Application for Here Be Dragons

[jodok]

Account URL

hbd-ai.1password.com

Non-commercial confirmation

• No, this account won't be used for commercial activity

Team application

• Yes, this application is for a team

Event application

• Yes, this application is for an event

Project name

Here Be Dragons

Short description

Here Be Dragons advances responsible AI and autonomous systems. We promote research and public education on human-machine interaction through open-source tools, research prototypes, and datasets, alongside workshops, publications, and community events that help people understand and shape the responsible use of AI.

Number of team members/core contributors

5

Homepage URL

https://here-be-dragons.ai

Repository URL

https://github.com/here-be-dragons-ai/here-be-dragons.ai

License type

MIT

License URL

https://github.com/here-be-dragons-ai/here-be-dragons.ai/blob/main/LICENSE

Age confirmation

• Yes, this project is at least 30 days old

Name

Jodok Batlogg

Email

jodok@here-be-dragons.ai

Project role

Founder or Owner

Profile or website

https://linkedin.com/in/jodok

Can we contact you?

• Yes, you may contact me

Additional comments

Here Be Dragons is a new, independent open-source team formed around people with a long history of contributing to open source, including its founder, Jodok Batlogg. We are beginning to publish our work now: the tools we build are public under MIT, with some projects are still being prepared for public release. They are being developed as open-source work, not as proprietary products.
The team advances responsible AI and autonomous systems through research, public education, open-source tools, research prototypes, datasets, workshops, publications, and community events. The 1Password account will be used solely for the team's non-commercial OSS operations and will remain separate from for-profit activity.

[1password-bot]

❌ Your application is invalid

Application data...

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	"applicant": {
		"name": "Jodok Batlogg",
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		"role": "Founder or Owner",
		"id": 158125
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	"can_contact": true,
	"issue_number": 1620,
	"created_at": "2026-07-30T20:34:01Z"
}

@jodok our automated pre-checks have detected the following problems:

• Account URL is invalid 1Password account URL

Update this issue to correct these problems and we’ll automatically re-evaluate your application. If you have any questions or this is an error, contact us at opensource@1password.com.

[1password-bot]

✅ Your application is valid

Application data...

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	"account": "hbd-ai.1password.com",
	"project": {
		"name": "Here Be Dragons",
		"description": "Here Be Dragons advances responsible AI and autonomous systems. We promote research and public education on human-machine interaction through open-source tools, research prototypes, and datasets, alongside workshops, publications, and community events that help people understand and shape the responsible use of AI.",
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		"home_url": "https://here-be-dragons.ai",
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	"applicant": {
		"name": "Jodok Batlogg",
		"email": "jodok@here-be-dragons.ai",
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	},
	"can_contact": true,
	"issue_number": 1620,
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}

@jodok thanks for applying! Our automated pre-checks have determined your application is valid. Next step: our team will review your application and may have follow-up questions. You can still make changes to your application and it’ll be re-evaluated.

[Blake-Brandon]

Hi @jodok! Upon reviewing your application, we cannot verify that your team or organization is active or sufficiently established. This often occurs with newly formed teams.

We encourage you to continue developing your organizational presence, document your active initiatives clearly, and apply again once your team has matured further.

Thank you!

[jodok]

Hi Blake, thanks for taking the time to review our application. This is disappointing for us, as we’ll need to use a different setup in the meantime, but I understand why the program needs a meaningful threshold.

Could you share which concrete signals or metrics you look for when determining whether a team is sufficiently active and established? For example, project age, release cadence, contributor activity, adoption, or documented initiatives. Even rough guidance would help us understand when reapplying makes sense instead of simply guessing.

Thanks!