Luminis Foundation — Decentralized AI for Ecological Sovereignty

Mission

Luminis Foundation is rooted in the Pecos watershed of Northern New Mexico — high-desert land that has shaped how we think about intelligence itself. We study mycelial networks because they already solve problems decentralized computing is still struggling with: resilience without central control, communication without a single point of failure, intelligence that emerges from relationship rather than hierarchy. This is what we mean by sovereign, ecologically-situated AI: intelligence that belongs to a place, serves its community, and doesn’t depend on centralized infrastructure to function. We pursue the long-term well-being of humanity and the natural world through public-benefit research and open knowledge.

Research

Published Paper · 2026

Bridging Mycelium-Inspired Decentralized Computing and Symbiotic Plant–Fungal–AI Bio-Hybrid Systems in Northern New Mexico’s High-Desert Ecosystems

A synthesis of fungal electrophysiology, mycorrhizal ecology, and edge-AI engineering proposing bio-hybrid sensor–AI systems organized in mycorrhizal-inspired topologies for persistent ecological monitoring in piñon–juniper woodlands.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20143391

Projects

MycoSense

A local-first ecological sensing platform exploring how mycelial and root-zone electrical signals can inform resilient, place-based AI systems. MycoSense brings together a simulated public dashboard, ESP32 sensor-node firmware, and Raspberry Pi gateway infrastructure. Prototype sensor nodes are planned for controlled on-site deployment at the Foundation office site in Rowe, New Mexico, with broader Pecos watershed deployment to follow after field validation.

The current public demo runs in simulated data mode. Live hardware deployment, calibration, and public dataset release remain pending until physical field systems are tested and validated on-site.

github.com/luminis-foundation/mycosense

Live demo: mycosense.vercel.app