Streamr looks forward to a data economy where humans, AI and other smart machines are all trading real-time data. Instead of personal data travelling through and being subject to the whims of unaccountable tech giants, it should be owned by its producers and travel through open-source, decentralized networks beyond the control of any single entity. Data should be securely owned, efficiently shared and fairly monetized. Streamr is being built by contributors around the world. Crowdfunded with $30M in October 2017, it is an open source project with the Network at its core, plus the Marketplace and Core apps. Functional versions of each component exist today, with full decentralization being our goal over the next few years. The project was started by real-time data veterans with backgrounds in algorithmic trading and finance markets.