Become a sponsor to YounndAI
YounndAI
Open tools for an AI-native world
YounndAI builds open, developer-first tooling for how humans and AI work
together — all Apache-2.0 and free, forever.
It starts with YON (YounndAI Object Notation™) — a stream-first block format
that carries data, intent, and instructions in a single stream, built for AI
agent workflows. Around it we maintain a growing family of free, open-source tools
that share the same technology and know-how:
- The YON toolchain — parser, generator, runner, converter, domains, benchmarks
- More on the way — knowledge, agent-handoff, and skills tooling built on YON
Why sponsor?
Your sponsorship funds the maintenance, conformance, documentation, and new work
that keep all of it fast, correct, and free for everyone — no paywalls, no
lock-in.
Sponsorship here supports our open-source tools. Our broader philosophy and
movement are a separate effort.
Thank you for helping keep it open. 🌀
Meet the team
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Alex Mares allemaarFounder · creator of YON · cognitive-architecture designer
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Claudiu Rentea claudiurenteaDesigner - Human first designer
Featured work
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YounndAI/yon-spec
Stream-first data format for AI agent workflows — data, intent, and instructions in a single stream. The normative YON™ (YounndAI Object Notation) v2.0 specification + conformance vectors. By Younn…
TypeScript -
YounndAI/yon
The official YON™ toolchain — parser, generator, runner, converter, examples, benchmarks, domain schemas, and AI relay for the stream-first YON block format. 8 npm packages under @younndai. By Youn…
TypeScript -
YounndAI/lyt
LYT™ — Link Your Think: federated markdown vaults — the storage architecture for AI-native knowledge work, AI-first by design. Mint vaults you own, weave meshes you share, forge Your Pod. Markdown-…
TypeScript 2
$5 a month
Select🌀 Supporter — keep YON and its open toolchain alive.
You get a Sponsor badge on your profile and your name in our BACKERS.md.
$25 a month
Select🔧 Builder — everything in Supporter, plus your name or logo in our project READMEs.
You fund the maintenance, conformance, and docs that keep the tools free.
$100 a month
Select⭐ Sponsor — everything in Builder, plus your logo on our project website.
Strong support for the open-source roadmap.
$500 a month
Select🤝 Partner — everything in Sponsor, plus a quarterly roadmap call and priority triage on your issues.
For teams that depend on YON.