Publish open knowledge
Guides, specifications, and technical explanations make infrastructure and AI research easier to understand and evaluate.
Explore learning resources →AUSTRALIAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT / OPEN RESEARCH
Technology for
a more open future.
Our mission is to advance education, protect digital rights, and improve access to secure, resilient digital infrastructure.
DETIO FOUNDATION LTD develops open research, software, and learning resources in distributed computing, privacy, and accountable AI — for people who want to understand, question, and improve technology.
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ONE PUBLIC PURPOSEFOUR CONNECTED PROGRAMS
Research made accessible.EducationPrivacy & digital rightsInfrastructure resilienceTechnology safety
01 / WHAT WE DO
Ideas become useful
when people can examine them.
We connect technical research with public resources. Learners can study the ideas, developers can inspect the software, and researchers can challenge the design.
Develop in the open
Open-source software makes the implementation available for review, reuse, and improvement by other developers.
See the development work →Research trust & safety
We examine privacy, verification, governance, and human oversight through published designs and experimental tools.
Read the research questions →02 / OUR PROGRAMS
Four ways to work
towards that purpose.
In development
VirtEngine
An open cloud marketplace protocol. Study how resource requests, provider bids, identity, and payments fit together.
Explore the program →Research architecture
DSEMA
Research into multi-agent AI that can evolve under verifiable controls. Explore the design questions around oversight and safety.
Explore the program →Experimental software
Bosun
An open-source orchestrator for AI coding agents. Examine how work is coordinated, reviewed, and recovered under human supervision.
Explore the program →Protocol research
Identity & VEID
Verifiable identity with less disclosure. Explore encrypted verification, consent, and how services could use proofs of attributes.
Explore the program →Open materials are available today. Research goals are not claims of deployed services or measured impact. Read the current status of our work.
03 / THE FOUNDATION
A public purpose.
A framework for accountability.
Our constitution defines how the Foundation can use its resources, make decisions, and protect its public-benefit purposes. Explore those rules and the evidence available today.
Meet the Foundation ↗04 / FIND YOUR WAY IN
Start with what
you want to do.
You can read our resources and contribute to open-source work without becoming a member of the Foundation.
FOR LEARNERS
Understand an idea.
Follow a guide, explore a research question, and inspect its evidence.
FOR DEVELOPERSMake something better.
Improve a guide, report a reproducible issue, or contribute code.
FOR COLLABORATORSBring a useful question.
Discuss research that connects technical work to a public need.
LET’S MAKE THE WORK USEFUL
Good research starts
with a clear question.
Tell us what you are investigating and who it could help.