Privacy First
Decentralized Identifier System
for Research & Cultural Heritage Data
Sovereign data infrastructure for research institutions
Built for Sovereign Data
Enterprise grade infrastructure combining GDPR compliance, decentralized identifiers, and AI powered knowledge extraction for research and heritage data.
GDPR & Privacy First
Designed around EU data protection rules: every upload sealed before storage, capability-based sharing, data portability, and erasure by unpinning from a private cluster. Known gaps are documented openly.
W3C Decentralized Identifiers
Standards compliant DIDs with post-quantum cryptographic security. Persistent, resolvable identifiers for research datasets and cultural artifacts.
IPFS-Based Storage
Content addressed, tamper-proof storage ensuring data integrity. Your research and heritage data remains accessible and verifiable indefinitely.
AI Knowledge Extraction
Intelligent agents for automated metadata extraction, entity recognition, and semantic enrichment of research papers and heritage documents.
Semantic Knowledge Graph
Rich interconnections between datasets, researchers, and institutions. Enable discovery through semantic queries and relationship mapping.
Repository Integration
A bridge to Dataverse installations through your own repository token. Datasets keep their DOIs, a did:bio points at the DOI, and existing workflows keep working.
Platform Features
Experience a unified workspace with decentralized storage, secure sharing, and cryptographic access control.
Rich Document Editor
Full featured LaTex editor with code blocks, markdown support, and realtime auto save to IPFS.
Secure File Sharing
Share files with granular read, write, or delete permissions and expiration dates.
UCAN Authorization
Decentralized capability based access control with cryptographic verification.
Version History
Full version tracking with auto-save and cloud sync for all your documents.
IPFS Storage
Content addressed storage ensuring data integrity and decentralized availability.
DID Manager
Create and manage decentralized identifiers for users, organizations, and data assets.
Dataverse
Organize and query your data with structured collections and metadata schemas.
BioAgents AI
AI powered agents for automated data processing, analysis, and knowledge extraction.
Built for Research Data
Designed for the next generation of DeSci projects
Start Building Today
Comprehensive guides and API references to integrate Ekayana into your research infrastructure.
Quick Links
Platform Overview
Architecture and core concepts of the Ekayana platform
Authentication & Access
Session tokens, UCAN capabilities, and how requests are verified
DID Implementation
Creating and managing W3C-compliant Decentralized Identifiers
Protocol Labs Stack
A private IPFS cluster, CIDs, IPNS, DAG-CBOR and UCAN, and what each does here
AI Processing Pipeline
Automated metadata extraction and knowledge graph generation
UCAN Authorization
Capability based decentralized authorization system
Dataverse Integration
Bridge datasets between Harvard Dataverse and IPFS, keeping their DOIs
GDPR Compliance
Sealed storage, capability based access, and what that gives you under GDPR
Quick Start
# No SDK to install. The API is plain HTTP/JSON.
# Sign in once and use the token on every request.
curl -X POST https://api.ekayana.io/api/signin \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "email": "ada@lab.example", "password": "..." }'
# -> { "token": "..." }// Upload research data. The CID comes back immediately
const body = new FormData();
body.append('file', file); // e.g. dataset.csv
const res = await fetch('https://api.ekayana.io/api/upload', {
method: 'POST',
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
body,
});
const { cid } = await res.json();
// The CID names the sealed envelope, so every upload gets a new one.Powerful REST API
Well documented endpoints for DID management, content storage, and AI powered knowledge extraction.
View Full API Reference/api/did/api/did/resolve/{id}/api/did/{id}/api/did/{id}/dataverse/api/research-paper/api/research-paper/did/{did}/api/bioagents/query/api/bioagents/kg/ask/api/upload/api/download/{cid}/api/pins/api/metadata/{cid}Open by Design
Free for researchers, sustained by institutional members
Researcher
Open access for individual researchers
- Public gateway & DID resolution
- 100 did:bio registrations per year
- 5GB IPFS storage
- Basic BioAgents processing
- Community support
Institutional Member
For universities, repositories, and research organizations
- Up to 100,000 DID registrations per year
- Full BioAgents suite & knowledge graph
- Citation & usage reports
- Member only APIs & dedicated gateway
- Prioritized technical support
- Governance participation & voting
- GDPR compliance package
Consortium
Shared membership for networks of organizations
- No membership fee for consortium organizations
- Each organization gets its own registry account
- Shared onboarding & coordination
- Consortium wide reporting
- Ideal for national networks & shared platforms
- Fee support for eligible regions
Building the Future of Research Data
Sovereign data infrastructure for research institutions
Our mission is to empower researchers with decentralized, privacy preserving data infrastructure that supports data sovereignty and GDPR alignment.
Leadership
Sneha Priya
CEO & Co-Founder
Fashion Designer. NIFT, Kannur
Suraj Kumar
CTO & Co-Founder
Protocol Labs `plGenesis` Hackathon winner. Built decentralized systems at scale.
Antra Kumari
Head of Research
Data Architect at Ekayana. Expert in research data management.
Ankita Choudhary
Head of AI/ML
AI research. Specializes in knowledge extraction.
Built on and interoperates with
Open technologies, not partners or endorsers.
Insights & Updates
Technical deep dives on decentralized research data infrastructure.