Before It's Too Late
The Before Midnight Foundation builds the technology that prevents nuclear war, stops bioweapons, and keeps emerging threats from becoming catastrophes.
Why Now?
The systems designed to prevent catastrophe were built for a different era. Technology has changed. The threats have evolved. We're not keeping up.
Arms Control Is Crumbling
Major treaties are expiring or abandoned. Verification systems designed in the Cold War can't handle today's challenges. We need new tools.
Biotech Is Racing Ahead
Desktop DNA printers are becoming reality. Soon anyone could synthesize dangerous pathogens. Safety systems don't exist yet.
Crypto Can Help
Modern cryptography enables verification without revealing secrets. We can prove compliance without exposing classified data. This changes everything.
Build the safety systems before disaster strikes
The Before Midnight Foundation creates technology that governments and international organizations can actually use. We're not writing reports that sit on shelves. We're building working systems.
Real tools for real threats
Warhead Tracking
Cryptographic systems that let nations verify each other's nuclear arsenals without revealing classified details.
DNA Safety Systems
Privacy-preserving screening for DNA synthesis that proves sequences are safe without revealing proprietary research.
Global Crypto Standards
Libraries that work with every country's cryptographic standards so verification systems can be truly international.
Help us build a safer world
Every dollar funds research that can prevent catastrophe. This isn't theoretical—it's working technology for real threats.
Your donation helps protect the world.
The Before Midnight Foundation builds technology to reduce the risk of nuclear war, pandemics, and other global catastrophes before they happen. We create safety systems for DNA printers, modern tools for verifying arms-control agreements, and security infrastructure designed to hold up as technology advances.
Your support funds research that governments and international organizations can actually use. This is about preventing disasters, not reacting after lives are lost.
Built on real expertise
The Before Midnight Foundation was founded by researcher Neil Perry to bring together modern technology, policy expertise, and public engagement to advance arms control for the 21st century.
Neil holds a PhD from Stanford University, where he was advised by Professor Dan Boneh and focused on the intersection of cryptography, democracy, and national security. He also holds a BA in Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, and Liberal Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.