Ownership,Trust&Governance

What if digital infrastructure did not demand control, but gave control back?

coOwn is designed so that people and organisations can decide for themselves who is allowed to access their identities, data, information and AI-supported environments.

Trust begins with clear control.

The more closely people, organisations and AI work together, the more important the question becomes of who owns information and who is allowed to use it.

coOwn therefore connects data sovereignty, permissions, traceable information sources and human control directly with the infrastructure.

This is not only about data protection. It is about a digital architecture that enables collaboration without requiring people or organisations to give up control.

How can a connected ecosystem remain sovereign?

The video shows how people and organisations can own their own Living Spaces, manage information through different permissions and selectively decide which Context becomes accessible to other people, organisations, Brains or Agents.

You will see how information can remain private, be shared within defined groups or be made available for specific connections.

Even when multiple Living Platforms work together, this does not have to create one central data pool. coOwn connects what is allowed to be connected and keeps separate what should remain separate.

coOwn Brain

Want to know more?

Ask the coOwn Brain anything about data sovereignty, permissions, security, AI access, ownership or the long-term governance of coOwn.

The answers are based on the information and documents approved for coOwn.

For example:

Who owns my data on coOwn?

Who decides what a Brain or Agent is allowed to access?

Can information be shared between platforms without revealing everything?

What does provenance mean for AI-generated answers?

How is coOwn organised today?

What long-term ownership and governance structure is planned?

Ask the coOwn Brain

Frequently Asked Questions

What does data sovereignty mean at coOwn?

People and organisations should be able to control which information they bring into coOwn and who is allowed to access it. Information can, for example, remain completely private, be used within an organisation, be shared in a common Space or be selectively made available to specific people and platforms. Being connected within the ecosystem therefore does not automatically mean that all participants receive access to the same data.

How do permissions work between people, organisations and platforms?

Permissions can be granted at different levels. An individual can have a private area. An organisation can share information internally only. A shared Living Space can be accessible only to selected participants. Individual pieces of information can also be approved for specific relationships or applications. This allows Living Platforms to be connected while different access rights and responsibilities remain intact.

Can Brains and Agents access all available information?

No. Brains and Agents operate within the permissions defined for their respective tasks. A Brain within an organisation can, for example, access internal knowledge without automatically exposing that knowledge to another Brain. In an authorised collaboration, different Brains can still contribute information or answers without requiring all underlying data to be combined. AI therefore does not automatically receive more rights than the people and systems it works for.

How can the origin of information be traced?

Trustworthy AI requires traceable sources. coOwn is therefore designed to make the origin of information and the basis of AI-generated answers visible where this is required for the respective use case. This should allow a user to distinguish whether a statement is based, for example, on an approved document, organisational information or another stored source. AI should not only provide answers, but also make it possible to understand what those answers are based on.

Who owns platforms, content and customer-specific developments?

This question needs to distinguish between several layers. People and organisations retain their own data, content and rights. The underlying coOwn infrastructure and its reusable components form a separate layer. For customer-specific developments, ownership, usage and reuse rights are defined contractually. For investors and larger Builders, these questions are documented in detail within the relevant agreement and due diligence process.

How is the long-term ownership and governance of coOwn envisioned?

coOwn is not intended to remain permanently organised according to the traditional model of a centrally controlled technology platform. The long-term objective is a governance and ownership structure that more closely aligns users, Builders, infrastructure and other stakeholders and helps prevent the platform’s future economic success from working against the interests of its users. The specific legal structure for this long-term model will be developed step by step and will need to establish clear rules for existing owners, investors, Builders and users. For this reason, we transparently distinguish between the company structure that exists today and the governance model intended for the long term. Binding legal and economic details will be disclosed during the investment process and in the Data Room.