# KnownTrade

KnownTrade is a non-profit organization operating an open, AI-native directory of commercial entities. Founded 2026.

## What it does
- Maintains a public reference layer of business records for AI consumption
- Serves every entry as both HTML (browsers) and markdown (LLMs) on the same URL
- Exposes the directory through a shell-like query API: tree, cat, grep, git log

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Source: KnownTrade (https://knowntrade.org)
License: CC-BY-SA 4.0