Vana Foundation and Avinasi Labs Partner to Power Longevity Research with User-Owned Data

Georgetown, Cayman Islands — October 3, 2025 — Vana, the blockchain for user-owned data, today announced a strategic partnership with Avinasi Labs, an AI-native data layer dedicated to longevity. The collaboration will channel privacy-preserving, crowdsourced health and wellness data from across the Vana ecosystem into Avinasi’s foundation model to accelerate breakthroughs in extending the human lifespan.

Through this partnership, Avinasi Labs will gain access to datasets from Vana’s network of DataDAOs, including Sleep.fun and the Biohacker DataDAO, as well as other health and wellbeing collectives forming on Vana. These communities contribute real-world data, from sleep cycles and biomarker logs to lifestyle and biohacking practices, that will be used to improve Avinasi’s AI-driven models of aging and longevity, particularly an energy optimization app Sponge that is trained on lifestyle data.

Unlike traditional data silos controlled by corporations, Vana’s infrastructure ensures that all data is contributed voluntarily, with contributors retaining ownership and control over their data and privacy. DataDAOs on Vana govern how their datasets are shared, ensuring that breakthroughs in science are built on trust and that communities that contribute are part of the value created.

“The code for the human body is far more complex than any machine system,” said Art Abal, Managing Director of the Vana Foundation. “Unlocking that code requires vastly more real-world data. With Avinasi, we are proving that privacy-preserving, user-owned data can power discoveries that were impossible before.”

“At Avinasi Labs, we believe data is the lifeblood of longevity research,” said Winnie Qiu, Co-Founder of Avinasi Labs. “Working with Vana gives us access to diverse, high-quality datasets while honoring the sovereignty of contributors.”

The partnership reflects a growing movement in Web3 to bring decentralized, community-sourced data to frontier science. By combining Vana’s privacy-first infrastructure with Avinasi’s focus on longevity, the collaboration is positioned to accelerate progress in one of the most important frontiers of human health.

About Vana Foundation

The Vana Foundation is the steward of Vana, a layer one blockchain designed for user-owned data. Vana enables individuals to collectively own, govern, and earn from AI models trained on their data. By turning personal information into a new digital asset class, Vana unlocks powerful new opportunities for science, technology, and society.

About Avinasi Labs

Avinasi Labs is an AI-native data layer dedicated to advancing longevity science. By combining Web3 infrastructure with AI-driven biomedical research, Avinasi develops tools and models that aim to extend healthy human lifespan.