Boulder, CO — February 11, 2026 — Call for Code, the global developer initiative founded in 2018 by social impact entrepreneur David Clark, today announced the launch of Call for Code AI — expanding its mission into the era of AI-native systems and responsible, real-world AI deployment.

As artificial intelligence becomes foundational to global infrastructure, the defining challenge shifts from capability to trust — and from experimentation to accountable deployment.

Over the past eight years, Call for Code has grown into one of the world’s largest sustained developer movements for social impact. The platform has engaged more than one million developers across more than 190 countries, resulting in over 50,000 applications addressing disaster response, climate resilience, public health, sustainability, equitable access to resources, and human rights.

Established in 2018 in collaboration with IBM as Founding Partner, alongside United Nations Human Rights as Global Impact Partner and the Linux Foundation as Program Affiliate, Call for Code was structured under open standards and institutional governance frameworks designed to ensure neutrality, accountability, and real-world readiness.

IBM’s institutional commitment — exceeding $55 million in ecosystem investment in the first year alone — helped establish operational credibility at global scale. Integration of enterprise AI platforms during that foundational period elevated technical standards and demonstrated how advanced AI systems could be responsibly deployed in real-world environments. With that foundation established, the platform now enters its next phase.

AI as Core Infrastructure

As artificial intelligence becomes foundational infrastructure across industries, the defining question shifts from what AI can do to how it will be governed, deployed, and trusted at global scale.

Advanced AI systems now influence decision-making in healthcare, climate modeling, financial systems, public services, and critical infrastructure. Ensuring these systems are tested in transparent, real-world environments — where performance, safety, accountability, and ethical integrity can be measured — is essential to sustaining long-term public trust.

Call for Code AI extends the platform’s original mandate into this next phase — recognizing and elevating systems that demonstrate measurable impact, responsible deployment, scalability, and alignment with human rights and institutional accountability.

Over the next decade, Call for Code AI is designed to serve as a neutral, globally aligned reference platform — convening frontier AI companies, institutions, and developers in real-world testing environments to define and elevate standards for responsible AI deployment. The platform is designed to function as a global proving ground, where performance, safety, and accountability can be evaluated openly and at scale.

Statement from David Clark, Founder of Call for Code

“Call for Code was built through extraordinary collaboration. IBM’s leadership as Founding Partner, alongside UN Human Rights and the Linux Foundation, helped establish a global platform grounded in enterprise discipline, technical rigor, and real-world deployment. Over eight years, that foundation enabled developer innovation to operate at global scale.

We are deeply grateful for that chapter. As AI becomes embedded in critical systems worldwide, we carry those standards forward — ensuring responsibility and accountability scale alongside intelligence. The future of AI will not be defined by capability alone, but by the trust institutions are willing to earn.”

Platform at Scale

Call for Code AI builds upon:

• More than one million developers engaged worldwide
• 190+ countries represented
• 50,000+ applications built
• $55M+ in ecosystem investment
• $2M+ awarded to deployable solutions
• Open-source stewardship through the Linux Foundation
• Formal collaboration with United Nations Human Rights, embedding human-rights-centered standards into global technology development and deployment
• Amplified by global cultural leaders to more than 2.5 billion cumulative impressions worldwide

Defining the Next Chapter of Responsible AI

Call for Code AI will expand its framework to recognize AI systems across domains including medicine, climate science, public health, justice, infrastructure resilience, and human expression.

The platform enters this phase not as a reset, but as the continued evolution of a globally proven system — with developers at its center and governance embedded in its architecture.

As AI accelerates across industries, the platforms capable of bridging frontier innovation with institutional trust will define the next chapter of technological progress. Call for Code AI is built to serve that role.

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