Cats built the internet. Somebody owes them.

Meowney® is how you settle up. Tell us where you live and we find the cat shelter nearest you. Cats accept payment in food, warmth and vet bills only.

Send the Meowney® → Legally binding in the sense that cats judge you.

MEET THE TRUE [UNPAID] ARCHITECTS OF THE INTERNET

Ceiling Cat

Ceiling Cat 2003

Invented picture-with-words. Every feed since is a cover version.

Longcat

Longcat 2005

Made scrolling a thing to do. Owns the vertical axis outright.

Keyboard Cat

Keyboard Cat 2007

Cable was laid across oceans so this would not buffer.

Maru

Maru 2008

Cat enters box. Still the most watched genre on earth.

Nyan Cat

Nyan Cat 2011

Proved a loop can hold a human hostage. Feeds took notes.

Grumpy Cat

Grumpy Cat 2012

One face, one empire. The creator economy is her estate.

Lil Bub

Lil Bub 2012

Turned fame into shelter money first. We are copying her.

Your cat

Your cat today

Working three platforms for free. Has never once invoiced you.

The case, briefly

Remove the cats and there is no reason for any of this to exist.

$847B

earned each year on cat contentNone of it reaches a cat.

56k

top modem speed before cats demanded betterHD exists because a cat sat in a box.

2.1M

searches for “cat” every dayEvery one of them billed to an advertiser.

$0

lifetime earnings of the average catPaid to date: one box, and it was already theirs.

Send the Meowney®

Your shareable proof

Proof you paid the internet’s oldest debt.

Every donation unlocks a personalized settlement card recognizing cats as the true architects of the web. Download and share yours to bring the next human onboard.

Meowney® back royalties paid
$25
For the true architects of the web, paid forward to a local cat rescue.
Sample Shareable proof

Step one of three. This is not your cat’s invoice, it is the internet’s. Pick what you are settling.

Meowney®

Every purr built this place.

We hold no money and take no cut. The shelters are real and always short. Numbers are affectionate estimates.