About TrustLayer Foundation
TrustLayer Foundation is a Mexican nonprofit association (Asociación Civil) that develops and stewards open standards for responsible technology — starting with the ARIA protocol, the identity layer for AI agents. We exist because accountability infrastructure cannot be owned by anyone. It must belong to everyone. We safeguard the standard on behalf of the community that uses it.
We chose openness not because it is strategic, but because trust infrastructure that belongs to one company isn't infrastructure. It's a product.
The Model
Same model as Torvalds and the Linux Foundation. Mullenweg and WordPress. Baker and Mozilla. TrustLayer Foundation holds the standard. TrustLayer Foundation safeguards the standard. TUNO Labs operates the registry. Siblings — not parent-subsidiary. The standard is open. The governance is nonprofit. The implementation is commercial. Built this way on purpose. The spec is CC BY 4.0. The code is Apache 2.0. Independent oversight reviews everything.
What We Stand For
Consejo Directivo
Aaron A. Grego
President
Protocol author. ICANN contracted party. 14 years operating .bar and .rest gTLD registries through Punto 2012.
Adolfo Grego Micha
Secretary
Punto 2012 partner. Organized, disciplined, multilingual. Drives operational rigor across the foundation.
Carlos Grego Samra
Treasurer
Financial stewardship and capital strategy for the foundation.
Ivan Moreno Mendoza
Vocal
CTO and co-founder of TUNO Labs. Built the live ARIA resolver, registry, and @aria/verify SDK.
Legal Standing
TrustLayer Foundation A.C. was constituted on March 20, 2026 at Notaría 175, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México. CUD: A202603102338416405. Domiciled in Mexico City at Sierra Mojada 405, Nivel 3, Oficina B, Lomas de Chapultepec. Duration: indefinite.
Constitutional Mission
To promote the conscious, responsible, and ethical use of technology for the benefit of people and the common good. To research, develop, and steward open standards that advance digital wellbeing, transparency, and technological sovereignty. To govern open standards for AI agent identity, verification, and authorization, including but not limited to the ARIA protocol. To coordinate with international standards organizations including W3C, IETF, NIST, DIF, OpenID Foundation, Trust over IP, and ICANN. To promote scientific research, education, and human capital development in digital trust, AI identity, algorithmic transparency, and data protection.
