IT Workers' Mutual · Open Proposal
A collective AI infrastructure, self-funded among cooperatives and members. No data in corporate hands. No lock-in. With open models and real technological sovereignty.
The proposal
Your queries run on European infrastructure under GDPR. No conversation leaves the cooperative ecosystem or feeds third-party models.
The cost is shared among those who use the service. The more members, the lower the cost per organization. The surplus is reinvested in the ecosystem.
Connect your current tools without changing code. Compatible with Open WebUI, n8n, LangChain, Cursor, Continue.dev and any standard client.
Qwen3-30B and above. Capability comparable to GPT-4o, fully open source and auditable.
No dependency on US corporations. Infrastructure that can migrate to own hardware when volume justifies it.
Costs, usage and technical decisions open to members. Cooperative governance over the shared infrastructure.
Comparison
| IA Colectiva MIT | ChatGPT Teams | Copilot M365 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data in Europe | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source models | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No using your data for training | ✓ | Optional | Optional |
| Price per user/month | ~USD 5–15 (≈ $6,500–19,500 ARS) | $45,000 ARS | $45,000 ARS |
| Cooperative governance | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No corporate lock-in | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
Legal framework
The difference is not technical: it's legal. Where the servers run determines what rights you have over your information.
The conclusion is simple: if your data runs on OpenAI, Microsoft or Google servers, it's under US jurisdiction — no matter where you are. With IA Colectiva, the servers are in Europe and GDPR applies. Full stop.
Join the proposal
This survey helps us gauge real demand before launching. It's not a payment commitment — it's a signal of interest that determines whether the project is collectively viable.
Fill out this form if you are an MIT member, a worker at a cooperative, or someone interested in accessing the privacy-first AI service.
Fill out this form if you represent a cooperative, worker-recovered company, social and solidarity economy organization, or any entity interested in the service for its team.