Vana is the decentralized data layer for a new AI economy — one where people, not platforms, own the intelligence.
We exist to break down Big Tech’s walled gardens and return power to the people who generate the most valuable resource in the world: private human data.
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About Vana
Vana is the decentralized data layer for a new AI economy—one where people, not platforms, own the intelligence. Vana turns private data into a user-owned, permissioned asset that can move beyond platform silos, be reused across systems, and generate ongoing economic value.
With a mission to give people ownership and agency over their data, Vana empowers individuals with economic upside in the systems they power. Its infrastructure supports transparent, user-permissioned data flows and developer access to consented data, enabling new classes of decentralized applications.
Founded by MIT and Harvard alumni and supported by Paradigm, Vana has over 1 million users participating in its ecosystem. From tokenized sleep data to genetic data collectives, Vana is building the foundation for user-owned AI—a future where data is co-created, not extracted.
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Vana’s goal is to turn private human data into a real, user-owned asset — one that can move beyond platform silos, be reused across systems, and generate lasting value in the AI economy.
A world where data is not extracted, but co-created.
Where people own their data and govern how it is used across systems.
Where AI is built on consent, context, and community rather than extraction.
Right now, users give away their data for free - treated as a byproduct of using technology. Tech platforms turn that data into billion-dollar models, and the people who generated it get nothing. No stake, no say, and no tangible benefit.
That’s a market failure and a structural failure.