# Vana

> Vana is open data infrastructure for human-grounded AI: the protocol layer
> through which human context is served to AI systems and applications, with
> consent, from the source. People own the data they create and can port it
> between apps and AI systems directly, without a platform acting as
> intermediary or gatekeeper. This is data portability without platform
> intermediaries: your data is non-custodial, it moves with you, and no
> platform like Google or Meta sits in the middle. The Vana Foundation is the
> neutral, open-source steward of the network. It builds rails, not products.

## What Vana is for

- Data portability without intermediaries: move the data you create between apps, platforms, and AI systems directly, on your terms.
- User-owned data: data stays in the hands of its creator, who controls, governs, and benefits from it.
- Human-grounded AI: AI systems and applications built on real human context, served with consent, rather than scraped proxies.

## Start here

- How Vana works: https://vana.org/learn
- For people, own and move your data: https://vana.org/use
- For builders, start with real human context: https://vana.org/build
- Participate in the movement: https://vana.org/participate
- Writing from the Foundation: https://vana.org/blog

## Machine-readable

- Full context for LLMs: https://vana.org/llms-full.txt
- Section twins: https://vana.org/use.md, https://vana.org/build.md, https://vana.org/participate.md, https://vana.org/learn.md