A Note from Shane Mac, our Co-founder.

A lot of us here worked on the old version of the internet. The closed internet.

We built the social apps. The chat apps. The microblogging apps. The photo apps. The short-form video apps. The chatbot apps. All the apps.

We also built the social algorithms.

The ad trackers.

The surveillance platforms.

The APIs that killed startups with a switch.

The apps you still can’t put down.

At the time, we believed in it. Connecting everyone in the world. Maximizing engagement. Moving fast and breaking things. Building the town square.

We were proud of our impact. Until one day, we weren’t.

There’s a moment when you wake up and realize that connecting everyone without giving people control isn’t progress. That “usage” doesn’t mean “useful”. That building products you can’t put down is great for business but devastating for society. That believing in technology’s potential shouldn’t require trusting a handful of CEOs to do the right thing forever. That Big AI today feels a little bit like Big Social yesterday.

Many people working in tech think they’re building an open internet for everyone. They’re not.

They’re building inside closed systems. Modern, well-funded, beautifully designed silos that feel open when you're inside them.

The test is this: If a single company can revoke access, change the rules, see the data, or shut it down… the system is closed. AI makes this even worse.

Most of us here had that moment.

That’s why we’re here.

We believe the next phase of the internet can be better than the last. We believe secure, personal communication is the most important technology in the world. And we believe that if you fix communication—privacy, ownership, incentives—you can change everything downstream.

We’re looking for people who’ve seen how the closed internet works and know, deep down in our gut, that their next chapter has to be something different.

This isn’t a place to dabble.

It’s a place for people who want to put power back in the hands of users.

Who want to build technology people can actually trust.

Who want to be proud of what they worked on ten years from now.

It's a place for people who deeply believe in our mission: To secure the world's freedom to communicate.

Don’t just watch. Build the open internet with us.

If you're curious, we’re open by default so it's easy to read about how we think - code, roadmaps, our blog, even mistakes - because we believe trust has to be earned. And the best way to do that, is to share it openly.