Community / Contribution / Work
A record becomes a community when people can enter it.
Chai & Code is for people who believe the most useful founder stories are built collectively: by the people who lived them, the people who can verify them, and the people who know how to carry them forward.
Bring a story
Nominate a founder, company, decision, failure, artifact, or overlooked piece of history that belongs in the record.
Open archive intake02Join the work
Researchers, engineers, filmmakers, writers, designers, operators, translators, and community builders can help make the archive deeper and more useful.
Introduce yourself03Bring a company
Invite Chai & Code to document a company honestly—or ask The Algorithm to help solve the systems behind what comes next.
See how we workThe working circle
Not an audience. A body of knowledge.
Some people arrive with code. Others arrive with access, memory, judgment, language, production skill, or a story nobody else knows how to ask for. All of that can matter.
Enter the working circle