Imagine building a new universe where our digital selves can:

{ freely live }

{ PLAY }

{ PROSPER }

Vana was born in San Francisco in 2021, with the idea that you should own your data and the value it creates.

Our mission is to be the infrastructure that supports innovation, participation and collaboration in the creation of AI-based technologies, and to prevent society from becoming a centralized state where the power of AI is held by a few.

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HOW IT WORKS

OUR VALUES

01.

AGENCY

We believe that individuals have the right to freely choose what to do with themselves, their data, and any AI derived from it. Free choice exists only if someone is informed and empowered. However, by exercising free choice, people are responsible and should be accountable for their own actions.

02.

Collective Creation

We believe that innovation flourishes when the tools of creation are decentralized. Many people building many things is more likely to create the future we want versus a world where innovation is centrally controlled.

03.

Humanity

We believe that AI can enhance the human experience and ease human suffering. Connecting with our innate humanity and empathy for others is key to making technology work for all people. We’re intentional about practising empathy and humanity in a world where it is often easy to emulate machines.

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Join our community or check out our open positions on our careers page.

COMMUNITY

CAREERS

OUR STORY
IN NUMBERS

2021

Vana was founded

700k

Models trained

1.1m

Vana Users

11

Employees

MEET THE
VANA TEAM

Anna K

Cofounder & CEO

Early core developer at Celo, started YC ML startup, former World Bank, Federal Reserve, and ECB. Studied CS at MIT. Ethereum mining with dumpster GPUs in 2015.

Art A

Cofounder & COO

Led Global Impact Sourcing for AI data collection at Appen. Led and scaled teams across 5 continents. Designed and built state Institutions for Prime Minister of East Timor. Policy and Regulatory Expert. Former big law lawyer. Harvard and MIT.

Colin S

Head of Community

Community Operations leader. Formerly Director of Crowd Operations at Appen & Figure Eight. Co-founded a translation company in Chile.

Matthias K

Product

Project and Product Manager with over 13 years of experience in finance, digital assets and AI. After graduating as Master of Finance, played a pivotal role in three startups to launch innovative applications for digital asset trading and DeFi risk modeling.

Kahtaf A

Engineering

Lead full-stack engineer with over 10 years of experience across various enterprises to startups. Founder of BitSpice Software, built Android apps netting 1M+ installs.

Ashley H

Business Operations

Business Operations Manager with more than 6 years of experience, adept at elevating lean companies through efficiency optimization. Graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a BSc in Business Administration. Passionate about fueling business growth.

Jenny Q

Finance

Finance manager with 4+ years of experience in finance, business administration, and operations. Cat mom with a passion in the arts and psychology!

Diana M

Design

Former designer at Snapchat and founding designer at Fuse fin-tech. Diana has 8 years of experience in visual communications.

Tim N

Engineering

Full-stack engineer with over 10 years of technical leadership experience building consumer experiences in fintech, HR, and e-commerce.

Dmitry V

Engineering

Frontend Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience, specialized in creating and enhancing user-centric platforms. Demonstrated expertise in high-growth environments and well-versed in employing AI solutions to drive innovation.

Volod I

Engineer

Experienced full-stack developer specializing in AI-driven and scalable web applications. Over a decade of expertise, delivering high-performance solutions for both startups and enterprises, serving millions of users.

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CAREER

Anna K

Cofounder & CEO

Early core developer at Celo, started YC ML startup, former World Bank, Federal Reserve, and ECB. Studied CS at MIT. Ethereum mining with dumpster GPUs in 2015.

Art A

Cofounder & COO

Led Global Impact Sourcing for AI data collection at Appen. Led and scaled teams across 5 continents. Designed and built state Institutions for Prime Minister of East Timor. Policy and Regulatory Expert. Former big law lawyer. Harvard and MIT.

Colin S

Head of Community

Community Operations leader. Formerly Director of Crowd Operations at Appen & Figure Eight. Co-founded a translation company in Chile.

Matthias K

Product

Project and Product Manager with over 13 years of experience in finance, digital assets and AI. After graduating as Master of Finance, played a pivotal role in three startups to launch innovative applications for digital asset trading and DeFi risk modeling.

Kahtaf A

Engineering

Lead full-stack engineer with over 10 years of experience across various enterprises to startups. Founder of BitSpice Software, built Android apps netting 1M+ installs.

Ashley H

Business Operations

Business Operations Manager with more than 6 years of experience, adept at elevating lean companies through efficiency optimization. Graduated from Saint Mary's College of California with a BSc in Business Administration. Passionate about fueling business growth.

Jenny Q

Finance

Finance manager with 4+ years of experience in finance, business administration, and operations. Cat mom with a passion in the arts and psychology!

Diana M

Design

Former designer at Snapchat and founding designer at Fuse fin-tech. Diana has 8 years of experience in visual communications.

Tim N

Engineering

Full-stack engineer with over 10 years of technical leadership experience building consumer experiences in fintech, HR, and e-commerce.

Dmitry V

Engineering

Frontend Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience, specialized in creating and enhancing user-centric platforms. Demonstrated expertise in high-growth environments and well-versed in employing AI solutions to drive innovation.

Volod I

Engineer

Experienced full-stack developer specializing in AI-driven and scalable web applications. Over a decade of expertise, delivering high-performance solutions for both startups and enterprises, serving millions of users.

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"I’m so excited about Vana because it’s another step towards a more fair economy, one in which people are rewarded for one of their most valuable assets, even if they had previously given up on claiming it as their own."

Packy McCormick (Founder, Not Boring)