{"slug":"announce_manav_id","title":"A note about Manav.id, and an invitation to a few friends","summary":"A note from Vishal Kumar, founder of Manav and CEO of The Work Company: after testing Manav.id quietly with a few trusted friends, opening the lid a little to gather honest feedback from a wider circle across the US, EU, and Asia.","lede":"A few weeks ago my daughter asked me how a website knows she is a real person. I gave her the honest answer, which is that mostly it does not. That small conversation is part of why I am writing this.","date":"2026-06-05","reading_time":"6 min read","category":"Announcement","tags":["announcement","future of work","design partners","The Work Company","proof of human"],"author":"Vishal Kumar","author_title":"CEO, The Work Company","author_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaltx","cta":"https://manav.id/labs/manav/","image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/doc/upload/2026/06/05/smanav_id_splash.jpg","url":"/blog/announce_manav_id.html","wordcount":1200,"related":["manav-manifesto","origin-story","why-manav-sanskrit"],"schema":"Article"}