We are a team of privacy technologists, researchers, and activists with more than two decades of experience building and maintaining open-source tools for secure communication. Our contributors include fellows and alumni from respected digital rights and research communities such as Open Observatory of Network Interference, Lantern, and Citizen Lab, as well as contributors to the Tor Project. We are the core developers and maintainers of LEAP VPN, the open-source platform that powers CoopVPN, is deployed by partners such as Riseup, and was previously used by The Calyx Institute. We are a worker-owned cooperative. That means no outside investors, no growth or die incentives.

Guided by solidarity, we prioritize dignified labor, cooperation over competition, and technology that serves people rather than extracting from them. For years, the LEAP VPN stack has been sustained primarily through grants. While this support enabled important research and field testing of censorship-resistant technologies, it has not been a stable foundation. By launching a paid provider, we will have well-resourced infrastructure, create predictable funding for core development, faster updates, and the rapid deployment of new circumvention protocols. All improvements we make are released as open source and immediately benefit our partner providers as well. Most importantly, this model allows us to engage directly with users, respond quickly to real-world needs, and ensure the technology evolves in step with the people who depend on it.