The first network for user-owned portable data.
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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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AI should give people more control over their lives, not less.
Watch the fireside chat on user-owned AI and how Vana helps people reclaim what’s theirs.
Tonight at 9 PM PT. Register for free:
redefinetomorrow2026.scb10x.…
May 26
Hear from global builders, investors, and innovator at #REDeFiNETOMORROW2026
Fireside chat: Who Owns the Data That Trains AI? Building User-Owned AI Economies
@annakaz of @vana
John Lagman of @Bloomberg
Register for free: redefinetomorrow2026.scb10x.…
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Attending Consensus Miami 2026? 🌴
@annakaz is demoing Context Gateway, showing how users can bring their memory and cross-platform data into new apps.
Portable context means users don’t have to rebuild who they are every time they try a new app.
See what AI can do when it actually has the context it needs.
📅 May 7 · 10:00 AM ET · Workshop Stage
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Context is everything.
The latest episode of @The_Peoples_AI makes the case for why AI needs better context, and how data portability gets us there.
If the model doesn’t see it…
it’s going to make the wrong call
Dr. Matthew DeCamp on why incomplete data leads to bad outcomes
🎧 New episode now live, presented by @vana
🔗 linktr.ee/thepeoplesai
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If AI is so powerful, then why does it still feel like it doesn't really know you?
The context it needs lives across different apps, and it doesn’t move with you. That’s the real bottleneck.
The new State of Context report with @open_data_labs explores how each of the top AI models run into this issue.
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read the full report: opendatalabs.com/blog/state-…
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The newest season of @The_Peoples_AI focuses on why data access and portability matter more than most people realize.
Not just in healthcare, but everywhere your data lives.
Worth a listen 🎧
Apr 22
She found an error in her own medical record
And it shouldn’t have been missed
@TheLizArmy's report said she was right-handed
She’s ambidextrous
That detail matters
Doctors see thousands of charts
Patients see one
Featuring @TheLizArmy @jstclair1
With insights from Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher and Dr. Matthew DeCamp
This episode breaks down data access, patient visibility, and why it matters more as AI enters healthcare
🎧 New episode now live, presented by @vana
🔗 linktr.ee/thepeoplesai
Listen on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube ↓
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The walled garden cannot stand in the age of AI
Apr 15
OpenClaw is act one of consumers building automations on their own data
And as agents spread to the mainstream, I predict there is going to be backlash re: how hard Apple makes it to access data via API
Ex. Why can’t I reliably pull my own ScreenTime info? 🤔
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With Claude mythos exposing security vulnerabilities, seeing a lot of conversation around owning your data and storing it locally.
Delete your search history, delete your bookmarks, delete your reddit, medical records, 12 yr old tumblr, delete everything.
Every photo on the cloud, every message on every platform.
None of it is safe.
It will all become public in the next year
Local storage and compute 📈
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Oura data is now an available data source in DataConnect. All your Oura data can live locally on your computer. That means your sleep, activity, readiness, and recovery data is no longer limited to the Oura app.
You can use it on its own or alongside other data sources to create apps and experiences that feel more personal and useful.
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Want to add a new data source to DataConnect?
The repo is open source, and anyone can contribute a connector.
It’s easier than ever to get started, especially with AI coding tools.
Get started here: github.com/vana-com/data-con…
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Data Apps have landed in DataConnect.
Apps built on the Vana Connect SDK can now be discovered in the feed.
Try what’s live and see what becomes possible when apps can pull in data from the services you use instead of starting from zero.
More apps are being curated for the feed. Anyone can submit their own to be featured.
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It's easy to start building, especially with AI coding tools 👇
Start with the DataConnect starter repo:
github.com/vana-com/vana-con…
Submit your app to the DataConnect feed:
github.com/vana-com/data-con…
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Having to ask a corporation permission to access your own data is a completely outdated model.
Vana Co-Founder @artieart88 joined @The_Peoples_AI to discuss how to move past this data bottleneck and build the infrastructure for true data portability.
Hear more from the conversation in the full episode 🎙️
Your heart rate. Your sleep. Your biometrics.
But can you actually move that data where you want?
Art Abal explains the data portability gap on The People’s AI, presented by @vana, with @jeffwilser.
linktr.ee/thepeoplesai
Platform links in the comments.
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vana retweeted
Mar 7
We built a private backend where your files, context, and compute are portable and local. Give it to agents, build new apps with it.
Here's how to use @vana Data Connect for importing and serving your personal data:
1. exports your personal data (ChatGPT, LinkedIn, Spotify, GitHub, etc) without sending your credentials anywhere
2. then turn on your Personal Server to provision your personal data to apps
1. Install Data Connect and import personal data
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Building apps that bring in your own data is now entirely accessible.
Staring with this example, @volodisai uses the Vana Connect template and one prompt to generate a personal ChatGPT timeline. Claude Code takes care of the architecture and debugging. A quick manual registration securely routes the data into the app.
Data should work for the people who create it. The infrastructure is finally here.
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Want to build your own app?
Get started with the Vana Connect Starter repo: github.com/vana-com/vana-con…
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For anyone exploring the Vana Connect starter:
An AMA on building portable data apps is happening tomorrow at 9am PST in the Vana Discord.
discord.com/invite/withvana
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vana retweeted
Feb 28
How data portability works on @vana:
- you control your data with your keys
- full audit trail of access, whether from agents or apps
- fast! ~50ms to permission data
Feb 27
🧵 We designed a protocol that lets users port their private data across applications with cryptographic access control and onchain audit trails.
Here's how the Data Portability Protocol works. (thread)
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See how @dondo_eth is using DataConnect with OpenClaw 👇
Feb 26
I told my @OpenClaw agent to pull my ChatGPT history in and realized it's probably the most intimate portrait of me that exists anywhere. Not surprised, considering it's thousands of conversations with a judgement-free non-human...
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Your data should work wherever you choose to build.
Try it out: github.com/vana-com/data-con…
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