# Alliance for OpenUSD
**Entity class:** Standards governance
**Integration priority:** P1
**Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]
**Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]
## Definition
**Alliance for OpenUSD** — Pixar/Adobe/Apple/Autodesk/NVIDIA governance bridge; standards path for world representation.
This entry treats the technology or concept as a concrete part, precedent, or comparison within host-infrastructure analysis; it does not by itself establish consciousness transfer, personal continuity, or a company's intent to build either.
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## Relationships
### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10
**Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]
**Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]
**Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
#### Host-infrastructure integration
Pixar/Adobe/Apple/Autodesk/NVIDIA governance bridge; standards path for world representation.
#### Outgoing typed edges
- **HR-1565 — `governed_under` → [[wiki/Linux Foundation|Joint Development Foundation / Linux Foundation]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Standards governance.
- **HR-1566 — `standardizes` → [[wiki/OpenUSD|OpenUSD]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`, `WEB_AOUSD_CORE`. Normative interoperability.
#### Incoming typed edges
- **HR-1560 — [[wiki/Pixar|Pixar]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.
- **HR-1561 — [[wiki/Adobe|Adobe]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.
- **HR-1562 — [[wiki/Apple|Apple]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.
- **HR-1563 — [[wiki/Autodesk|Autodesk]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.
- **HR-1564 — [[wiki/NVIDIA|NVIDIA]] `co_founded` → this entry** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_AOUSD`. Founding member.
#### Epistemic boundary
Evidence status and relationship type are recorded on each typed edge; graph candidates remain labeled **CANDIDATE — DO NOT PROMOTE**.
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