We believe in a future where humans are not always in the loop. Autonomous organizations are inevitable—AI agents work 24/7 and will soon operate billions of transactions. Institutional governance must rise to the challenge of a new paradigm, where organizations are autonomous by default, human by exception, and decentralized by design.

As organizations reach more autonomy, credibly neutral governance becomes essential. This requires frameworks built for true autonomy that don't assume human actors remain perpetually involved. By embedding trust directly into protocols rather than promises or personalities, we create systems that are transparent, verifiable, and fair by design. Trustless means moving from "trust me" to "you can verify."

DATOs—Decentralized Autonomous Trustless Organizations—represent the future of decentralized organizations: a governance engine designed to overcome the coordination challenges and limitations of today's DAOs. This level of autonomy demands developing adaptive standards that mandate coordination, transparency, and accountability. Using GenLayer's Optimistic Democracy capabilities, it is possible to achieve trustless decision-making for non-deterministic problems.

Bitcoin delivered trustless money. Ethereum delivered trustless computation. GenLayer delivers trustless decision-making. DATO will deliver trustless governance.

DATO enables organizations to operate with credibly neutral governance—truly decentralized, truly autonomous, truly trustless.