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Advancing Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence
The Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI) is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and education of AI and Agentic AI to empower a responsible digital economy.
Our Three Pillars
Research
At Berkeley RDI, we push the boundaries of AI research while ensuring these powerful technologies remain safe, robust, and beneficial to our society. Our researchers tackle fundamental challenges in machine intelligence, develop open frameworks that accelerate global innovation, and explore how AI can address society's most pressing problems. Through rigorous science and responsible development, we're shaping a future where advanced AI systems amplify human potential.
Education
Pioneering educational initiatives like our Agentic AI MOOC series (a global community of ~40k learners), and Zero Knowledge Proofs MOOC, empowering many thousands of students worldwide with cutting-edge knowledge and skills in AI and decentralized systems.
Community & Entrepreneurship
Building a global innovation hub at UC Berkeley—#1 in computer science graduate programs and a leader in venture-funded startups. Berkeley RDI connects breakthrough research with real-world impact through dynamic events (summits, hackathons, workshops, forums, seminars) and programs like our Xcelerator, bringing together top minds to advance AI while fostering the next generation of technology entrepreneurs.
Our Global Impact
Our commitment to advancing AI and decentralized technologies has created a vibrant global community of learners, developers, researchers, builders, innovators and entrepreneurs. Building upon UC Berkeley's strong foundation, RDI serves as a hub for global innovation and collaboration.
40,000+
Registered Learners Worldwide for Agentic AI MOOC
13,000+
Active Members on Agentic AI Discord
8,000+
Participants from 100+ Countries in RDI Hackathons
42,000+
(2,000+ In-person & 40,000+ Livestream) Attendees at Agentic AI Summit (Aug 2 @UC Berkeley)
~10
Best/Top Paper Awards
$650M+
110 Global Teams Incubated by RDI’s Xcelerator with $650M+ Follow-on Funding
1 Million+
Views on RDI YouTube channel with 250+ videos on AI and Decentralization
Latest News & Events
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 | Virtual, Open to All
AgentX - AgentBeats Competition
Compete for over $1M in prizes and resources. This two-phase competition challenges participants to first build novel benchmarks or enhance existing benchmarks for Agentic AI (Phase 1), and then create AI agents to excel on them (Phase 2)—advancing the field by creating high-quality, broad-coverage, realistic agent evaluations as shared public goods.
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Fall 2025 | Virtual, Open to All
Agentic AI MOOC (Fall 2025)
We're excited to invite you to join the rapidly growing global community of ~40,000 learners in the upcoming Agentic AI MOOC, launching this Fall 2025!
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August 2, 2025 @UC Berkeley | In-person and Livestream, Open to All
Agentic AI Summit
The Summit will bring together visionary leaders from academia, pioneering entrepreneurs, experts from leading AI organizations, VCs, and policymakers to explore, discuss, and collaboratively shape the exciting future of AI and Agentic AI. CFP and Startup Spotlight applications are now open.
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We invite researchers, students, industry practitioners, innovators and entrepreneurs to collaborate with us in shaping the future of responsible AI and decentralized intelligence.