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 that students can learn from and communities can own.
What happens when machine learning meets oral tradition?
The idea behind Kalegacy is simple: the knowledge held by your elders should be in the classroom, not just in memories. This is how we make that happen.
Digitize oral histories
Our AI directly transcribes and preserves indigenous languages and stories from recordings.
Weave culture into core subjects
Learn biology through ancestral farming practices. Study history using local epics.
Monetize cultural IP
Indigenous communities directly receive value when their knowledge is used and certified.
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 ensure indigenous knowledge is not just preserved, but taught, traded, and passed on to the next generation.
Founder & CEO
Tine Kris
Tine started Kalegacy to bridge the gap between global education and indigenous knowledge. She leads the product vision, community partnerships, and the mission to prevent cultural erasure.
Lead AI Engineer
Miguel Reyes
Miguel develops the machine learning pipelines that digitize oral histories and map indigenous languages to curriculum-aligned learning modules and micro-certifications.
Early supporters of the living archive
We're just starting, but the communities we're working with are already showing what this platform can do.
Kalegacy helped us record our elders' stories, which we thought were going to be lost. Now, my grandchildren can study 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 memories, it's an asset.
Juan Dela Cruz
Guardian of indigenous knowledge, Mindanao
When our oral history was mapped alongside biology lessons, that's when it clicked for the kids. They learn better when it comes from their own community.
Luzviminda Reyes
Public school teacher, Iloilo
Kalegacy doesn't just take our stories. It gives them structure and returns ownership to the community.
Ramon Villanueva
Cultural worker, Cordillera
One living archive, just starting
Kalegacy is building the infrastructure to turn oral histories into tradable digital assets for indigenous communities.
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living archive
A platform designed to preserve oral histories for future generations.
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mission-driven team
Led by Tine Kris, the effort to digitize heritage before it's lost.
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micro-certification model
Making indigenous knowledge a premium, verifiable asset.
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languages to protect
Every indigenous language and survival skill that still exists.
Start your micro-certification
Join the growing network of communities making their oral histories living, tradable knowledge.