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ReGenAI

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  • Proposal for BGI Nexus 1
  • Funding Request $50,000 USD
  • Funding Pools Beneficial AI Solutions
  • Total 3 Milestones

Overview

Ecological AI is a new paradigm—AI-driven intelligence that aligns decision-making with living systems to foster a regenerative society and economy. This project develops an open-source Ecological AI prototype, integrating global and bioregional text-based data to deliver context-aware, regenerative decision-support. Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), the AI processes ecology, regenerative design, economics, and Indigenous knowledge, tested through an urban adaptation use case. By open-sourcing this framework, we lay the groundwork for scalable Ecological AI that may help humanity transition to an ecological civilization, advancing planetary health and AGI safety.

Proposal Description

How Our Project Will Contribute To The Growth Of The Decentralized AI Platform

This project advances Beneficial General Intelligence (BGI) by developing an Ecological AI prototype that integrates planetary intelligence and regenerative decision-making into AI systems. It aligns AI with long-term resilience, AGI safety, and systemic transformation, supporting humanity’s transition to an ecological civilization. As an open-source prototype, it lays the foundation for scalable, decentralized AI, with potential integration into SingularityNET.

Our Team

The team of Greg Judelman (Project Lead, ReGenAI Founder) and Xavier Snelgrove (Technical Lead) combine expertise in AI, experience design, and regenerative systems. Greg specializes in product strategy, regenerative design, and human-centered design, ensuring AI usability and impact. Xavier is an AI/ML expert in LLMs, generative AI, and ethical AI, leading technical development. We will hire an AI developer and engage subject matter experts in regenerative design, ecology, and civic data.

AI services (New or Existing)

Ecological AI prototype

Type

New AI service

Purpose

The Ecological AI prototype integrates global and bioregional ecological intelligence into a context-aware decision-support system. Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) it synthesizes insights from regenerative design Indigenous knowledge climate adaptation and ecological finance to aid climate resilience and urban adaptation. This open-source AI lays the foundation for scalable beneficial intelligence aligned with planetary health.

AI inputs

The AI processes user queries and structured ecological datasets retrieving insights from books research papers expert-authored texts and Indigenous knowledge archives. Data is indexed using vector databases and NLP retrieval frameworks enabling efficient access to regenerative intelligence.

AI outputs

The AI generates context-aware regenerative insights for climate adaptation urban resilience and ecological decision-making. Outputs include AI-synthesized recommendations strategic guidance and scenario-based responses helping users align strategic and design with living systems principles.

Company Name (if applicable)

ReGenAI

The core problem we are aiming to solve

Current AI systems prioritize short-term efficiency and extraction, reinforcing business-as-usual models that degrade ecosystems and social resilience. AI lacks planetary awareness, failing to support regenerative economies, climate adaptation, and long-term resilience. To ensure AI serves life-supporting outcomes, we need intelligence that aligns human systems with living systems. This project develops a prototype for Ecological AI, integrating global and bioregional intelligence to generate context-aware, regenerative decision-support. By embedding planetary intelligence into AI, we lay the foundation for BGI and aim to seed and grow the Ecological AI movement.

Our specific solution to this problem

Ecological AI is a new paradigm—an AI-driven intelligence that aligns decision-making with living systems to foster a regenerative society and economy. This project develops an open-source prototype of Ecological AI, designed to integrate global and bioregional knowledge into AI-driven decision-support tools.

Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), we will build an AI system that ingests and processes ecological intelligence from diverse sources—including living systems science and ecology, regenerative design, Indigenous knowledge, climate adaptation strategies, and ecological economics. This AI will generate context-aware, regenerative insights that can be applied across sectors, helping decision-makers explore solutions that restore ecosystems, enhance resilience, and regenerate social and economic systems.

In the near term, this project will produce a functional Ecological AI prototype, tested through a focused use case in urban adaptation and resilience. We will evaluate how AI can support climate resilience, regenerative urban planning, and sustainable infrastructure.

By open-sourcing this framework, we provide a scalable foundation for future development of a more robust general Ecological AI. This prototype will serve as a critical first step in demonstrating AI’s potential to move beyond extractive optimization and actively support regenerative transformation, helping to seed and grow the Ecological AI movement.

