Federico Ast

CEO at Kleros

From Idea to Impact: A Hands-On Workshop for LegalTech Founders

Gain hands-on experience in building a legaltech venture using blockchain, AI, and decentralized justice... We’re happy to announce "From Idea to Impact: A Hands-On Workshop for LegalTech Founders", a workshop hosted by Kleros, the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and ArbTech, taking place on April 23,

Mechanism Design for Decentralised Justice: Law in the Age of Crowds and Code

Join us at King’s College London on April 24, 2025, for a conference that will do a deep dive into the future of decentralised dispute resolution, AI, and blockchain governance. "Mechanism Design for Decentralised Justice: Law in the Age of Crowds and Code", co-hosted by the King’

Decentralized Justice: Fighting Cheating in Gaming and Esports

How platforms such as Kleros can bring transparency, speed and fairness to competitive play... Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... As online gaming and esports continue to grow, so do the number of disputes arising from competitive play, cheating, and contractual issues. Traditional methods of resolving these conflicts—

The Kleros Fellowship of Justice, 8th Generation: Applications Open!

In August of 2018, we launched the Kleros Fellowship of Justice with the goal of creating a community of experts in the emerging field of decentralized justice. In this six month-long program, participants from the fields of computer science, cryptoeconomics, law and business collaborate with core members of the Kleros

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Kleros Project Update 2024

A look at the past year, giving you a full insight into what's been happening in the Kleros Republic... Coopérative Kleros, the main entity currently developing the Kleros protocol, is a mission-driven company with a focus on positive social impact with four key drivers behind it: * Justice Inclusion.

The Kleros Doctoral Research Support Grant: Research Decentralized Justice at the University of Oxford!

The Kleros Doctoral Research Support Grant, a fully-funded doctorate in computer science at the University of Oxford… We are happy to announce the launch of the Kleros Doctoral Research Support Grant, which will provide support to a PhD student researching decentralized justice at the Department of Computer Science at the

Superando la Algocracia: Inteligencia Artificial, Blockchain y Crowdsourcing para Diseñar Mejores Sistemas de Resolución de Disputas

Federico Ast explora el potencial y los riesgos de la algocracia, así como el papel del crowdsourcing en el diseño de mejores sistemas de resolución de disputas. Publicado anteriormente en el newsletter Just Resolutions del área de resolución de disputas de la American Bar Association en noviembre de 2023. En

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Kleros Enterprise: Dispute Resolution for Companies and Governments

Implement Kleros’ “justice as a service” in your institution easily, without the complexities of dealing directly with cryptocurrency. In recent years, there has been significant growth in digital companies across finance, e-commerce, insurance, travel, and more. Since the pandemic began, there's been a 54% increase in adults shopping

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Harmony, the Kleros Mediator Bot

A pioneering AI tool designed to transform dispute resolution by harnessing the power of OpenAI's GPT-4 and the principles of the Kleros Mediation Bridge...

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Overcoming Algocracy: AI, Blockchain and Crowdsourcing for Designing Better Dispute Systems

Join Federico Ast as he explores the promise, as well as the threat of algocracy and how crowdsourced solutions can be used to design better dispute systems.

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Lessons from the History of Politics for Blockchain Governance

A tour de force, Federico Ast teaches us the value of lessons from the history of politics in creating novel governance institutions for the blockchain age.

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The Kleros Fellowship of Justice, 7th Generation: Applications Open!

The application process for the seventh cohort of the Kleros Fellowship of Justice is open! Join us and explore the depths of the nascent field of decentralized justice with us.

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A Decentralized Infrastructure for the Future of Social Media

Federico Ast tells us the bigger story behind Susie and Kleros Moderate about the coming future infrastructure of social media and beyond.

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The Kleros Vision

Kleros CEO, Federico Ast paints the vision of the projects, a look at the coming decade, what Kleros 2.0 brings and what is in store for the future of decentralized justice.

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Kleros Mediation Bridge: A Cohesive Approach Blending Traditional Mediation and Kleros Blockchain Arbitration

How would Kleros work in the context of modernizing the traditional mediation process? Join us on this exploration with Robert Dean and Federico Ast.

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Kleros Project Update - May 2023

A look at the past year, giving you an unprecedented insight into what's been happening in the Kleros world.

Meet George, Kleros' Site Reliability Engineer

George is in charge of all the tasks for Kleros infrastucture to run safely and smoothly... Tell us a bit about your background. My name is George and I'm originally from the Netherlands. As a kid, I was always interested technology, taking apart hardware, being on computers. Picked

Meet Shotaro, Developer at Kleros

Shotaro is developing Moderate, a fascinating application of Kleros for content moderation. Get to know his story! Tell us a bit about you. My name is Shotaro. My father is Dutch and my mother is Japanese. They met in the United States and that's where I was born

Meet JB, Kleros Development Lead

JB is lead developer at Kleros. An engineer with a strong background in business and technology, he is currently leading the development efforts for Kleros 2.0. This is part of a series of articles "Meet the Team" where you can learn more about the members of the

Jamilya Kamalova, PhD Researcher at Kleros

Jamilya is a lawyer currently working as a researcher at Kleros and doing her PhD on legal theory and decentralized dispute resolution systems... We are starting to publish a series of articles for you to know some of the members of the Kleros team. We will start today with our

The Kleros Fellowship of Justice Welcomes its 6th Batch!

Meet our new Fellows building the future of decentralized justice! The Kleros Fellowship of Justice dates back to 2018, when it opened applications for the first applicants. Throughout the history of the previous editions, Kleros has welcomed incredible minds - from talented attorneys and arbitrators to tenured professors, scholars, practitioners,

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Kleros Moderate: Decentralized Content Moderation for Web3 Communities

A new product by Kleros for helping build healthier communities... These days, we spend a great deal of our time in online communities. The rules of engagement in these communities have a big impact on what we can and cannot say online. Moderating online communities is challenging. Administrators are constantly

Kleros Project Update - July 2022

Research, development, integrations, community... Check what Kleros has been up to in the past few months. Research Activities Over the past months, our research activities have focused mainly on supporting our development efforts for Kleros 2.0. We have analyzed how Kleros can interact with scaling solutions that are being

The Kleros Fellowship of Justice, 6th Generation: Applications Open!

Apply now and help build the future of decentralized justice! In August of 2018, we launched the Kleros Fellowship of Justice with the goal of creating a strong community of experts in the emerging field of decentralized justice. In this six month-long program, participants from the fields of computer science,

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How the UST Depeg Opened a New Chapter in the History of Insurance

When decentralized insurance claims meet decentralized justice protocols...