The internet should belong to the people who inhabit it
The internet today feels a little too much like a shopping mall where every business rents and every person is the product. We need alternative space; digital networks where you can live and work freely.
Networks where your data is your most valuable asset and software feels like it's yours. A place for people to exercise agency in an increasingly digital world.
That's why we're building Tonk — a portable substrate for shared knowledge. It runs on your device, syncs peer-to-peer, and the data stays yours.
And we're building it in the open, together with you. Come build with us.
The team
Tonk is a globally distributed laboratory building primitives for shared knowledge that serve people, not platforms. Our mission is to realize an Internet that belongs to the people who inhabit it. You can listen to this ZK Podcast episode for more about our history and vision.
Meet the team, and read more about our journey on our Updates page, or join our Discord.
Careers
Tonk is a home for highly-motivated, creative people. If:
- You want to work on algorithms, data structures, sync protocols, and encryption that give people real ownership of their software,
- You want to ship open source primitives that other people build on top of,
- You care about building technology that serves people, and you think carefully about the second-order effects of what you ship,
- You want creative ownership over your work, from research through to production,
Then you should apply.