Call for Personal Data App Developers
By: Valto Loikkanen
Tags: API, Privacy, Development, Software Development, Prifina Developer

With Prifina, individuals can centralize their personal data to personal data clouds and developers can build new types of personal data applications and experiences on top of rich user-held data. You can apply here.

Apply for the early developer program at Prifina and we will help you “hands-on” to build your first personal data application.

Software is eating the world and now data is eating software. In practice, this means that all the different things that could be done with the software are actually being done.

Evolution of the Desk, LolaMento, imgur.com

Because of this unstoppable development, increasing amounts of data are being generated. IDC predicts that the world’s data will grow to 175 zettabytes in 2025. In 2019, the global data market reached an estimated $26 billion which is more than the whole US programmatic market value in 2016.

When the use of this data is expanded beyond the software where it originated, it becomes possible to develop totally new types of applications, especially when data from different sources (like activity, streaming, and finances, etc.) are mixed and combined. Data is also the enabling factor for making the AI work.

Due to expanding data privacy regulations, this valuable data representing trillions of dollars worth of investment from businesses and individuals around the world are being given to individuals for free. Individuals now can claim their data and do whatever they want with it. At the same time, due to the lack of user-facing tools, individuals have a hard time finding ways to get value from the data they hold.

This is exactly where your opportunity exists!

The combination of those megatrends creates an entirely new landscape for developing totally new personal data applications. Using this new category of data and user control, you can build something that was impossible to imagine before. The richest of data is within reach.

The occasions to develop on a new platform does not come very often. The opportunity to develop on the first iPhones looked very different from the millions of applications created now every single year.

If you share the vision of a new and more user-centric internet and are looking to develop new types of applications for this emerging market, we are looking forward to working with you.

Building great applications in a silo is never easy and any application development can benefit from additional hands-on support, specialized knowledge, different perspectives and from senior expertise from building applications.

The early developer program in a nutshell:

A growing library of dedicated React components

Curated access to best in class component libraries and open source tools

Comprehensive data access, including testing data

Early access to the full Prifina platform prototypes

UX/UI design support

Software development resources and support

Business model strategy support

Senior data science expertise

Applications are open now. Applications will close once 10 app concepts have been selected and development has started.

In addition to developing a personal data application platform to build and run your personal data applications, we encourage you to join “Liberty. Equality. Data.” developer community that can provide additional “hands-on” support in UX, UI design, front-end software development, software architecture as well as in data science (analytics, ML, etc.) on a volunteer basis.

There has never been a better time to develop personal data applications and now there is a growing community willing to lend their hands to see this market emerge.

So, if you are a talented software developer, an exceptional UX designer, or a seed-funded non-technical startup founder, apply here to Prifina’s personal data application early bird developer program to see if your personal data application qualifies for our developer support program.

Click here for more information about this program.

FAQ

Why do I need to apply? Can’t I just build?

Of course! You can build, you can also join Slack and get hacking!

However, if you want our structured support, we need to prioritize who we can include at this stage.

As this is a hands-on support program, it is very important that the application’s leadership is clear, knowledgeable and strong. This will help ascertain that the personal data app, once launched, also has real potential for success. For that reason, we expect there to be clear skills and understanding from one of the three key aspects for successful application (developer, UX design or validated digital business competence, i.e., investors + resources), as an indicator to either directly be able to design/develop the application further, or resources available to be able to acquire those skills going forward.

What do we do, and what do we not do?

Prifina and the “Liberty. Equality. Data.” community can provide key hands-on support. However, we can only provide additional resources and will not take the lead or ownership of the application: these need to come from your side. We will only provide hands-on support for initial MVP or product launch at the most. After that, we will continue supporting via our general developer’s tools, support and product updates. Naturally, the “Liberty. Equality. Data.” community or individual members may choose to continue supporting it for a longer period. There may also be an opportunity to find additional team members for your venture among those community members.

How do you choose the application ideas that you will support?

We will shortlist applications based on their consumer market appeal (wow factor, value for individuals directly, etc), uniqueness and variety (i.e., something entirely new, one per each similar application). Then we will vote on the priority together with the “Liberty. Equality. Data.” community members.

If your app concept is selected, we will let you know and get to work with you immediately.

I have an idea for an application, but I do not have skills, interest or secured resources to lead it myself. What could I do?

You can add your idea in our open ideas resource, vote or contribute to the existing ideas. Naturally, you can also join our ”Liberty. Equality. Data.” community in Slack to help build and support the building of some of these apps. Who knows, maybe someone with the same or similar idea as yourself is looking to take it into the market and seeks support.

Connect With Us and Stay in Touch

Prifina helps individuals get bespoke value from their personal data and provides tools for developers to build applications on top of user-held data.

You can follow Prifina on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and join our Slack: “Liberty. Equality. Data.”