The Commission brings together more than 40 founding members—including heads of state and government, CEOs and senior executives from the sector, and heads of United Nations agencies—to help define practical ways to build trust, expand access, and harness the potential of AI to solve real-world challenges at the speed that technology demands.
The newly established 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 forge responsible AI solutions that transcend sectors and borders, while ensuring the participation of developing countries.
“One thing is certain: technology is supposed to be a force for good, and we have a responsibility to use it accordingly,” said President Kagame, Co-Chair of the Commission. “Let us work together to reduce inequality and enable more and more citizens to benefit from the good that AI can bring to us all.”.
“The promise of AI is based not only on the incredible opportunities for our economy to grow, but also on the foundation of trust necessary for our shared success,” said Benioff, co-chair of the Commission.
With 2.2 billion people still lacking internet access, a quarter of the world is being left behind by advances in AI. One of the main objectives of the Global Commission on AI for Good will be to reduce the digital divide and help ensure that AI becomes a tool for solving global challenges, rather than exacerbating inequalities.
The new Global Commission “AI for Good” builds on the foundations of the ITU-UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, a multi-stakeholder body that helped define global priorities for connectivity, digital inclusion and economic development
“No single organization can, on its own, put AI at the service of all humanity,” said Bogdan-Martin, Vice-Chair of the Commission. “It will take collective leadership and the combined expertise of partners from all sectors to ensure that AI benefits everyone, everywhere.”
The Global Commission on AI for Good will hold its inaugural meeting during the ITU Global Summit on AI for Good 2026 (7-10 July) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Summit is part of Digital Week, a series of digital cooperation events taking place in Geneva from 6-10 July, which also includes the first-ever UN-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance (6-7 July) and the WSIS Forum 2026 (6-10 July).
Among the founding members of the Global Commission “AI for Good” are:
Co-Chair: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda;
Co-Chair: Marc Benioff, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Salesforce
; Vice-Chair: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the ITU
; H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia;
H.E. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland;
H.E. Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
Julie Sweet, President and CEO of Accenture;
Denis Machuel, CEO of The Adecco Group
; H.E. Ms. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
Andy Jassy, CEO and President of Amazon.com
Jack Clark, Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit at Anthropic
Lakshmi N. Mittal, Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal
Jesper Brodin, President of The B Team and Senior Advisor to the IKEA Foundation
Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises
Aidan Gomez, Co-founder and CEO of Cohere
Vishal Talwar, President of FedEx Dataworks and Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer of FedEx Corporation
Lu Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund
will.i.am, Founder and CEO of FYI.AI
James Manyika, President of Research, Labs, Technology and Society at Google and Alphabet
Anthony Tan, Co-founder and CEO of Grab Group
Vivek Badrinath, Director General of GSMA
Father Eric Salobir, President of Human Technology Foundation and Holy See expert
David Schwimmer, LSEG CEO
Brad Smith, Vice President and President of Microsoft
Ralph Mupita, CEO and President of MTN Group
Her Excellency Emma Theofelus, Minister of Information and Communication Technologies of the Republic of
Namibia Mr. Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA
Christel Heydemann, CEO of The Orange Group
Dr. Albert Bourla, CEO and Chairman of Pfizer
Cristiano Amon, CEO and President of Qualcomm Incorporated
Mukesh Ambani, President and CEO of Reliance Industries Limited
André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG
Ren Ito, Co-founder and Chairman of Sakana AI
Her Excellency Josephine Teo, Minister of Digital Development and Information of the Republic of Singapore
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO of Social Capital
Alexander De Croo, Administrator of UNDP
Khaled El-Enany, Director-General of UNESCO
Her Excellency Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation of the Republic of Togo
Margherita Della Valle, CEO of the Vodafone Group
Daren Tang, Director General of WIPO
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director WTO General
Xu Ziyang, CEO and Chief Executive Officer of ZTE
