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Burner
App for creating temporary phone numbers
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Security
- Communication
- Privacy
- Mobile
- Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
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Company mission
To build best-in-class software products that empower millions of customers with better control of their privacy,c communications, and identity.
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Our take
Whilst burner phones have an understandably shady reputation, the ability to make and receive calls & texts whilst protecting your personal information has a broad and by-the-book range of use cases. Not only does it promote better security when giving out your number - say for online dating, or putting up Craigslist ads - it also tallies with a broader push towards data protection more generally.
The Burner app, started by Ad Hoc Labs back in 2012, has been offering this service long before data privacy became a hot-button topic. The app reroutes incoming calls to a temporary number purchased by users, and it is then forwarded to their device.
Burner appears to have been growing steadily since launching back in 2012, adding features like the ‘GhostBot’ and inter-app connectivity. It remains one of the go-to burner number apps, in a market that has been growing since its launch. With competitors like Hushed and CoverMe offering more options globally, and Sideline offering its service for free, Burner may have to stay focused on sharpening its offerings to stay ahead.
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Benefits
- Be Well: Full health and dental coverage for employees, dependents, and domestic partners
- Invest in Your Future: Get a 401k with a 4% company match
- Develop Your Career: Invest in your future with paid training, conferences, and online learning
- Get Fully Equipped: Apple laptop, test devices, second monitor - get whatever you need to do your best work
- Work in Style: Get a stipend to improve your remote setup, or use our safety-first office space in LA
- Lots More: From parental leave to charitable giving matches, and more
Company values
- Better Together: Our unique experiences, opinions, and backgrounds help us design great mobile tools for all users. We are building a diverse and inclusive company and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds
- Communicate Freely: Communicating freely and safely is fundamental to our products and our team. We value proactive communication that is asynchronous first, prioritizing work velocity and effectiveness over meeting hours
- Commit to the Collective: Everyone at Ad Hoc Labs is willing to roll up their sleeves and they expect the same of others. We help each other get the job done. In joining us, you can expect autonomy, trust, and accountability
- Data > Opinions: We strive for excellence in our products and in our team. We value exceptional individuals who can bring an entrepreneurial mindset and their own hypotheses to the table — and then prove them out with data
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2013
$2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $2m
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Leadership
Greg Cohn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founder at Auctions for Change, then joined Yahoo! as the Director of Strategy and Business Development. Moved on to serve as their Senior Director, Global Head of Product for Social Monetization & Games.
Will Carter
(Co-Founder)After working as Director of Technology at iconmobile LLC, they worked as a Senior Researcher at Nokia. They then moved on to the role of Director at Nodesnoop Labs.
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