About UNSOLVED
What UNSOLVED is, how it works, who founded it and how it stays independent.
What UNSOLVED is
UNSOLVED is the global platform for AI’s open problems: a public, numbered registry, local circles around the world and a yearly global AI conference in Vienna.
The registry states each problem plainly and keeps it open until verified work solves it. The circles and the conference bring together the people working on them.
How the registry works
- Every problem gets a permanent number, written №7 and cited as UNSOLVED-7. Numbers are never reused.
- Each statement says what needs solving, why it matters and what counts as progress, and carries a version.
- A problem is open, in progress or solved. Only contributions the review board has verified move it, and every verdict comes with public reasons.
- Anyone can propose a problem; the Ideas Council decides which proposals get a number.
- Votes rank the registry. Reading it and following problems by email need no account; voting, proposing and contributing do.
Circles and the conference
Local circles meet on the problems in their cities. Vienna is the base, and circles are forming in more cities around the world; each is run by its local host.
The yearly conference takes up the ten hardest problems, chosen from the registry. The first, the UNSOLVED 2027 Global AI Conference, takes place at the Hofburg in Vienna from 29 September to 1 October 2027.
Who founded it and who runs it
UNSOLVED was founded by Alina Nikolaou and Vlad Gozman, the team behind TEDAI in Vienna, and launched publicly on 30 October 2026 at TEDAI. It is run by TEDAI GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
How it is funded and why it stays independent
Using the registry is free. Organisations can become patrons or partners of a problem, a category of problems, or the conference and events, under a separate written agreement.
Nothing on the record is for sale: no one can buy a number, a place in the ranking or a verdict. The review board decides on the evidence and publishes its reasons.
Use it in your work
Cite a problem as UNSOLVED-{n} with its address. The registry is open as a JSON API and as an MCP server for AI assistants, and llms.txt sums it up for AI tools.
Contact
contact@unsolved.how. For the logo and the facts to quote, see the press page.