General InformationBriar is a censorship-resistant messaging application founded in 2018 that enables encrypted communication over multiple networks including Tor, with a small distributed team focused on privacy and freedom of speech.
Funding & FinancialsBriar is developed as an open-source project primarily supported by the Guardian Project and community donations, with funding from organizations like the Open Technology Fund rather than traditional venture capital.
Leadership & TeamBriar is led by a distributed team of privacy and security engineers, with notable involvement from the Guardian Project community, though specific named executives are not publicly prominent.
Recent ActivityBriar continues active development on its Android application and has expanded support for peer-to-peer connectivity, with recent focus on improving reliability over constrained networks and expanding platform availability.