About
Public AI USA is the launch vehicle for community-governed AI services in Maine—concrete tools for citizens, municipalities, and small businesses, powered by MOCSI.
Our mission
Public AI is AI as public infrastructure—open, accountable, and built to serve everyone. Instead of closed, proprietary systems that lock in costs and obscure how data is used, we put governance and benefits in the hands of communities.
In Maine, that means delivering value-added services people can use today—chat, permitting help, library kiosks, and community agents—while building community-owned compute through MOCSI.
Our services
- Public AI Chat— general AI for Maine residents and organizations
- Permitting assistant— permit guidance for Maine small businesses
- Library kiosk— national pilot bringing AI workstations to public libraries
- Community agents — autonomous tools for Maine groups (beta)
MOCSI
Every service runs on MOCSI—the Maine Open Compute Services Initiative.
Learn about MOCSITeam
- Joshua Tan — Product and strategy lead at Public AI.
- Matthew Victor — Technology and infrastructure attorney at Bernstein Shur.
- Ben Polsky — Infrastructure and technology strategist at Stanford.
- Richard Qualey — Energy and environmental law attorney at Bernstein Shur.
- Tom Law — Founder and CEO of Oak AI, a Maine-based startup.
- Kerem Durdag (advisor) — Builder of public and cooperative internet infrastructure.
Contact
For general inquiries: info@publicai.network.
For funders, visit Support MOCSI.