# Cape

> Cape is a US mobile carrier that leases radio access while operating its own cloud-based mobile core and SIM infrastructure. It sells privacy-focused cellular subscriptions to consumers and secure connectivity to businesses and government customers, with identifier rotation, cryptographic account protection and limited data retention.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Arlington, United States
- **Founders:** John Doyle (Co-founder and CEO), Nick Espinoza (Co-founder), Stephen Dowhy (Co-founder and Head of Engineering), David Dunn (Co-founder and Chief Architect)
- **Products:** Privacy Unlimited, Cape Obscura, Cape for Business, Identifier Rotation, Disappearing Call Logs
- **Notable:** Cape Obscura selected for TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025., General availability launched January 27, 2026., Reported SOC 2 Type 2 coverage across all five Trust Service Criteria in July 2026.

## Products & services

- **Privacy Unlimited** — US consumer cellular subscription with unlimited talk, text and data, hotspot and privacy features. Published standard price is $99/month including taxes and fees; eligible subscribers joining by December 31, 2026 receive $70/month early-adopter pricing for life.
- **Cape Obscura** — Secure mobile offering for highly targeted individuals, including national-security personnel, public figures and executives.
- **Cape for Business** — Secure cellular connectivity, network threat monitoring and administrative management of lines, devices, spend and usage.
- **Identifier Rotation** — Daily or on-demand IMSI changes on supported devices; expanded beyond Obscura in December 2025. Does not eliminate all tracking through other identifiers.
- **Disappearing Call Logs** — Deletes internally generated detailed call, text and data records after one day; externally supplied billing records have a separate 30-day window. Separately retained daily totals are deleted once older than 60 days following audit remediation.
- **Secondary Numbers** — Two additional phone numbers included with the plan, with last-mile encryption between the Cape app and Cape infrastructure.
- **Multi-Network Coverage** — One eSIM accesses two major US networks, with a preferred network and automatic fallback; included at no extra cost.

## Achievements

- Cape Obscura selected for TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025.
- General availability launched January 27, 2026.
- Reported SOC 2 Type 2 coverage across all five Trust Service Criteria in July 2026.
- Published a Trail of Bits call-log attestation in August 2026.
- Reported CMMC Level 2 certification for its internal CUI enclave in September 2026; this is not product or network certification.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published Multi-Network Coverage instructions and reported CMMC Level 2 certification for the internal CUI enclave.
- **2026-08** — Published call-log audit findings; retained daily totals now deleted after 60 days, and anonymous-storage language corrected.
- **2026-08** — Announced more than $100,000 in support for GrapheneOS.
- **2026-07** — Announced SOC 2 Type 2 compliance across five Trust Service Criteria.
- **2026-03** — Announced $100 million Series C at $900 million valuation.
- **2026-01** — Exited beta and launched general availability.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cape.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capecellular/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/CapeCellular
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeCellular
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capecellular.bsky.social
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capecellular/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Cape-Mobile/61561648672445/

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Last updated: 2026-10-06