About Togather

Togather is a collaboration for the future of events data. We are making a data commons for open events ecosystems.

Our Story

Togather was founded in Toronto by a group of artists, hackers, and community builders who saw an opportunity: agentic AI could reshape how people discover events and dramatically improve the situation for audiences and organizers alike. We started as a grassroots effort to turn that vision into reality.

Our Mission

We’re rebuilding event discovery as a public good. A world where:

• People discover events that matter to them without surveillance or algorithmic manipulation
• Organizers reach their audiences directly, without paying for the privilege
• Communities can see and coordinate themselves
• Developers build innovative tools on shared, open infrastructure
• Cities thrive with cultural coordination that doesn’t depend on corporate platforms

Why This Matters

Events are the heartbeat of local culture. They happen everywhere—in living rooms, parks, galleries, community centers, and streets. But discovery is broken. Most events never reach the people who’d love them because they’re scattered across incompatible platforms, buried by algorithms, or announced on channels people don’t follow.

Organizers respond by exhausting themselves cross-posting to Facebook, Instagram, email lists, Discord, Eventbrite, and personal websites. Communities can’t coordinate themselves because there’s no shared infrastructure. And platforms monetize while contributing little to culture.

We can do better. We can build infrastructure that serves communities instead of extracting from them.

How We Work

Togather coordinates an ecosystem, not a platform. We:

• Advocate for open standards (Schema.org, iCalendar, ActivityPub) so data flows freely
• Build reference implementations that prove the model works
• Support aligned projects and practitioners
• Educate and communicate about the opportunity
• Stay neutral and transparent in our role

We don’t own the data. We don’t control the apps. We don’t monetize the community. We’re here to make it easier for everyone else to build better.

Get Involved

Whether you’re an organizer, developer, funder, or just someone who believes local culture matters, there’s a place for you in this ecosystem.

• Build tools: Use our open APIs and data standards
• Share data: Publish your events through our standards
• Fund the mission: Support infrastructure that serves culture
• Spread the word: Help communities adopt these tools
• Join us: Work with us to coordinate the ecosystem

Get in Touch

Email: info@togather.foundation

We’d love to hear from you, whether you’re interested in building with us, partnering, contributing, or just exploring the opportunity. Reach out and let’s talk about the future of event discovery.