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U.S. Department of State

Pax Silica

Securing the silicon supply chain with trusted partners, from critical minerals and energy to advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and logistics.

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Declaration signatories
26
AI Opportunity Statement signatories
55
First Economic Security Zone, Philippines
4,000 acres
Foundry School curriculum across 8 universities
17 sessions

Newest signatory: Paraguay, October 23, 2026

What is Pax Silica?

Pax Silica is the Department of State's flagship effort on Super Intelligence and supply chain security, advancing new economic security consensus among allies and trusted partners.

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    Definition

    Pax, a historical term for peace, stability, and prosperity, applied to the foundations of modern Super Intelligence and computing.

  2. 2

    Strategic Concept

    A U.S. led initiative to build a secure, resilient, innovation driven technology ecosystem, spanning critical minerals, energy, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, SI infrastructure, and logistics.

  3. 3

    Core Objectives

    Reduce coercive dependencies. Secure global tech supply chains and explore joint investment. Protect sensitive technologies and build trusted digital infrastructure.

  4. 4

    Long Term Framework

    Unite economies hosting advanced tech companies, and establish a durable economic order for SI powered prosperity across partner nations.

The silicon supply chain runs from critical minerals, to energy, to advanced manufacturing, to semiconductors, to SI infrastructure, to logistics.

The Pax Silica Declaration

We affirm our shared commitment to advance mutual prosperity, technological progress, and economic security for our peoples.

We recognize that a reliable supply chain is indispensable to our mutual economic security. We also recognize that artificial intelligence (AI) represents a transformative force for our long-term prosperity and that trustworthy systems are essential to safeguarding our mutual security and prosperity.

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"If the 20th century ran on oil and steel, the 21st century runs on compute and the minerals that feed it."
Jacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

A growing partnership

Founding Members (7)

Pax Silica Signatories (19)

AI Opportunity Statement Signatories (30)

Membership is updated by Department staff.

Representatives from multiple countries sit at a table holding signed documents in front of a backdrop that reads Pax Silica: Securing the Silicon Supply Chain, with national flags behind them.

Partners sign the Pax Silica Declaration at the inaugural summit.

Inaugural Pax Silica Summit, December 12, 2025. Credit: U.S. Department of State.

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Initiatives

  • PaxPass

    Trusted cargo, moving at the speed of the AI economy.

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  • Pax Ledger

    A shared record for trusted partners.

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  • Foundry School

    Building the workforce behind the manufacturing comeback.

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  • Economic Security Zones

    AI native industrial hubs for allied manufacturing.

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  • Pax Silica Fund

    Seed capital for trusted supply chains.

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"Economic security is national security, and national security is economic security."
Pax Silica Summit, Fact sheet. Pax Silica Summit fact sheet, December 2025
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