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#### <span class="text-xl subtitle">a credible alternative to centralized clouds</span>

## **Collaborative & Sovereign**

Imagine a cloud built by everyone, for everyone—a place where we collectively own and control our data. By joining forces, we create a secure, efficient, and decentralized infrastructure that empowers individuals and communities. Together, we can ensure privacy, boost innovation, and pave the way for a more equitable digital future. Let’s build this cloud, hand in hand.

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#### <span class="green_text uppercase">rethinking the way the internet works </span>

## **ThreeFold’s Journey**

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#### OUR JOURNEY BEGAN<br><span class="green_text uppercase">+10 YEARS AGO</span>

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Years ago, we realized that the existing Internet Infrastructure isn’t sustainable nor secure, lack sovereignty and will not succeed to meet future Internet demands.

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In response, we came together with a shared mission- to design a revolutionary decentralized, open-source, inclusive and sustainable cloud solution for all. 

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#### WHERE WE ARE<br><span class="blue uppercase">TODAY</span>

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As we embark on the expansion and commercialization phase, the ThreeFold Grid is in it’s third generation and live ±60 countries, significant milestones in our ongoing commitment to redefine the future of the digital landscape.

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We are at the start of a journey to millions of nodes and will launch soon the fourth generation of the Grid- Project Internet Capacity.


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#### <span class="green_text uppercase">OUR MISSION & VISION</span>

## **Empowering <span class="blue"> Human Potential</span>**

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Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations with secure, private, and <br>autonomous access to computing resources, ensuring fair cloud access for everyone.

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We envision a global, community-driven network of interconnected servers and nodes—the grid—that democratizes <br>computing power and storage. This decentralized infrastructure fosters innovation, digital sovereignty, and an equitable internet, where users fully control their data and interactions. 

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Through our token, we support an open ecosystem that facilitates the seamless exchange of internet capacity, <br>fostering a new digital era of sovereignty, security, privacy, and inclusivity.

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#### <span class="blue uppercase">ROADMAP</span>

## **Expanding ThreeFold**

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#### <span class="blue uppercase">MEET THE TEAM</span>

## **Founded by <span class="green_text">Internet 1.0 Pioneers</span>**

We are a dedicated group committed to advancing a new digital era. Some of us have been working on Internet technology since the early days, when it was a decentralized network. Our goal is to help bring that vision to life once more.

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**KRISTOF DE SPIEGELEER** <br>

<p class="blue text-base font-semibold">Co-Founder & CEO</p>

<p class="text-base leading-tight">Serial entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in Internet infrastructure and cloud technology. Passionate about tech for good, 500m USD in exits.</p>

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**JAN DE LANDTSHEER** <br>

<p class="blue text-base font-semibold">Co-Founder & Master Architect</p>

<p class="text-base leading-tight">Network guru who has been innovating the internet from the early days and has witnessed the rise of centralization. </p>

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**ADNAN FATAYERJI** <br>

<p class="blue text-base font-semibold">Co-Founder & CEO of TF DMCC</p>

<p class="text-base leading-tight">Social entrepreneur and startup investor, responsible for driving the ThreeFold Foundation. Built successful grass-root businesses in the UAE for the past 20 years.</p>

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**SABRINA SADIK** <br>

<p class="blue text-base font-semibold">Operations Manager</p>

<p class="text-base leading-tight">As the Internal and Grid Operations Lead, Sabrina handles customer communications and logistics. Sabrina prioritizes people and fosters and inclusive workplace culture.</p>

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**FLORIAN FOURNIER** <br>

<p class="blue text-base font-semibold">Ecosystem Developer</p>

<p class="text-base leading-tight">Experienced social entrepreneur and marketing executive with extensive network in the US and Latam. Spearheaded all marketing at Apple in Latam.</p>

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#### <span class="green_text uppercase">BE PART OF OUR JOURNEY</span>

## **Let’s redefine our digital <br>landscape <span class="blue"> together</span>**

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    <a href="https://manual.grid.tf" target="_blank">
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     <p class="white-gray font-normal">Dive deeper into our technology</p>
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