Internet turned off by the government. In the capital city of the world’s largest democracy. This is why we built Fernweh. An encrypted everyday messenger that works without internet so you can reach your peers when you need it most.

My hometown has had all internet and telecom services shutdown. All local transport stopped. All trains coming into the city cancelled. Over 20,000 police personnel deployed. All because the people of the country want to peacefully voice their displeasure with the state of affairs. At a certain point the disconnect between what my peers here prioritize to build with their work vs. what I know my family back home needs becomes too wide. VCs will never understand what it feels like to stare at someone in the eye through the distortion of a riot shield. Everyone here wants to sell supplements but my people are still fighting for a meal. Someone needs to provide the meals.

It feels strange that investors over-index my past credentials, vs. how much growth I've experienced in the last 2 years. What they want me to share: Ex-Mastercard (3 years ago) 2x acquired founder (2 and 6 years ago) Raised $2M for charities in Ukraine (4 years ago) Globally renowned activist (7 years ago) Co-authored research and policy (6-8 years ago) What I want to share: In the last 2 years as Founder of Offline Protocol: - I taught myself to code - built and launched apps - took charge of fundraising - scaled an amazing team - received organic press coverage and shoutouts from people I admire like @jack - helped people stuck in natural disasters get to safety, people at live events find their friends, people in wars find local resources, people in censored regimes find support - built an incredibly supportive community - iterated on hardware experiments and sold out a limited run - led brand partnerships - pushed enterprise sales - ran our social media - took ownership of all our brand and design work - still continue to learn and challenge my ambitions I am so much more today than I was then.

This year, Offline Protocol has become a good company, but I haven't changed the world yet. This deeply bothers me and keeps me up at night. Two years ago I saw that connectivity had become the world's most fragile commodity. As an immigrant watching wars, natural disasters, slow relief efforts and persistent infrastructure gaps across developing economies, I kept returning to one question: why does people's ability to communicate, organize and help one another depend entirely on infrastructure they can neither own nor control? When that infrastructure fails or is withdrawn, people lose the ability to coordinate exactly when they need it most. Since then, we've given identity, communication and information to almost 500,000+ people across 140+ countries, with zero paid acquisition. This year, enterprises started building on the same components, and Offline Protocol has become the coordination layer that keeps machines, people and AI agents working together over whatever network remains. We have already started work with partners in wind energy, agricultural IoT, fleet telematics, aerospace and payments. This week we received official approvals for our listings on Claude, Gemini, Github Registry, AWS Marketplace, with many more coming soon. I started this company because I want to make a difference and establish a legacy that mirrors the greats of our generation. I did not start Offline Protocol to become a SaaS company and spend the last of my 20s pushing enterprise sales. This is the announcement of the announcement. We will change the world. Soon.