Pax Silica is a U.S.-led economic-security initiative, coordinated by the State Department, to build secure and trusted supply chains for the technologies that power artificial intelligence.
What is Pax Silica?
Pax Silica (Latin for “silicon peace”) was launched in December 2025 with a non-binding declaration and an inaugural summit in Washington, D.C. It brings the United States together with partner economies around a shared goal: reducing risky dependencies in the supply chains for semiconductors, AI, critical minerals and the energy and logistics systems that connect them.
More than two dozen economies have signed the declaration, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Israel, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, with others participating as observers.
What does it cover?
- Compute and semiconductors, the chips that power AI.
- Critical minerals, including refining and processing.
- Energy inputs for data centers and manufacturing.
- Advanced manufacturing and workforce development.
- Logistics, connectivity and data infrastructure.
What has happened in 2026?
In March 2026 the State Department announced plans for a Pax Silica fund, contributing to an investment consortium for energy and critical-mineral supply chains. At the second Pax Silica summit in June 2026, new economies joined, partners signed a joint statement on AI opportunity, and the State Department announced a planned pilot in Panama for a platform to credential and track AI supply-chain products so that vetted shipments can move faster.
Why it matters for trusted technology
Pax Silica turns a technical question into a policy priority: can we prove where a chip, a component or a shipment came from, and who handled it? Credentialing, tracking and verification are exactly the capabilities that trusted supply chains need.
How VAI aligns
VAI, developed by Velacomm Inc., is designed around the same goals. Its patented self-authenticating chips give hardware a verifiable identity, and its secure network records authenticated handoffs from fab to port to data center. See how VAI maps to each Pax Silica area.