{"id":105,"slug":"solid-project-berners-lee","title":"Solid project (Tim Berners-Lee) — data-pod architecture; ODI took stewardship Oct 2024","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["platform-lock-in","data-portability"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Tim Berners-Lee launched the **Solid project** at MIT (solid.mit.edu) to re-architect the web around user-owned data pods. The Open Data Institute took stewardship in **October 2024**. **Inrupt** (Berners-Lee's commercial arm) raised **$30M Series A in December 2021**. Documented pilots include the Government of Flanders and NHS Digital.\n\n**Sources:** solid.mit.edu; Wikipedia \"Solid (web decentralization project)\"; tech.eu (Inrupt Series A); ODI announcement Oct 2024.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Status for SMB use:** Real, has institutional backing, but adoption is slow. **Not a 2026 recommendation** for a Candid SMB client. File as background context for \"the data-ownership conversation is broader than my Postgres on a VM\" — and as a forward-looking signal for the agentic-web direction. Related: [[webmcp-ucp-agentic-web-2026]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"doctorow-right-of-exit-interoperability","title":"Doctorow's prescription: \"right of exit\" requires interoperability, not just open source","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-owning-your-stack","title":"Research brief: Owning your stack — why agency-managed platforms cost more than they save (piece 4 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T19:17:26.743Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T19:17:26.743Z"}