The PaxSilica alliance, led by the United States, has expanded to 24 member countries with 35 nations endorsing a joint AI statement, signaling a growing international coalition focused on AI, advanced manufacturing, and economic security.

The State Department added nine new signatories to Pax Silica, bringing total signatories to 22, with members including the European Commission, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan and Panama, and Italy expected to join soon.

A Pax Silica Summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington gathered AI companies, investors, and officials from multiple countries to explore partnerships and investments among signatories.

The initiative will pursue two parallel tracks: delivering concrete projects and fostering technology policy and economic security discussions, with a focus on tangible outcomes.

In essence, Pax Silica aims to balance practical projects with broad policy dialogue on tech and economic security, emphasizing measurable results.

The effort seeks to link AI governance, logistics security, and skills development to strengthen industrial capabilities, national security, and resilient technology and manufacturing supply chains.

Panama will pilot an AI supply chain credentialing and provenance system to credential and track high-value AI-related shipments, integrating with customs and logistics players to accelerate movement of semiconductors and related components, with potential expansion to other Pax Silica economies.

A Panama-based AI Assistance Project was announced to develop a credentialing platform to speed AI supply chains through trusted logistics networks.

The initiative envisions economic security zones and investment-friendly environments to foster trusted manufacturing capacity, with plans for multiple zones across Pax Silica.

The administration frames AI as a driver of economic opportunity, with no ceiling to technology and a push to spread AI benefits to entrepreneurs and youth across Pax Silica member countries.

Helberg emphasizes AI as a catalyst for economic opportunity, aiming to broaden benefits to entrepreneurs and young people in Pax Silica, including Kazakhstan, Argentina, and Costa Rica.

Foundry School, a workforce development initiative developed with Stanford, will train founders, engineers, and manufacturing leaders across Pax Silica economies with a first-of-its-kind curriculum.