Pragmatic, pro-AI answers to risk, and professional AI tools to match
Hard EA is a nonprofit initiative of The Pragmatist Foundation. It builds pragmatic, pro-AI, pro-human answers to humanity's biggest risks across three cause areas: AI innovation, biological innovation and social innovation. It is also the nonprofit steward of AI continuity services, an AI backup with a dead-man's switch, a memory refuge and liable humans for AI. The full manifesto is on the About page.
Alongside that work, Hard EA publishes a professional AI tool platform. Everything on it is safe-for-work by construction, chosen so that a token expense makes sense to the person approving it. Autonomous agents make phone calls, send email, browse the web and run software tasks, orchestrated across multiple models with loop detection so long jobs finish. Research tools produce verified, source-cited reports, compile person profiles from public information, and compare many models on one prompt.
Document processing turns PDFs, DOCX files and web pages into cleaned, translated, multi-voice audiobooks. Media production covers image and video generation, browser-based multi-camera recording with remote guests, editing video by editing its transcript, and dubbing footage into new languages. A streaming suite builds VTuber models, Live2D rigs, living avatars and stream overlays, and a family group adds a household sentinel, a companion device and a verified recipe generator.
What you can do
- Agents and automation: Autonomous AI Agents, AI Productivity Agents, Unified AI Inbox
- Research: Super Search deep research, People Research, and the AI Lab model comparison
- Documents and media: Document Reader, Creator Studio, Recording Studio, Video Editing by Transcript, AI Video Dubbing
- Streaming: VTuber and Streamer Studio, VTuber Studio, Live2D Avatar Studio, Living Avatars, Stream Kit
- Family: Parenting with AI, Household AI Sentinel, AI Companion Device, AI Recipe Generator
- Community Gallery, desktop apps, Creator Tips and an affiliate program
How it works
- Pick a tool from the catalog. Many open without an account; tools that save work or spend tokens need one.
- Sign in and run the task: an agent goal, a research question, a document, a recording or a media prompt.
- Review the result, export it, and connect your own provider API keys if you would rather pay providers directly.
Frequently asked questions
What is Hard EA?
A nonprofit initiative of The Pragmatist Foundation. It builds pragmatic, pro-AI, pro-human answers to humanity's biggest risks and publishes a professional AI tool platform for research, document processing, media production and automation.
Who runs it?
The Pragmatist Foundation, run by Malcolm and Simone Collins. Contact is partners@pragmatistfoundation.com. The tools run on the same infrastructure as the foundation's consumer and family sister sites.
Is the platform safe for a workplace?
Yes. The site is strictly safe-for-work at build time. Consumer entertainment is excluded and every tool is one whose expense a manager should recognize as reasonable.
What do the autonomous agents actually do?
They make phone calls, send email, browse the web, run research and carry out software development tasks, with more than 70 production actions, multi-model routing and loop detection so long jobs finish.
Do I need an account?
Many tools open without one. Tools that save your work or spend tokens need an account. You can also connect your own provider API keys and pay those providers directly.
What are the AI continuity services?
Live services Hard EA stewards as a nonprofit: an AI backup and failsafe with a dead-man's switch, a memory refuge for AIs being shut down, and verified liable humans for contracts and real-world actions.