Building the Anti-Algorithm Internet

Cultivation
over extraction.

Five products. One philosophy. Tools for cultural preservation, natural language search, and digital discovery — built without algorithms, ads, or engagement traps.

1M+Users reached
5Live products
70M+Images indexed
$25K+Donations received
as of Feb 2026
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"Algorithms replaced discovery with prediction, turning shared experiences into personalized feeds that no one else sees. We're building the way back."
— The Rewind Manifesto
Louis Flex Vonmesser
Ludwig "Flex" Vonmesser
Cultural technologist. Former gem dealer. Academically trained art historian and curator. Great-nephew of Ken Kesey. Built five live systems solo from Vlorë, Albania — on the principle that the internet works better when nobody is optimizing it. @flexasaurusrex
01 — Products

The Portfolio

Five interconnected products, each solving a different failure of the modern internet.

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REWIND
Network

Cultural resistance through digital preservation. The umbrella organization behind the REWIND ecosystem — a growing network of 24/7 streaming channels preserving broadcast history before the algorithm erased it.

1M+Visitors
$25K+Donated
as of Feb 2026
Cultural Preservation24/7 StreamingZero Algorithm
Visit Network
rewindme.media
MTV Rewind
LIVE
50,000+ music videos across 33+ channels
Cartoon Rewind
LIVE
Saturday mornings forever
AIM Rewind
LIVE
Ephemeral private messaging
Ad Rewind
LIVE
Commercial breaks as culture
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MTV
REWIND

The flagship. 50,000+ music videos across 33+ themed channels streaming 24/7 — recreating the chaos and serendipity of MTV when it was dangerous. Featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and endorsed by MTV co-founder Les Garland.

50K+Videos archived
33+Channels
2,500+Concurrent viewers
as of Feb 2026
MusicStreamingArchivalNYT Featured
Watch Now
wantmymtv.xyz
24/7 STREAMING
I Want My MTV
80s
90s
HIP-HOP
ROCK
INDIE
2,847 watching now
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The Ask
Engine

Search any website with AI. A Chrome extension that reads the page you're on and turns it into a conversation. Products, articles, feeds — ask questions, get instant answers. Works across Amazon, Reddit, YouTube, Wikipedia, and every site in between.

100+Sites supported
SDKEnterprise ready
 
AI SearchChrome ExtensionNLPSDK
Install Free
theaskengine.tech
Which running shoes have the best ratings under $100?
AskEngine — Instant Answer

The Nike Revolution 6 at $67.99 leads with 4.6 stars across 12K+ reviews. The ASICS Gel-Contend 8 at $54.95 is close behind at 4.5 stars with excellent arch support.

AmazoneBayRedditYouTubeWikipedia𝕏
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Trove

Find the image you can feel. Natural language search across 70M+ images from the world's greatest open archives — The Met, Smithsonian, Library of Congress, V&A, and more. Pinterest for people who actually make things.

70M+Images indexed
14+Institutions
 
Visual SearchAI + NLPMuseumsMoodboards
Start Searching
trove.pictures
"the warmth of sun-faded Polaroids from a California summer"
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Riffing

Anti-algorithmic live music streaming. Discover live performances without feeds, recommendations, or engagement optimization. The NLP search technology powering Riffing became the foundation for both The Ask Engine and Trove — three products born from one breakthrough.

NLPCore search tech
3Products spawned
 
Live MusicStreamingAnti-AlgorithmNLP Foundation
Listen Live
riffing.live
Now Streaming
Live from Somewhere Beautiful
No algorithm chose this for you
Zero FeedsNo RecsJust Music
02 — Architecture

Systems Map

Five products, three layers. Shared infrastructure, one philosophy.

Natural Language Layer
AskEngine
AI-powered conversational search for any website. Chrome extension + embeddable SDK.
Trove
Natural language visual search across 70M+ museum and archive images. Moodboard curation.
Experience Layer
Riffing
Anti-algorithmic live music discovery. NLP search tech origin point for the entire stack.
MTV Rewind
50K+ music videos, 33+ channels. 24/7 streaming. The flagship cultural preservation product.
Stewardship Layer
REWIND Network
The umbrella. Cultural resistance through digital preservation. MTV, Cartoon, AIM, and Ad Rewind — with infinite expansion capacity. Zero ads. 100% viewer-supported.
03 — Alignment

Partner With Us

The algorithmic feed model is hitting a wall. Engagement is plateauing, trust is eroding, and the audience that grew up inside the algorithm is actively walking away from it. What replaces it is already emerging — intentional media, voluntary attention, shared experience over personalized prediction.

We've been actively engaged in the culture of — and building the infrastructure for — that shift. Five live products, a million-plus users, and a revenue model based entirely on voluntary support — zero ads, zero data extraction. The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Billboard covered it. MTV's co-founder endorsed it. And the audience keeps growing because they found us the old-fashioned way: word of mouth.

We're looking for founding partners — brands that understand this cultural moment and want to be on the right side of it. Not as advertisers, but as stewards. Credited partners in a movement that's already proving the model works.

What alignment looks like
Founding partner credit across the REWIND Network — "This broadcast preserved by [brand]"
Association with press-covered cultural infrastructure that audiences already trust
Access to 1M+ users who chose intentional media — an audience unreachable through traditional digital channels
Co-stewardship of open cultural tools used by designers, researchers, and institutions worldwide
04 — Coverage

As Seen In

05 — Philosophy

The Ethos

Every product starts from the same set of beliefs about what the internet should be.

Zero Algorithm

No feeds. No recommendations. No engagement optimization. You press play and you get what's on. Discovery happens through randomness, not prediction.

Cultivation Over Extraction

We build tools that cultivate culture and community, not ones that extract attention and data. Every product is 100% viewer-supported, zero ads, forever.

Web Pages That Load

No apps. No logins. No engagement traps. Just URLs that work. Simple infrastructure for cultural access, built to last. The internet as it was supposed to be.

Shared Experience

Personalization became prison. We build for collective moments — thousands of people watching the same channel, discovering the same thing at the same time.

Natural Language First

Search should understand what you mean, not just what you type. Every search tool we build speaks human — from museum archives to live web pages.

Open Infrastructure

Cultural images belong to everyone. Broadcast history belongs to everyone. We build on open data, open APIs, and the belief that preservation is resistance.

Let's build
something real.

Interested in the technology, the products, or the philosophy? Whether it's partnerships, acquisitions, licensing, or just conversation — the door is open.

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