The Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) and the DFINITY Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance sovereign AI-native digital infrastructure in Pakistan, ensuring sensitive national data remains in country while enabling secure modern software systems built for the AI era.
Under the agreement, DFINITY will support creation of a dedicated Pakistan Subnet on its Internet Computer Platform (ICP), a sovereign cloud designed to host tamper-resistant software, national scale applications and AI powered systems operating independently of foreign cloud providers. The initiative aims to strengthen digital resilience, protect strategic data assets and enable transparent verifiable public systems.
The partnership includes development of a National Messenger application for private verifiable communications across government institutions. It also expands access to Caffeine, DFINITY’s AI platform that allows users to build and deploy production ready applications using natural language prompts. Pakistan will receive 1,500 Caffeine licenses to support capacity building across government, education and entrepreneurship sectors.
DFINITY will establish a local presence in Pakistan to reinforce long term collaboration and technical engagement. The initiative supports innovation, digital sovereignty and development of AI native services aligned with national priorities.
DFINITY, creator of the Internet Computer, has invested more than US$500 million in research and development, producing over 1,500 academic papers, 88,000 citations and more than 190 patents in distributed systems, cryptography and advanced computing.
