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Originally developer of the Signal app and desolved upon formation of the Signal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
In May 2014, Moxie Marlinspike said that "Open Whisper Systems is a project rather than a company, and the project's objective is not financial profit."[48] News media outlets later described Open Whisper Systems as a "non-profit software group"[22][2] while the project was not registered as a non-profit organization.[8][5] Between 2013 and 2016, Open Whisper Systems received grants from the Shuttleworth Foundation,[49] the Knight Foundation,[50] and the Open Technology Fund.[51] Signal Messenger was initially funded by donations through the Freedom of the Press Foundation,[8][52] which acted as Signal Messenger's fiscal sponsor while the Signal Foundation's non-profit status was pending.[5][53][54] The Signal Foundation is officially tax-exempt as of February 2019.[10]
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Basic Info
| Types | Organization, Business |
| Aliases | Open Whisper Systems LLC |