More importantly, how do they make their money?

Porn, porn, porn, porn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseaaronadams

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Two-adware-firms-b...

http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/03/42061?cu...

I was wondering how fast my background in adult mobile industry would come up. :) Happy to address it though, because I don't want to give the impression we want to hide it. So we're also the co-founders of mikandi (NSFW) http://www.wired.com/2015/10/the-porn-business-isnt-anything.... We're very proud of building the first app store that treats you like an adult and all our fans that support it. In fact, it's our experience with this that has really shaped our views on free speech, privacy and censorship.

But we don't want to bring it up first because bottomline, Tenta is a separate company. We love what we're building with Tenta and want to discuss the problems that Tenta is trying to solve. When we have conversations in person, we've noticed that as soon people know we do porn tech, the conversion inevitably stays on that topic instead. Of course we know why. It's more fun and sexier, but dammit crypto and privacy issues can be sexy too! :)

> We love what we're building with Tenta and want to discuss the problems that Tenta is trying to solve

Great, so back to my original question then. How does Tenta make its money?

I'm not interested in precise details, but if it's a free browser touting privacy and security then I want to be able to follow the money and know what if any of my data/habits are being used/sold, and whether the business model is stable enough, and self-sustaining enough that I'm not going to be sold out to the highest bidder several years from now.

I just answered this question above. check out my response to user niij. If you have further questions though, let me know.

Tenta, LLC.

And how can a user be sure that Tenta, L.L.C. is not an agent of the NSA or the Chinese government?

We know these type of questions would come up. We're thinking a lot about how to build trust as a new player in the world of privacy tools and being transparent about who we are is part of that plan. We've been in the mobile startup world for almost ten years now and based in Seattle. We'll put up our bios, share video intro and you'll be able to meet us at the conventions, etc. Of course at the end of the day, that's not enough either. We'll also start reaching out to other companies we admire in this industry to review our product and we will work hard to earn their respect, so you can have real 3rd party validation. Also love to hear what you would want to know from us to make you give Tenta a try.

I understand your apprehension open sourcing the source code, but 90%~ of your userbase will be people who don't trust closed source code (some even would want to verify the app integrity somehow). So I really suggest you guys seriously consider open sourcing. I don't really see any of the free browsers using VPNs catch up because they are closed source, and although it might open up possibilities of IP theft, the chance of this being a successful product will be much greater.

And those great OSS contributors will help out too!

Yes, that is obvious from their web site footer. Does Tenta, LLC mean anything to you?

Sho does!

http://washington.intercreditreport.com/company/tenta-llc-60...

There's your people running it. yw

Thanks for Googling this for me :)