**Vana is the network for user-owned data.**

We are the open and decentralized network for AI data sovereignty, unlocking user-owned data as a new digital asset class.

In an era where artificial intelligence is driving immense value from user data, Vana ensures that data creators retain ownership of their data and capture a fair share of the value generated while enabling developers and researchers to access unique datasets to power the next generation of AI innovation.

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Here's an overview of Vana, our brand guidelines, and a collection of brand assets. For any questions, please contact [email protected].

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In a nutshell…

• Vana is designed for the trustless and secure exchange of user-owned data to fuel the next wave of AI
• Co-founders Anna Kazlauskas and Art Abal met at an MIT class with a shared mission: to accelerate AI while enabling broad user participation in new economies
• $25M raised to date from top backers, including Paradigm, Polychain, and Coinbase Ventures
• DataDAOs feature curated datasets cover longevity and health, social media, and prediction markets and more </aside>

About Vana

Vana is a data infrastructure network designed for the trustless and secure exchange of user-owned data. It enables data to be aggregated and contributed to AI applications in a permissionless, decentralized manner, fueling significant advancements in AI.

We achieve this with three core primitives:

1. Trustless Validation. Vana allows data to be validated using a secure data ingress, a network of trusted execution nodes that check data against pre-defined criteria while preserving its privacy.

   This is the Data Liquidity Layer, allowing data to be securely validated, tokenized, and traded through decentralized mechanisms. This layer introduces DataDAOs, which aggregate similar types of data from various contributors, creating decentralized, trustless markets for data.

2. Granular Permissioning. Technology that gives a user full control over their data through onchain permissions at a granular level using private keys.

   This is the Data Portability Layer, enabling user-owned datasets to be accessed, shared, and used across various platforms and applications. This layer ensures that user-owned data remains interoperable across different services and systems while maintaining privacy, security and granular user control.

3. Data Network. A layer one blockchain that records and validates data transactions, tracks metadata and is purpose-built to allow users to trace how their data is applied once it’s permissioned.

Official Links

Vana Vision + Whitepaper

Please read the Vana Vision for further context, as well as our whitepaper.

Media Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6uX9h454mg

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