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 The cooperative launched in September 2026, growing out of research on democratic
 digital infrastructure through Metagov's [Collective Governance for AI: 
-Points of Intervention](https://metagov.org/cg-ai/). 
+Points of Intervention](https://metagov.org/cg-ai/). It was founded by 
+[Nathan Schneider](https://nathanschneider.info), who formerly co-founded
+Social.coop, Start.coop, and the Media Economies Design Lab at the University
+of Colorado Boulder.
 
 It began with a single privacy-first provider and a deliberately small
 toolset: a chat, an API gateway, and the basics for membership and payments.
 From there it grew the way co-ops do: in response to what members asked for.
+Green-energy providers were added, along with more diverse models.
 A member dashboard made usage and spending transparent. A federated
 [Matrix](https://matrix.inference.coop) server, a
 [forum](https://forum.inference.coop), and a newsletter gave members places to