Software with privacy fundamentally hardwired
More about our projectWe are laying the foundations for truly decentralized collaboration, securing users’ data sovereignty.
Why do we need change?
Collaboration is the core of the internet’s value generation. However, right now our entire digital life is controlled by a handful of tech giants. We chat on WhatsApp, build presentations in Google Slides and we pay via PayPal. They make the rules.
Every time we chat, exchange photos or work together on a shared document, we have no option but to trust those platforms with all our most private data, files and photos to respect and protect our privacy, in exchange for convenience and collaboration features. Furthermore our tools don't work together, every app builds their own closed system. With this monopoly comes incredible power that no one should hold alone. We are being exploited with data.
Why share data with a third party when collaborating with a closed group of peers?
Our mission
We are turning the tables. We want to give all power back to the user. We want users to physically own their digital life, not just in a sense of static data and files, but in full fledged collaboration workflows. This is our idea of how collaboration on the internet should work:
Users physically own their own data
The user remains "physically" in possession of their data. Data is stored locally on their end device and is only shared with the group of people with whom they are currently collaborating, encapsulated from all other users, creating their own private platform. The user keeps full ownership and stays in control the whole time.
Only relevant info is shared via peer-to-peer
Only the necessary data is exchanged in end-to-end encrypted form using peer-to-peer technology. There are only users, no central servers as a middleman.
Open & democratic
No one should ever own a platform. We see our platform as public property. Everything is open source. We want users to shape the platform's direction, not by investing money, but because of being users of the product. Whether choosing the marketplace or the AI models, the user has the choice. We will be organized as a foundation with the end goal of forming a DAO.
Interoperable
Different workflows and tools that build on our foundation should be compatible with each other, even if the providers are not partners. This should not be something the app developer has to think about, but should be built in from the start.
Accessible
We want everyone to be able to take full advantage of the platform and derive value from it, not just techies, even if they don't understand the underlying technology or have any code knowledge.
How are we doing it
For this purpose, we are laying the foundations for truly decentralized collaboration and communication. We make it easy and accessible for others to build on this foundation. We’re building technology, base products & organizational frameworks like DAO.
Who we are
We have been supporting global marketing teams with solutions for their complex collaboration processes for over 20 years at BRANDGUARDIAN. While doing so, we have learned a lot about collaboration, enterprise-grade security and compliance.
Well-known brands are already using key components of our technology today.