Where Does Knowledge Come From? Funding Informational Commons – San Francisco 2025

Where Does Funding Come From? Funding Informational Commons in a World with AI: This session explored how information production, funding, and innovation are shaped by shifting dynamics between markets, monopolies, and open culture. Barry Threw and Matt Prewitt discussed hybrid models—such as data trusts, partial common ownership, and nonprofit consolidation—that challenge traditional paradigms of knowledge creation and funding in the age of AI. Speakers: Barry Threw (Gray Area), Matt Prewitt (RadicalxChange) This session was part of the 12th edition of Funding the Commons, held March 15–16, 2025, at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io