Geneva, July 2, 2026 — Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin today announced the launch of the AI for Good Global Commission.
The Commission brings together more than 40 founding members – including heads of state and government, CEOs and top industry executives, and heads of UN agencies – to help define practical ways to strengthen trust, expand access and unlock the potential of AI to solve real-world challenges at the speed the technology demands.
The newly formed Commission occupies a unique position in the global AI landscape. By connecting leaders who develop technology, deploy it at scale, shape policy and represent communities, the Commission aims to help develop responsible AI solutions across sectors and borders, while ensuring the participation of developing countries.
“One thing is certain: technology is meant to be a force for good and we have a responsibility to use it accordingly,” said President Kagame, co-chair of the commission. “Let’s work together to reduce inequality and enable more and more of our citizens to benefit from the good that AI can bring to all of us.”
“The promise of AI is based not only on incredible opportunities to grow our economy, but also on the foundation of trust necessary for our shared success,” said Commission Co-Chair Benioff.
With 2.2 billion people still offline, a quarter of the world is cut off from AI advances. A key focus of the AI for Good Global Commission will be bridging digital divides and ensuring that AI becomes a tool for solving global challenges rather than deepening inequalities.
The new AI for Good Global Commission builds on the foundation of the multi-stakeholder ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, which helped shape global priorities for connectivity, digital inclusion and economic development.
“No organization can single-handedly put AI at the service of all humanity,” said Bogdan-Martin, vice chair of the commission. “It takes collective leadership and the combined expertise of partners from different sectors to ensure that AI benefits everyone, everywhere.”
The AI for Good Global Commission will hold its inaugural meeting during the ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit 2026 (July 7-10) in Geneva, Switzerland. The summit is part of Digital Week, a series of digital collaboration events taking place in Geneva from July 6-10, which also includes the first UN-mandated global dialogue on AI governance (July 6-7) and the WSIS Forum 2026 (July 6-10).
The founding members of the AI for Good Global Commission include:
- Co-Chairman: HE Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
- Co-Chairman: Marc Benioff, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce
- Vice-Chairman: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU
- HE Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia
- HE Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland
- HE Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture
- Denis Machuel, CEO, The Adecco Group
- HE Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union
- Andy Jassy, CEO and President, Amazon.com
- Jack Clark, co-founder and head of Public Benefit, Anthropic
- Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman, ArcelorMittal
- Jesper Brodin, Chairman of the B-Team and Senior Advisor to the IKEA Foundation
- Cécile Béliot, CEO, Bel Group
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
- Aidan Gomez, Co-founder and CEO, Cohere
- Vishal Talwar, President, FedEx Dataworks and Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, FedEx Corporation
- Lu Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner, Fusion Fund
- will.i.am, Founder and CEO, FYI.AI
- James Manyika, President of Research, Laboratories, Technology and Society, Google and Alphabet
- Anthony Tan, Co-founder and Group CEO, Grab
- Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA
- Father Eric Salobir, President of the Human Technology Foundation and Holy See expert
- David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG
- Brad Smith, Vice Chairman and President, Microsoft
- Ralph Mupita, CEO and Group President of MTN Group
- HE Emma Theofelus, Minister for Information and Communications Technology, Republic of Namibia
- SE Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, NVIDIA
- Christel Heydemann, CEO, The Orange Group
- Dr. Albert Bourla, CEO and Chairman, Pfizer
- Cristiano Amon, CEO and President, Qualcomm Incorporated
- Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited
- André Hoffmann, Vice President, Roche Holding AG
- Ren Ito, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sakana AI
- HE Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information, Republic of Singapore
- Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO, Social Capital
- Alexander De Croo, Administrator, UNDP
- Khaled El-Enany, Director General of UNESCO
- HE Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, Republic of Togo
- Margherita Della Valle, Group CEO, Vodafone
- Daren Tang, Director General, WIPO
- Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the WTO
- Xu Ziyang, CEO and Executive Director, ZTE
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