Who we are,
and why we do this.
A story in five chapters. Intro · Why we exist · How we work · Our promise · Let's go together. Take your time.
Lifting scattered
documents into a
living web.
DataSketchers began with a simple question. "Why doesn't what you write in Notion just become a website?" That question became D-SKET. And "why do we have to redo all the note-taking after a meeting ends?" became Canvas.
become web"
Shifting industry's center
from companies to people.
Outsourcing cost 3 million KRW. Production took two to four weeks. Every revision was another bill. The old way was simply too expensive for individuals who own their own work to own their own brand. We make that cost close to zero — so that more people can have a site under their own name.
first"
Listen in the field,
build small, operate together.
A short PoC instead of a big contract. A small flow instead of a big system. What we do most often is "sit in the client's office and watch how people actually work." Technology comes after that.
We make three
promises.
These are our promises through 2030. Every year we publish our progress, and when we fall short, we write down why too.
- 01The right to control your own data — BYOK, free forever
- 02Free forever for social-economy and nonprofit organizations — regardless of our revenue
- 03Tech decisions in the open — we document on the blog why we chose what we chose, and what we passed on
So, we'd love to move
forward together.
Thank you for reading. The next chapter is our careers page, or the first project we'll build together. From a small idea to a complex system — whenever it's about making meaning with data, we're in.