We are historians, engineers, designers, and digital archaeologists united by one mission: preserving the internet's first chapter before it disappears forever.
The visionaries who started it all in a garage in 1994.
Veteran web pioneer who launched one of the first GeoCities sites in 1995. Elena's passion for digital preservation was born when she watched beloved personal homepages vanish overnight in 2009.
Former Netscape engineer who understands web architecture at its deepest level. Marcus built the original crawling infrastructure and continues to lead our technology strategy.
Digital archaeologist with a PhD in web history. Priya personally curates the archive's most valuable collections, including the complete Geocities recovery project.
Former museum curator who transitioned to digital preservation. James ensures our archive meets academic standards and serves researchers, educators, and historians worldwide.
Building the tools that keep the early web alive.
Ex-specializes in rebuilding legacy web technologies from scratch. She's personally reconstructed 12 different versions of the Mosaic Navigator emulation layer.
Manages the distributed storage network that holds 4.2M archived pages. Derek designed our content-addressable storage system for long-term data integrity.
Creates pixel-perfect renderings of vintage web pages. Her work ensures that a page from 1996 looks exactly the same today β tiled backgrounds, animated GIFs, and all.
Implements cryptographic signing for every archived page. His work provides tamper-proof proof of existence, timestamp, and content integrity for legal and academic use.
Built the search index that powers our query engine. Sofia's algorithms can find any page across 4 million archived URLs in under 200 milliseconds.
Develops the API that lets researchers, museums, and educators access the archive programmatically. Supports REST, GraphQL, and even FTP for true retro compatibility.
The scholars who bring the early web back to life.
Leads our Geocities recovery project, having personally mapped and cataloged over 180,000 personal homepages. Yuki's work has been cited in 47 academic papers.
Specializes in preserving culturally significant early web content β including political sites, underground music communities, and international web rings from 50+ countries.
Documents the evolution of web design aesthetics from 1990β2000. Omar's research on the transition from table-based layouts to CSS has shaped how we understand digital design history.
Develops the classification taxonomy for our entire archive. Every page is tagged with era, technology stack, visual style, content type, and geographic origin.
Making the archive feel as authentic as the web it preserves.
Designed the entire archive interface with retro 90s aesthetics β complete with pixel fonts, scanned textures, and authentic CRT monitor effects. Kai is a self-proclaimed "Netscape Navigator enthusiast."
Implements Kai's designs with meticulous attention to detail. Amara has recreated authentic "Under Construction" GIFs, animated separators, and blinking text for the archive interface.
Specializes in restoring damaged images from the early web β faded GIFs, corrupted JPEGs, and broken image links are his specialty. Leo can reconstruct missing visuals from metadata alone.
The principles that guide everything we do.
Every day, thousands of early web pages go offline. We race against time to capture and preserve what was once considered disposable β because nothing on the internet is truly permanent.
We don't just save HTML β we preserve the full experience: fonts, layouts, animations, MIDI music, and the chaotic charm of early web design. Authenticity is non-negotiable.
Our archive belongs to everyone. Free access for researchers, educators, and the public. We believe digital history should never be behind a paywall.
The early web was global. We actively seek content from every continent, culture, and community β especially voices that were marginalized but vibrant on the early web.
We're driven by the same wonder that made people build personal homepages in 1994. Every archived page tells a story, and we're here to tell them all.
We store data across multiple geographic locations using redundant, long-term preservation standards. Our goal: keep the dawn of the internet alive for centuries.
We're always looking for passionate people who care about preserving digital history. Check our open positions or reach out directly.
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