Brewster Kahle—Founded Internet Archive with mission of 'universal access to all knowledge'
In 1996, Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive as a nonprofit digital library with the explicit mission of providing 'universal access to all knowledge.' He funded it with proceeds from selling his previous companies (WAIS to AOL for $15M, later Alexa to Amazon for $250M). The Archive was designated as an official library by California in 2007.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Access & Information Freedom | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Open Internet & Web Freedom | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Founded Internet Archive with mission of 'universal access to all knowledge'
In 1996, Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive as a nonprofit digital library with the explicit mission of providing 'universal access to all knowledge.' He funded it with proceeds from selling his previous companies (WAIS to AOL for $15M, later Alexa to Amazon for $250M). The Archive was designated as an official library by California in 2007.