Preserving heritage for the next generation
Kalegacy is a living archive that uses machine learning to digitize oral histories and indigenous languages, turning knowledge into a tradable asset students can learn from and communities can own.
What happens when machine learning meets oral tradition?
Kalegacy is built on a simple idea: the knowledge your elders carry should live in the classroom, not just in memory. Here is how that becomes real.
Digitize oral histories
Our AI transcribes and preserves indigenous languages and stories directly from recordings.
Weave heritage into core subjects
Learn biology through ancestral farming practices. Study history through local epics.
Earn micro-certifications
Turn what you learn into a verified, tradable credential that communities own the IP to.
Monetize cultural IP
Indigenous communities get direct value when their knowledge is accessed and certified.
The team behind the living archive
We built Kalegacy to make sure indigenous knowledge isn't just preserved—it's taught, traded, and carried forward by the next generation.
Founder & CEO
Tine Kris
Tine started Kalegacy to close the gap between global education and indigenous knowledge. She leads product vision, community partnerships, and the mission to prevent cultural erasure.
Lead AI Engineer
Miguel Reyes
Miguel builds the machine learning pipelines that digitize oral histories and map indigenous languages into curriculum-aligned learning modules and micro-certifications.
Early supporters of the living archive
We're just starting out, but the communities we work with are already showing us what this platform can become.
Kalegacy helped us record stories our elders thought would disappear. Now my granddaughter studies them in science class.
Maria Santos
Community elder, Kalinga province
The micro-certification model changed how we see our own knowledge. It's not just memory — it's an asset.
Juan Dela Cruz
Indigenous knowledge holder, Mindanao
Seeing our oral history mapped alongside biology lessons made it click for the kids. They learn better when it's theirs.
Luzviminda Reyes
Public school teacher, Iloilo
Kalegacy doesn't just take stories. It gives structure and ownership back to the community.
Ramon Villanueva
Cultural worker, Cordillera region
one living archive, just starting out
Kalegacy is building the infrastructure to turn oral histories into a tradable digital asset for indigenous communities.
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living archive
A single platform designed to preserve oral histories for generations.
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mission-driven team
Tine Kris leads the effort to digitize heritage before it disappears.
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micro-certification model
Turning indigenous knowledge into a premium, verifiable asset.
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languages to protect
Every indigenous language and survival skill that still exists.
Your micro-certification is just the start
Join a growing network of communities turning oral histories into living, tradable knowledge.