Comm

We’re a startup based in NYC working on a decentralized, self-hosted messaging platform for communities based on federated keyservers. Our long-term goal is to build an alternative to the centralized application server model that dominates Web2. Sophisticated apps (like Discord) need a backend, but today those backends are controlled by corporations. Our solution is to replace the cloud with a network of personal, private application servers (we call them “keyservers”). We’re looking to hire a designer and several engineers. Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, 401K match, on-site lunches, free MacBook Pro, and great team culture. Compensation is very competitive, especially for a startup. We recently signed the term sheet for our $5m seed round led by CoinFund, which will bring our total funding up to $7m. We’ve previously raised from over 60 investors, including VC firms such as Slow Ventures, Electric Capital, Eniac Ventures, and scouts from Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and others. We have a very strong team of 10 devs actively contributing to our codebase, including 5 here in NYC. Our tech stack includes modern React, React Native, C++, Rust, and AWS. Job descriptions are available at http://comm.careers. You can learn more about us at http://comm.page. If this sounds interesting please reach out to ashoat@comm.app.