest information for profit.
Accessibility: Cloud services can democratize access to storage and computing resources, breaking down barriers for individuals, small businesses, and underserved communities who can't afford enterprise pricing.
Innovation: Decentralized data storage fosters innovation by enabling new applications and services that prioritize user privacy and community benefit over shareholder returns.
Economic Impact: Widespread access to cloud resources can drive innovation, create jobs, and support new business models—particularly for communities currently excluded from the digital economy.
National Security: A US Government-managed cloud can enhance national security and data sovereignty, ensuring critical infrastructure isn't dependent on foreign-controlled or purely profit-driven entities.
Security Risks: Public cloud infrastructure requires robust security measures. We advocate for open-source security implementations, regular audits, and defense-in-depth strategies.
Technical Complexity: Managing cloud infrastructure requires expertise. Our solution includes education programs, simplified interfaces, and community support networks.
Vendor Lock-in: We design for portability from day one. Open standards, containerization, and multi-cloud architectures prevent dependency on any single provider.
Political Challenges: Creating publicly-funded infrastructure requires navigating complex political landscapes. We build coalitions across partisan lines by focusing on sovereignty, security, and economic benefits.
Funding: Large-scale infrastructure requires significant investment. We advocate for public funding while developing sustainable operational models.
Drawing from fungal networks in nature, these principles guide our approach to building regenerative infrastructure.
No central control point. Like mycelium coordinating across forest floors, our systems enable coordination without hierarchical command structures. Decisions emerge from the network, not from above.
Resources flow based on need, not profit maximization. When one node has abundance and another has scarcity, the network automatically redistributes—just as mycelium transfers nutrients between trees.
Wisdom emerges from distributed nodes processing information locally. No single entity needs to understand the whole—intelligence is a property of the network itself.
Systems that learn and improve through feedback loops. Failed approaches are pruned; successful patterns are reinforced and spread. Continuous adaptation rather than rigid planning.
Mutual benefit across stakeholders. Unlike zero-sum competition, mycelial systems create value for all participants—developers, users, communities, and the broader ecosystem.
Networks that maintain community health by identifying and responding to threats. Bad actors are isolated; healthy patterns are protected and propagated.
Systems that increase capacity over time rather than depleting it. Every transaction, every interaction, every resource flow contributes to the health of the whole. Unlike extractive economics that deplete resources, regenerative cycles create more than they consume.
Our approach aligns with economist Mariana Mazzucato's vision of the public sector as a market-shaper, not just a market-fixer.
The public sector plays a vital role in creating and shaping markets, not just fixing their failures. Government-led infrastructure creates public value by ensuring data sovereignty, promoting accessibility, and fostering innovation for collective benefit.
The Entrepreneurial State →Bold, problem-oriented missions require multi-disciplinary solutions involving multiple stakeholders. Public cloud infrastructure is exactly this kind of mission—solving data privacy, tech monopolies, and digital inequality simultaneously.
Mission Economy →Government, private sector, academia, and civil society working together to build infrastructure. Each brings unique strengths: government provides legitimacy and scale, business brings execution capability, academia offers research, civil society ensures accountability.
The Value of Everything →"In the context of reigniting the innovation era of the Apollo missions, a US Government role in creating public cloud infrastructure can be seen as strategic investment in digital infrastructure—stimulating technological innovation, ensuring data sovereignty, and leading to spin-off technologies that benefit the wider community."
— Univrs.io Vision Document
The Apollo program wasn't just about reaching the moon—it created entire industries, trained generations of engineers, and demonstrated what's possible when public investment meets ambitious vision. Integrated circuits, water purification, satellite communications, and countless other technologies trace their lineage to that mission-oriented approach.
Public cloud infrastructure represents a similar opportunity. Not just replacing corporate cloud providers, but creating the foundation for a new digital economy—one where data sovereignty is a right, not a privilege, and where communities own their digital commons.
A fundamental shift in how we organize resource flows.
This vision is powered by real, production-ready technologies. Discover the technical stack making regenerative infrastructure possible.