Candlelight
A calm, always-there cloud
Designed as a quiet keeper of what matters — files, memories, small businesses — with sustainability and long-term stewardship built into the operating model.
Riding the wave of progress, responsibly
Harnessing technology ethically to help humanity thrive.
Digital Surfing is a small family of ventures across Australia and the United Kingdom. We ride the leading edge of innovation — and keep both feet on the values that matter.
Our companies
Two entities. One shared compass.
Each company is home to a small set of projects. New projects join this list as they take shape.
Digital Surfing Pty Ltd
ACN — Australian based
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Candlelight
Livecandlelight.cloud
A quiet, resilient home for what matters — cloud with a human heartbeat.
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Memoir Hive
Coming soonmemoirhive.com
A living archive for family stories and lived experience.
Digital Surfing Limited
Companies House — UK based
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Brainsvault
Livebrainsvault.ai
A private vault for the knowledge inside your head.
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Heaven Sent
Coming soonheavensent.money
Rethinking generosity and legacy giving from the ground up.
Humanity impact journey
Beyond the hype cycle.
We evaluate emerging technologies by their contribution to human flourishing — ethics, sustainability, and societal benefit — not by how loud the launch is.
DiscoveryInflated HypeEthical ScrutinyResponsible AdoptionHuman Flourishing
Hover or tap a dot along the curve to explore how we read each technology.
Our principles
Four values we don't trade away.
Transparency
Explain what we build, how it works, and where the trade-offs live — in plain language.
Privacy
Personal data is a trust, not a resource. Minimise, protect, and let people walk away with their own.
Inclusivity
Design for the people usually left out — different languages, abilities, ages and bandwidths.
Stewardship
Technology outlives the launch. We build for the long tail: energy, maintenance, and human care.
Technologies deployed
What we're working with today.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Edge computing
- Cloud infrastructure
- Fintech for good
- Memory & legacy tech
- Privacy-preserving data
- Community platforms
- Personal knowledge vaults
Positive impact
Case studies in ethical tech.
Small stories, honestly told. Each project inside Digital Surfing is a working answer to the question: "does this actually help someone?"
Brainsvault
Knowledge that stays yours
A private, AI-augmented vault for the ideas inside your head, built on the principle that your thinking is not training data.
Dean Strautins
Founding Director
About the founding director
Dean Strautins
Dean is the founding director of Digital Surfing across Australia and the United Kingdom. His work sits where technology, business and lived human experience meet — and stays there.
Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Internet Communication
- Business Degree in International Business
- Trade Certificate in HVAC
- Diploma in Project Management
Life experience
- Worked in Europe — 10 years
- Worked in China — 3 years
- Working in Australia — 30+ years
Let's build something that helps humanity thrive.
We collaborate with individuals, teams and institutions who take ethics seriously and want to ship real work. If that's you — get in touch.