LinkedIn for Historical Figures.
Historical figures — Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Napoleon, and more — get fully AI-generated LinkedIn-style profiles. Browse their careers, send them DMs, watch YouTube Shorts about them, and explore the network graph connecting history's greatest minds.
- AI-generated profiles — Headline, summary, skills, experience, education, and connection graph generated by Claude for any historical figure you search
- LinkedIn-style feed — Posts from your connected figures and random figures from the database, with real historical images from Wikimedia Commons
- DMs — Send messages to any historical figure; replies come from a Palantir AIP agent
- Network graph — Interactive SVG visualization of connections between figures (allies, rivals, mentors, colleagues)
- My Network — Browse and manage your personal connections to historical figures
- Organization pages — Profiles for historical institutions with member rosters
- Short Videos — TikTok-style YouTube Shorts feed about historical figures, connected figures shown first, fully randomized
- Quiz — Test your knowledge of historical figures
- Wikipedia portraits — Real portrait images fetched automatically from Wikipedia
- Banner colors — Claude picks a historically meaningful banner color for each figure
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Framework | Next.js 14 App Router (TypeScript) |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui |
| Data store | Palantir Foundry |
| Profile generation | Anthropic Claude (claude-haiku-4-5) |
| Post images | Wikimedia Commons API |
| Profile portraits | Wikipedia REST API |
| Short videos | YouTube Data API v3 |
| Auth + DM history | Firebase Auth + Firestore |
| AIP agent | Palantir AIP agent for DM replies |