Overview
- Delegations at the Pax Silica summit signed a Joint Statement on AI Opportunity, bringing the coalition to 35 countries in a show of support for a pro-growth approach to AI on June 25–26, 2026.
- The U.S. introduced PaxPass, a shipment verification and fast-track pilot for high-value AI goods, and pledged $50 million in foreign assistance to develop and deploy the system starting with routes through Panama.
- Officials announced the Foundry School, a workforce program developed with Stanford to teach advanced manufacturing and AI infrastructure skills to entrepreneurs, engineers and industrial leaders across member economies.
- The summit expanded membership with the European Union, Germany, the Netherlands, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Kazakhstan and Panama joining or signing on at the meetings.
- Pax Silica remains non-binding with no pooled funding, so its impact will depend on national CHIPS‑style investments, private capital and follow-up work such as planned vice‑ministerial talks and country-level pilots.