Project details

Beneficial General Intelligence (BGI) requires AI systems that do not simply optimize for narrow objectives, but rather align intelligence with long-term planetary and societal well-being. Existing AI models often reinforce extractive decision-making, accelerating climate risks and ecological collapse. This project develops a new paradigm—Ecological AI—an intelligence that helps guide human systems to operate in alignment with living systems.

By integrating global and bioregional ecological intelligence into AI-driven decision-support, this prototype ensures that AI contributes to climate resilience, regenerative economies, and planetary well-being. It applies Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to curate and synthesize insights from regenerative design, Indigenous knowledge, climate adaptation strategies, and ecological finance, helping decision-makers navigate complexity and prioritize regenerative solutions.

This project serves as a test case for embedding ecological intelligence into AI, contributing directly to the development of Beneficial General Intelligence (BGI). A key goal is to demonstrate how AI systems can integrate planetary-scale intelligence to support resilience, systemic transformation, and AGI alignment with living systems principles.

Additionally, while the focus is on delivering an open-source prototype, we recognize the potential value of decentralized AI infrastructure in scaling Ecological AI. Pending feasibility, we are interested in exploring future integration with the SingularityNET AI Marketplace, where AI models across the ecosystem could leverage ecological intelligence for decision-making. This could serve as a building block for a broader AI system that aligns intelligence with planetary regeneration.

By positioning Ecological AI as a model for Beneficial General Intelligence, this project advances BGI’s mission while exploring opportunities for decentralized AI integration, ensuring AI serves life, resilience, and regenerative futures rather than reinforcing extraction and short-term optimization.

Needed resources

To successfully develop the Ecological AI prototype, we will hire a full-time AI developer who will focus on building and integrating the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system, optimizing AI outputs, and developing the chat-based interface.

Additionally, we will engage subject matter experts in regenerative design, ecology, Indigenous knowledge, and urban resilience to provide guidance on dataset selection, validation of AI-generated insights, and feedback on real-world applicability. Their expertise will ensure the AI aligns with living systems intelligence and regenerative principles while maintaining accuracy and ethical integrity.

Existing resources

We will leverage pre-trained open-source AI models such as LLaMA, Mistral, or Mixtral, avoiding costly fine-tuning. Instead, we will use Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with vector databases like FAISS or ChromaDB to index and query ecological intelligence.

For AI reasoning and retrieval, we will integrate open-source NLP frameworks such as LangChain, Haystack, or LlamaIndex. The chat interface will be built using low-code open-source tools. Before project start, the team will select and refine the most effective tools, to be validated and refined during Milestone 1.

We will use public datasets, research papers, and expert-authored texts from regenerative design, ecology, Indigenous knowledge, and climate adaptation to create an open-source Ecological AI framework. We are also interested in exploring future integration with the SingularityNET AI Marketplace, enabling decentralized AI services to access ecological intelligence and supporting interoperability and AI alignment.

Open Source Licensing

MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology License

This project will be released under the MIT open-source license, ensuring broad accessibility and enabling future development of Ecological AI. The MIT license allows others to use, modify, and distribute the project while requiring attribution to the original authors.

All core components will be fully open source, including:

  • AI architecture & retrieval pipeline, built using open-source LLMs, vector databases, and NLP frameworks.
  • Data processing tools for curating global and bioregional ecological intelligence.
  • Chat-based AI interface for interacting with the model.

If any proprietary tools (e.g., API-based LLMs or third-party datasets) are used for testing, they will be documented but excluded from the open-source release. The technical team will prioritize fully open-source solutions whenever feasible to ensure transparency, adaptability, and accessibility.

Links and references

For more information about our company, please visit ReGenAI's website: www.ReGenAI.earth and LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/regenai-earth

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  • Total Milestones

    3

  • Total Budget

    $50,000 USD

  • Last Updated

    24 Feb 2025

Milestone 1 - AI Architecture & Data Curation

Description

This phase establishes the technical foundation for the Ecological AI prototype by defining the system architecture selecting tools and outlining the retrieval pipeline. A key focus will be on curating and structuring ecological intelligence datasets ensuring a high-quality knowledge base sourced from regenerative design Indigenous knowledge climate adaptation and ecological finance. The team will finalize the AI model selection and the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) implementation strategy setting the stage for data integration and AI pipeline development in the next milestone.

