The Swomi story

It started with one idea in 2009

People should get more from what they create and share online. That idea led to patents, a platform, our first members and many lessons, and it still guides what we build.

From an idea to today

  1. 2009

    The idea

    Help people get more from their online content. Eureka: a passion is born.

  2. 2013

    Patents filed

    We filed patents based on what we drafted in 2009.

  3. 2015

    Swomi is registered

    Then we went heads down in the lab to build it.

  4. 2017

    A team, a beta, our first members

    Our core team came together. We launched our first beta, welcomed our first members, and Swomi's trademark was granted.

  5. 2017

    swomichat and swomiswag

    swomichat became a private and secure social community. swomiswag opened as a shop where members used tokens.

  6. 2018

    SwomiBuzz is born

    Content-driven marketing moved to the front of what we do.

  7. 2019

    A new tool

    We added a new tool to the family. Its name: ContentSignals™.

  8. Today

    The new Swomi

    Your own store that grows with you, an AI that says it's AI, and rules anyone can read. Opening in Canada and the U.S.

Swomi's original history graphic from 2019: a trail of footprints from the 2009 idea, through patents filed in 2013, Swomi registered in 2015, the first beta, first members, the trademark, swomichat and swomiswag in 2017, SwomiBuzz and content-driven marketing in 2018, to ContentSignals in 2019, then green footprints walking on.
The timeline as we drew it in 2019.

Where it comes from

Swomi is built on the ContentSignals™ model: the signals content gives off, the graph of influence and authority they form, what that graph is worth, and the points people can use on rewards. The ideas behind the model were first filed as patent applications in 2002 and 2012. contentsignals.co sets out the model and that record, including Graph Modeling for Valuation 1.0, the method swomi.io will use for valuations.

What hasn't changed

Your words have worth: we first said it in 2015, and we still mean every word of it today. It means that you own your words and your message, that Swomi keeps them in your own store, a knowledge base that grows with everything you add, and that you remain in control of everything it does. It also means never making promises that we couldn't honestly keep.

Who we are

Swomi is run by Swomi Group Inc. We're building it for creators and small businesses in Canada and the United States. Every rule we follow is published, so anyone can compare what we promise with what we actually deliver.

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