The MILAGPT cooperative
A housing co-op for the AI era
Remember cooperative apartment buildings? People built for themselves — and built better. We build the same way. Only instead of a building, it’s the core the Milas run on.
| Housing co-op · 1958 | MILAGPT cooperative · 2026 |
|---|---|
| 🏠A building where the shareholders live | 🧠Core code and servers that run the AI assistant factories |
| 🔑A share is the payment for your own apartment | 🪙A MILA share is a stake in the shared infrastructure |
| 🏗Construction is paid for by contributions and a low-interest loan | 🤝Community contribution: members’ code, work and money |
| 🔍Residents inspect the building closely — they’ll live there | 🛠Factory owners develop the core carefully — their business runs on it |
| 🧾Rent at cost, no developer margin | ⚙️Infrastructure at cost, no outside owner’s margin |
| 🏛The building is run by a meeting of shareholders | 🗳The cooperative is run by voting: 1 member = 1 vote |
Comparison from the article “The cooperative by analogy: what housing co-ops teach us”.
I’m inspired by the practice of cooperative housing construction in the Soviet Union. This approach made it possible to build quality housing for members — without chasing profit, for the good of the members themselves.
Shakhruz Ashirovfounder of MILAGPTRead the article →
A corporation builds to make money off you. A cooperative builds so it works for you. The infrastructure belongs to those who work on it.
Code is copied for free. Every new factory makes the core stronger for everyone — no quotas or permissions.
We build for ourselves — so we build well. Like a cooperative building.
Millions of co-owners already live this way
- Rochdale, 184428 weavers opened their own shop and wrote the principles of cooperation: one member — one vote.
- Mondragon, SpainThe largest federation of worker cooperatives. 70,085 employees are co-owners themselves (2024).
- Rabobank, NetherlandsA cooperative bank rooted in Raiffeisen’s farmers’ credit unions.
- Amul, India3.6 million farmers from 18,600 villages co-own the world’s strongest dairy brand.
- FC BarcelonaThe club belongs to its member fans. One socio — one vote.
- World1 billion+ cooperative members on the planet — according to the International Cooperative Alliance.
The cooperatives that quietly run the world — article with sources →