Deliverables

This milestone will produce a documented system architecture finalized tool selection and a curated dataset. The dataset will include global and bioregional ecological intelligence and will be pre-processed for structured retrieval. While the retrieval strategy will be designed data integration and AI pipeline development will take place in Milestone 2 to ensure a phased and realistic approach.

Budget

$11,600 USD

Success Criterion

By the end of this phase, the project will have a clear and documented system architecture, with a finalized dataset of structured ecological intelligence sources. The retrieval strategy and indexing approach will be defined, ensuring technical feasibility for integration in the next milestone. The team will also complete an initial technical assessment to confirm that the selected tools and methodology align with project goals.

Milestone 2 - AI Prototype Development & Initial Testing

Description

This phase focuses on developing a functional AI prototype integrating the retrieval pipeline with a basic chat-based interface. The AI will process structured user queries retrieving and synthesizing context-aware regenerative insights from the curated knowledge base prepared in Milestone 1. The goal is to establish core system functionality allowing for the retrieval of relevant ecological intelligence and the generation of preliminary responses. Testing will focus on validating the technical approach assessing data quality and ensuring the AI aligns with regenerative principles. This milestone is not intended to produce a polished or deeply refined system but rather to validate the core architecture test basic interactions and identify key areas for future improvement beyond this project’s scope.

Deliverables

By the end of this milestone the project will deliver a functional AI prototype featuring a basic chat interface integrated with the retrieval pipeline. The AI will be capable of processing structured queries and generating preliminary insights based on its indexed knowledge base. Initial testing will focus on validating the AI’s ability to retrieve and synthesize ecological intelligence assessing the quality of its responses and identifying gaps in source data coverage or retrieval accuracy. This phase establishes baseline functionality providing key insights for minor refinements in Milestone 3 and laying the groundwork for future development beyond this project.

Budget

$26,800 USD

Success Criterion

For this milestone to be successful, the primary goal is to evaluate and validate the quality of the source data, technical approach, and AI-generated insights. Testing will assess how well the AI retrieves, structures, and synthesizes ecological intelligence, ensuring alignment with regenerative principles. The chat interface must be functional and support basic user interactions, with responses demonstrating context-awareness and relevance. The retrieval system should operate at a foundational level, generating coherent, high-level insights from structured queries. While refinement will occur in Milestone 3 and beyond, this phase will confirm the system’s baseline performance, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in data selection, retrieval accuracy, and response quality.

Milestone 3 - Refinement Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

Description

The final phase focuses on minor refinements ensuring the prototype functions stably and reproducibly based on findings from Milestone 2 testing. The team will document the system architecture retrieval pipeline and knowledge base structure to ensure that the Ecological AI prototype is accessible for open-source development and future iterations. A knowledge-sharing session will be hosted to engage AI researchers regenerative practitioners and policymakers providing an overview of key learnings challenges and next steps. This phase is not intended for major system development but rather to finalize and document the work while sharing insights with the broader community.

Deliverables

This milestone will produce a refined prototype with stability improvements an open-source documentation package and a knowledge-sharing session. Documentation will include details on system architecture retrieval mechanisms and dataset integration making it easier for future contributors to expand on the work. The knowledge-sharing session will introduce the prototype discuss findings and explore potential future collaborations including decentralized AI opportunities such as SingularityNET integration.

Budget

$11,600 USD

Success Criterion

By the end of this phase, the AI prototype must be stable and functional, with documentation that allows for open-source adoption and future refinement. The knowledge-sharing session must effectively engage key stakeholders, fostering dialogue around Ecological AI’s role in regenerative decision-making and AGI alignment. While major system upgrades are beyond the scope of this milestone, final adjustments to response quality, usability, or retrieval accuracy will be made as time permits.

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