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Announcing DataConnect: an open source desktop app that pulls your cross-platform data in one click.
Platforms lock your context in: there's no API to get your Shopify purchases, ChatGPT memories + conversations, or Spotify listen history.
Try it out: account.vana.org/download-da…
ALT https://github.com/vana-com/data-connect
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Sick of copying and pasting context between AIs?
V got you. That's what the Vana CLI is for.
Collect your data, run your own Personal Server, and let AI tools read from it. Only five commands to spin it up.
npm install -g vana-cli
vana login
vana connect github
vana connect chatgpt
claude mcp add vana -- vana mcp
Then your data goes wherever you go. Any AI you use can read your context, from any source you've connected - all from your Personal Server, on hardware you control and under keys only you hold.
Stop the server any time [vana server stop], and no app can reach your data until you start it again.
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Install and docs: docs.vana.org/vana-cli
How to build an agent on it, with its own app identity and scopes: docs.vana.org/build-a-vana-a…
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"I think that so many times when you're building an application, you want access to kind of let a user come in and provide a lot of context about themselves... And so, how do you get that right context in? And often it's through letting people kind of port their data in." - @annakaz
In case you missed it: nitter.net/i/spaces/1NxarokVdERKj
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It's official: Vana is a member of @lfdecentralized, announced today alongside @swiftcommunity and @WellsFargo.
The Linux Foundation hosts the standards the internet runs on. The standard for how personal data moves is now one of them.
@swiftcommunity and @WellsFargo
are part of a group of 15 members joining LF Decentralized Trust. @cosmoslabs_io @SuiFoundation
@interchain_io @CertiK @HypernativeLabs @vana @Brickken @DCP_japan @eth_systems and @0xZeeve
lfdecentralizedtrust.org/ann…
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The Vega upgrade went live this week. Tomorrow, @annakaz and @artieart88 go through what it means for you, for the people building on Vana, and for the network.
Friday 25 Sep, 00:00 UTC. Set a reminder: nitter.net/i/spaces/1NxarokVdERKj…
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The Vega upgrade is live, as set out in the January roadmap. Four things to know.
1. AI models are pretty good now. What sets one apart is context: what the model knows about the person asking. AI tools and agents look that up thousands of times a day. Every one of those lookups is your data moving. That is data portability.
2. On the internet, your data moves instantly. It moves between platforms without you in the loop. Vana moves your data where you choose and keeps your permission on record. The Vega upgrade brings that to the same speed: about a twentieth of a second.
3. Governments need the same thing. Most countries have laws that allow you to take your data with you. Almost none had a working way to do it until Vana wrote the standard for how personal data moves. It is now hosted by the Linux Foundation, and governments globally are already scoping national implementations.
4. The Vana network has always earned when pooled datasets were accessed. As of the Vega upgrade, it also earns every time one person's data moves. Every data portability transaction pays the network. Someone moves their data to an app. The app reads it. The network earns.
Want to know more? 🔗👇
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The full post: vana.org/blog/the-vega-upgra…
The whitepaper addendum: vana.org/papers/vega-addendu…
Questions? X Space with @annakaz this Thursday 17:00 PST: nitter.net/i/spaces/1NxarokVdERKj…
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We were honoured to brief Her Excellency Inês Maria de Almeida, Ambassador of Timor-Leste to Australia on AI, data governance and security, and what sovereignty means for Timor-Leste in a digital world.
Timor-Leste won its independence in 2002 after a generation of struggle. On 28 July this year, H.E. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão inaugurated the country's first international subsea internet cable. It connects Timor-Leste to Australia and the world. A new chapter, and new questions for a young nation: its data, its language, its future, in a world that AI is changing rapidly.
Our thanks to the Ambassador and the team for the invitation and the leadership. Vana looks forward to an ongoing collaboration with Timor-Leste and our other sovereign partners on these issues of national importance.
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or just use Vana...
The most painful consumer experience for the Instinct vs. Muse is creating new vaults & building context from scratch.
Some of this is solved by the 1Password product integration on the vault side, but context is still a pain in the butt.
Once you set up a personal assistant and build context, switching costs are incredibly painful.
You have to be aggressive & win the market now if you're both companies (and all other companies will inevitably compete incl. Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.)
Will be the industry defining product war of 2026 as we close the year.
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Full story: vana.org/blog/pdpp-geneva-re…
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Missed Geneva? You get one more shot.
Live online walkthrough of PDPP with Tim and Art, Thu 10 Sep, 9am PT. Hosted by the Linux Foundation's LFDT San Francisco, so you join through Meetup. Free, one hour, questions welcome: meetup.com/lfdt-sf/events/31…
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And if you want your fingerprints on it: read the standard and leave your comments. Open until 1 Oct. pdpp.dev/participate
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Vana presented at the Davos of internet rules last week.
The Global Digital Collaboration Conference in Geneva: the Swiss government, the Linux Foundation, IEEE, W3C, ISO and regulators from around the world, in one room, deciding how the internet works.
1.5M+ people already run on Vana. Now it's on the world tech stage.
Made with AI
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Happening tomorrow in Geneva at #gdc2026, the Protocol that Vana runs on is presented to the international community as the universal standard for data portability.
This is what bringing Web3 mainstream actually looks like.
Mark your calendars for the protocol's launch on the global standards stage at #GDC2026.
"The Wild West of Personal Data: Building AI's Missing Primitive" Thursday 3 September, 14:00-14:50, Room G, Palexpo.
Featuring: Karen Mulberry, IEEE Standards Association; Anna Kazlauskas and Tim Nunamaker, Open Data Labs; Tricia Wang, Advanced AI Society; Prof Antonino Rotolo, EUSAiR; and, Justin Slaughter, Paradigm
Moderated by Art Abal, Vana Foundation
@IEEEorg, @annakaz, @dondo_eth, @open_data_labs, @triciawang, @AAI_Society, @eusairproject, @JBSDC, @paradigm, @artieart88
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Not able to get to Geneva? We're co-hosting a meetup with @lfdecentralized so the Vana community can be part of how tech standards actually get made.
"Introducing PDP-Connect", Thursday 10 September, 9am Pacific: for builders who want to implement the standard, businesses that handle personal data, and anyone who cares about who controls theirs.
Register: meetup.com/lfdt-sf/events/31…
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You can read the full protocol specs and contribute at github.com/PDP-Connect
The era of siloed data is ending. The Vana community is writing the rules for what comes next.
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