# Conscium **Entity class:** Commercial AI research organization **Collections:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Conscium** is a commercial AI research organization whose public interests include machine consciousness, neuromorphic systems, agent verification, and advanced AI. It publicly describes itself as having launched [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]] and as the source of PRISM's initial funding. PRISM and Conscium are separate organizations. Funding, launch support, and overlapping people establish a strong institutional relationship without establishing ownership or identity. ## Relationships - **Seed-funded and supported launch of:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Founding network:** [[wiki/Daniel Hulme|Daniel Hulme]], [[wiki/Ted Lappas|Ted Lappas]], [[wiki/Panos Repoussis|Panos Repoussis]], [[wiki/Ed Charvet|Ed Charvet]], and [[wiki/Calum Chace|Calum Chace]]. - **Related organizations and programs:** [[wiki/Satalia|Satalia]], [[wiki/WPP|WPP]], and [[wiki/Conscium Frontier|Conscium Frontier]]. - **Research neighborhood:** [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|machine consciousness]], [[wiki/Neuromorphic Computing|neuromorphic computing]], [[wiki/Spiking Neural Networks|spiking neural networks]], and [[wiki/AI Agent Verification|AI agent verification]]. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [Conscium — Conscium launches PRISM](https://conscium.com/blog/conscium-launches-prism-a-non-profit-dedicated-to-researching-sentient-ai) - [Conscium — Principles for responsible AI consciousness research](https://conscium.com/open-letter)