About
We shipped.
MyGuardian™ has been in business for a year. We invented decentralized video capture, built a first version in December 2025, filed a provisional patent on the invention in March 2026, and then in April 2026 threw that first version away and rebuilt the whole product on what it had taught us. Ninety-four days later Apple approved it, and it was live on both platforms.
How we got here
December 2025: the first build
A working prototype of decentralized video capture, the idea that the person holding the phone keeps the record. It proved the concept and showed us its own limits. Its version numbering carries forward into the shipping app, which is why the store shows 2.18.x on a codebase begun in April.
March 2026: the invention goes on the record
Provisional patent filed March 23, 2026 on decentralized video capture, ahead of a single line of the current build.
April 18: the rebuild begins
The December prototype had taught us what the product actually needed to be, and it could not get there. So we started again. We chose Capacitor over a Flutter rewrite, and that call was validated in July when Apple accepted the build.
May 4: first TestFlight build
It ran on the first try. Nine days later TestFlight opened to the whole team and a rotating group of volunteer testers who filed, refiled and closed hundreds of issues.
July 14: Google Play, production
Public. Thirty-six people had gathered on a call five days earlier, expecting it. It took until the 14th.
July 21: Apple approves
Apple returned the first submission on July 15. Every point was answered, the appeal was written, build 2.18.144 was resubmitted on July 20, and we were approved on the 21st. Live on both platforms.
The mission
Protect Rights. Save Lives.
One human truth sits under everything we build: in the moments that matter most, being seen and heard changes what happens next. The person on the side of the road, and the officer walking up to the window.
Every execution of that idea is the same moment: a traffic stop, an immigration encounter, a workplace incident, a protest. The app becomes the calm, steady witness. The download is the pledge.
MyGuardian™ is a bridge. It protects everyone’s rights, including those of the officer on the other side of the camera, and it works the same way for you whoever you are, wherever you are from and whatever language you speak.
Why the free layer is funded, not donated
Mobile Justice was carried as a program, and when the program ended the tool ended with it. We are building safety infrastructure with a premium tier, enterprise licensing and an insurance channel sitting above a free floor, so the free floor pays for itself and lasts as long as people need it.
Structure
Four organizations, one mission
MyGuardian™ is built to serve everyone who uses it, so it stays welcome in every community and on every side. Advocacy and charitable work each have a home of their own, and the app stays exactly what it is: a companion.
The company
MyGuardian™ Inc.
Delaware corporation, San Francisco. Builds and operates the app, the enterprise product and the evidence infrastructure.
myguardianinc.com
Technology partner
Stratum Labs
“Intelligence, layered.” The data and AI layer for teams that decide on evidence, and the causal engine inside MyGuardian™.
stratumlabsinc.com ↗
501(c)(4)
Goldbridge Institute
Social welfare organization carrying the advocacy work, in alliance with MyGuardian™ since May 2026. Contributions are not tax-deductible.
goldbridgeinstitute.org ↗
501(c)(3)
HeartCloud Foundation
Fiscal sponsor of our charitable safety program: the free layer, community launches and outreach. “A Little More Ready for Life.”
theheartcloudfoundation.com ↗
Tax-deductible contributions in support of the charitable safety program can be made to the HeartCloud Foundation, a 501(c)(3). HeartCloud holds discretion and control over the use of all funds. Contributions do not purchase equity and are not an investment in the company. Confirm deductibility with your own tax advisor.
Leadership
Who is carrying this
Gentry Stanley
Founder & CEO
Monette Stephens
Chairman. