The USA Internet
LivePublic-facing national vision and network.
A National Information Architecture
Building the Stack for a More Connected America
The USA Stack brings together structured Business Records, geographic organization, information publishing, discovery, marketplaces, APIs and AI-ready digital surfaces. It demonstrates how one shared foundation could support many distinct experiences across the United States.
The Stack
Seven Layers, One Shared Foundation
The USA Stack is an architecture and demonstration site — not a directory, marketplace, database or independent operating company. Each layer below describes a distinct responsibility.
- LAYER 01
Authoritative Records
Organizations, businesses, locations, products, services, people, places, offers, events, articles and other structured entities.
- LAYER 02
Identity and Governance
Unique identities, ownership, claims, verification, permissions, provenance, moderation, version history and audit trails.
NoteVerification and governance are capabilities being developed. They are not universally operational across the network today.
- LAYER 03
Knowledge and Relationships
Connections among businesses, locations, categories, services, communities, counties, states, content and other entities.
- LAYER 04
Data Access and Services
APIs, search, structured data, publishing services and controlled distribution.
- LAYER 05
Geographic Organization
USA → state → county → city → community → business.
- LAYER 06
Distribution Surfaces
Information, storefronts, reviews, savings, happenings, featured content, promotions, advertising, browsing, organization and activity flows.
- LAYER 07
Search, AI and Agents
Human discovery, machine-readable information, AI visibility, agent access and future authorized actions.
NoteA nationwide agent-action infrastructure is part of the longer-term architecture, not a completed production capability.
The USA Architecture Family
Complementary Architectural Properties
These are complementary parts of one architecture — not independent companies. Each expresses a different responsibility within the same national model.
The USA Grid
Owned / PlannedNational map of entities, properties, relationships and network components.
The USA Platform
Owned / PlannedApplications, services and common platform capabilities.
The USA OS
Owned / PlannedOperating rules, workflows, permissions and coordination.
The USA Graph
Owned / PlannedRelationships among organizations, locations, people, places and content.
The USA Surfaces
Owned / PlannedThe digital destinations through which information reaches people and machines.
The USA Information
Owned / PlannedStructured information and publishing layer.
The USA Deployment
Owned / PlannedRepeatable deployment model for national, state and local properties.
The USA Flow
Owned / PlannedActivity and information movement across the network.
Demonstration
From Architecture to Working Demonstration
A current shared-record implementation demonstrates how one underlying database can support multiple branded and geographically scoped surfaces.
25 configured shared-record surfaces
One shared organization and Business Record model
Independent surface eligibility
Independent publication status
Independent placement by surface
Regional overlap across Minnesota and Wisconsin
Local/international and USA-specific information families
Specialized surfaces for reviews, happenings, savings, featured content, storefronts, promotions, advertising and activity
Business Records
One Business. One Record. Many Authorized Uses.
A business should not need to recreate its identity and essential information for every directory, marketplace, publisher or AI service. The Business Record model is intended to provide a structured source that can be claimed, maintained and selectively distributed across appropriate destinations.
A Business Record may include
- Organization identity
- Single or multiple locations
- Service areas
- Categories
- Products and services
- Hours
- Contacts
- Media
- Articles
- Events
- Offers
- Reviews and responses
- Storefront information
- Verification and provenance
- Surface publication settings
For Businesses
For One Location or Thousands
Solo and single-location businesses should be able to manage one clear, authoritative presence. Multi-location organizations and franchises should be able to manage shared brand information, individual location details, local offers, events, articles, permissions and publishing eligibility from a coordinated system.
Single-Location Businesses
PilotManage identity, location, services, hours, content and distribution from one Business Record.
Multi-Location Businesses
PilotMaintain shared organizational information while giving each location its own address, hours, services, media, offers and publishing settings.
Franchise Systems
PlannedCoordinate brand governance with controlled local participation, location-specific content and role-based permissions.
Agencies and Resellers
PlannedManage approved records and locations for clients through permission-based workflows.
National to Local
National Information, Organized Locally
National information becomes more useful when it can be organized into progressively more relevant geographic and entity-level contexts.
- United States
- State
- County
- City
- Community
- Business or Organization
- Location
- Products, Services and Content
Foundation
An Existing Foundation
Carefully qualified portfolio-level facts — stated at the stage each asset is actually at.
2,900+
Strategic domain assets
100+
Live marketplace and directory properties
7 million+
Existing listings
25
Configured shared-record demonstration surfaces
Emerging
Business Record, graph, API, search and publishing architecture
These assets exist at different stages. Not every strategic domain is developed, not every existing listing has been converted into an authoritative Business Record, and not every marketplace is currently integrated with the shared-record system. The opportunity is to progressively connect the strongest assets through a common architecture.
Ecosystem
Where The USA Stack Fits
One vision, one broader architecture, and one national implementation.
The Local Internet
The flagship vision connecting businesses, places, information, marketplaces, communities and machines.
The Local Internet Stack
The broader architecture that can support multiple countries and markets.
The USA Stack
The United States implementation and national architecture.