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Signal

Signal is a nonprofit that develops the end-to-end encrypted Signal messaging app for private text, voice, and video communication.

Privacy techMountain View, CaliforniaFounded 2018Founders: Moxie Marlinspike, Brian ActonWebsite โ†—
Last verified Jul 30, 2026

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$105M
As of Jul 30, 2026Value Add Pulse research

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Signal is a Privacy tech company, based in Mountain View, California, founded 2018 by Moxie Marlinspike, Brian Acton. Total funding $105M (As of Jul 30, 2026).

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  1. Jul 30, 2026First reported total funding: $105M Value Add Pulse enrichment

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  1. Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI Chatbots 'Are Not Your Friends'Signal president Meredith Whittaker is warning users not to mistake AI chatbots for confidants, arguing the intimacy they simulate masks a surveillance-and-data business underneath. Her caution lands amid a boom in companion and assistant AI that increasingly positions itself as an emotional relationship.โ†’

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