Scientists have been tackling ways to treat HIV for decades, but managing and monitoring the insidious virus is still a challenge. CAVD (Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery) DataSpace is a web-based platform that allows vaccine experts around the world collaborate on studies and hypotheses instantly, while sharing searchable information in a user-friendly format that bypasses the traditional waiting periods inherent in publishing research papers. By surfacing knowledge that might otherwise have been inaccessible, the tool provides an invaluable step towards understanding and controlling the future of HIV.