A new file format for human existence.
What is .continue?
.continue is a portable, user-owned, encrypted file format that holds your complete personal context — health history, career, finances, family, recovery, identity. Every system that touches your life can read it (when you grant access), and every system that touches your life can write back to it (when you allow).
It's the contract that ends the clipboard era.
Why a file format matters
The internet wasn't built around platforms. It was built around protocols. HTTP. SMTP. TCP/IP. .pdf. .mp3. .jpg. Standards everyone could read so you could move information anywhere without permission.
Your personal data has never had that. Companies hold it, sell it, and lose it. You re-enter it every time you switch providers. Continuum changes that by giving you the file — yours — to carry.
How it works
You build your .continue
Through Continuum's intake, your file fills in. Health, career, financials, family, goals, history. Everything is encrypted on-device before it leaves you.
You grant a view
A doctor wants to see your medical history. You generate a Medical View — valid for 24 hours, just the medical fields, revocable instantly. Tap your phone to their scanner. Done.
The system reads what you allowed
Their dashboard populates with exactly the fields you shared. Nothing more. They can write back updates with your permission — visit notes, prescriptions, follow-ups — and your .continue grows.
You revoke when you want
Stop sharing in one tap. The view expires, the link dies, your data stops flowing. The file stays with you.
Who owns it
You. End-to-end encrypted. Continuum holds the encrypted blob; only your keys decrypt it. We can't read your file, we can't sell your file, we can't lose your file. Export it any time. Take it with you anywhere.
How institutions integrate
Doctors, lenders, employers, schools, courts — any institution that today gives you a clipboard can install a .continue scanner. We provide the SDK, the API, and the compliance scaffolding (HIPAA, SOC 2, FERPA). Institutions pay per scan. Users pay nothing.
The economics flip the entire data industry on its head: institutions pay for the privilege of reading your file when you grant access. You are the customer. Always.
The open protocol promise
.continue will be released as an open specification. Anyone can build a reader. Anyone can build a writer. Anyone can extend the schema with their domain. The format outlives any company — including ours.
That's the promise. The world's data problem doesn't get solved by another platform. It gets solved by a protocol that everyone can use.