The Archive

Last summer, we created @thearchivefund in 2 weeks. A scrappy, half-thought-out microgrant that funded side quests over startups. Everything from idea to launch felt like a fever dream. And, it was kinda terrifying. To be honest, I was pretty scared that dropping a semester's worth of my tuition on a project that came to life as fast as it had entered my head was destined to fail. But oh, was I wrong. Turns out, taking a chance on things that truly embody the type of change you want to see in the world is almost ALWAYS worth it. In literally a week, @thearchivefund BLEW UP. Global reach. Hundreds of applications and dozens of adventures that literally made our entire team say “wtf how do ppl think of this”. In the end, we funded 7 stories all over the world that showed us exactly why we wanted this to happen in the first place. It was stressful, fast, but the most rewarding summer I’ve ever had, and now, we’re so excited to be able to share what this project grew into in the short months that it ran. Huge thanks to @applejuiceizy for producing our video once again, @aridutilh @0xTraderJoes and everyone else who took a chance on what this could be. This wouldn’t have been possible without you.

still have money left btw. around $1.5k. if ur adventure is worth it, ill break my own rules and give u how ever much we have left in the bank :)

this is what’s happening RIGHT NOW while u doomscroll☹️: - A final adventure between two best friends to Spain - A journey to 3 towns in Wales to uncover 3 truths - A trip to Netherlands to learn Dutch in 3 days - Turf Wars x CTF in the heart of Downtown Toronto - A matcha pop-up in SF for the builder community we’re still taking in apps, btw. don’t be lame: jointhearchive.com u got fomo yet?

@rumezaft how do we still have money left dawg 🥀

@jia_seed the internet will/is a museum :) everything you share is remnant that can change how people may perceive culture now, never, or in the near future sick asf

a few weeks ago, I left X to just focus on building two days ago, I randomly decided to come back and post a tweet. It got 800k views one second of effort sparked insane serendipity. ceo of morning brew, whop, vps at zapier, and more. connections and opportunities I never would’ve found myself in otherwise to anyone wondering whether you should be active online: it’s not necessary, but I highly recommend it, and support you in doing so I don’t exactly mean building in public - but more of feeling freer to share opinions. do not underestimate the power of the internet

@ayushrgarg should we fly ppl out

We're hosting Waterloo's FIRST AI Chess Hackathon This fall, team up in 3s and join 200 of the best AI engineers to build Chess Grandmasters Winner will be declared in a tournament style showdown Only one can take the queen... chesshacks.dev

@0x_rxkvys we wanna know where ur going next pwease

past few months back to back has been tiring but fun jan 24-29 istanbul feb 13-17 sf feb 19-22 miami feb 23-25 philadelphia feb 27- march 2 denver march 3 - march 9 vietnam april 8-15 sf may 4-6 toronto may 19-23 new york june 3- july 3 sf july 4 - july 9 punta cana july 10 - TBD sf

instead of paying my university tuition, I'm giving you $$ to go on your craziest side quests. we're launching a people-first microgrant. not to fund your startup, but to fuel your story. i promise this isn't a pyramid scheme. i just love creating and hearing stories. your life is a movie. we want to help you live it. join the archive now: jointhearchive.com (pls)

@KaraAlykhan @rumezaft The Archive :p

@rumezaft For what?

WE JUST OUR FUNDED OUR FIRST PERSON AHHHH