Ep 13 - Bridging the digital divide with Bridgefy App: from military coups + protests, to disasters and dating

This week we go all in on communications. What does it mean to be able to message offline when a military coup suddenly strikes, a climate catastrophe hits, or a city's power grid gets annihilated? It turns out, mesh networking is your best friend. We're happy to nut out this juicy issue with Jorge Rios, CEO + cofounder of Bridgefy, the world leading app in the bluetooth, offline messaging space, from the company's LatAm HQ in Monterrey, Mexico.

We explore the topics of:

• Bridgefy's initial product direction was, how the team pivoted to its current focus and what the process has taught him about product lifecycles as a tech founder
• The explosive growth of mesh networking comms
• Alternative use cases for this comms technology
• How the team is handling an incredibly diverse range user base, depending on the spikes in global protests, revolutions, climate emergencies
• How the company navigates as a tech product that enables citizens' responses to sensitive political issues
• Upcoming developments to Bridgefy's model including SDK licensing and online functionality to expand product use cases

Tune in, share with your amigos, download Bridgefy App and #tiltwithus