DD
Digital Disconnections
Seed Round

Private by architecture, not by policy.

We build AI that runs entirely on your phone’s neural processor. No cloud. No subscriptions. No data leaves the device. Ever. Works offline, immune to breaches — because there’s no server to hack.

The Opportunity

Every modern smartphone ships with a dedicated AI chip — yet every major AI product still routes your most intimate data through someone else’s servers. After Dobbs, after T-Mobile and 23andMe breaches, after the hearings, 81% of Americans say they’re concerned about data collection (Pew). Meanwhile, cloud assistants fail silently the moment you lose signal. The demand is here. The hardware is ready. No one is building for it.

Three Products, One Architecture

SafeType Keyboard

On-device speech-to-text. $4.99 one-time on the App Store. Zero network access — works in airplane mode, off-grid. Presale live — ships May 17, 2026. Apple-verified “Data Not Collected.”

Cara

Free menstrual tracker. Nothing to subpoena, nothing to breach. Post-Dobbs demand surged 3,000%. Available on the App Store.

Private Assistant

On-device voice AI with open API. $15 individual, $50 household, $40/100 enterprise seats — one-time, no subscription. Platform play — Q4 2026 beta.

Structural moat: Apple, Google, and Samsung depend on data and ad revenue. They can’t fully commit to on-device AI without cannibalizing their core business. We have no such conflict — privacy is our product. Our architecture is also structurally immune to data breaches and works without any internet connection.

Market

$103B
Edge AI TAM by 2030 (29% CAGR)
~100%
Gross margin — zero cloud compute costs
$0
Per-user infrastructure cost (vs. 60–80¢/$ for cloud AI)

Traction

Team

Jamal Porter, CEO — 20+ yrs enterprise systems & technical leadership

Cassidy Barton, CTO — 20+ yrs cybersecurity architecture, pen-testing, red-team ops

Eric Basham, PhD — Neuromorphic engineer; Intel, HP. AI hardware specialist

Heather Gorr, PhD — 10 yrs at MathWorks (MATLAB); ML, computer vision, data analytics

Kristine Socall, MBA — 25+ yrs finance across $1M–$300M orgs; SEC-regulated industries

JC Gonzalez-Ramirez — 10 yrs enterprise BD; $5M+ pipeline from zero across SaaS, immersive tech & civic tech

$2.5M Seed Round
Pre-Series A · 18-month runway · Equity
(877) 674-8874 info@digitaldisconnections.com digitaldisconnections.com
DD
Digital Disconnections
Financial Detail

Revenue Model — Moderate Case

Year 1Year 2Year 3
SafeType Keyboard (consumer)$1.75M$2.79M$3.49M
SafeType Keyboard (enterprise)$150K$749K
Private Assistant$250K$1.5M
Total Revenue$1.75M$3.19M$5.74M

Conservative case: $698K / $1.55M / $2.85M. All projections net of Apple’s 30% App Store fee. Near-100% gross margin — zero cloud compute costs.

Competitive Landscape

CapabilityDigital DisconnectionsApple IntelligenceGoogle / Samsung
100% on-device inferenceYesPartial (cloud fallback)Partial
Zero network permissionsYesNoNo
No data collectionYesNoNo
Open API / open sourceYesNoNo
Cross-platform (iOS + Android)YesiOS onlyFragmented
Works fully offlineYesPartial (cloud fallback)No
Breach-immune architectureYesNo (cloud storage)No (cloud storage)

Unit Economics

SafeType Keyboard

$4.99 retail → $3.49 net (after Apple 30%). Zero marginal cost — no server, no compute, no per-user infrastructure. Near-100% software margin after acquisition.

Zero COGS Advantage

Cloud AI companies spend 60–80¢ per dollar on compute. We spend zero — the model runs on hardware the customer already owns. Every additional user is pure margin.

Use of Funds — $2.5M

  • 45% — Engineering & Product Development
  • 25% — Go-to-Market & User Acquisition
  • 15% — Research Infrastructure
  • 10% — Operations & Legal
  • 5% — Reserve

Milestones

Q2 2026

SafeType Keyboard & Cara on App Store. Enterprise pipeline activated. Revenue generating.

Q3 2026

Cara user growth. Organic acquisition via post-Dobbs demand. Scale conversion funnel to Private Assistant.

Q4 2026

Private Assistant open beta. Open API for third-party integrations. Platform revenue begins.

Why Now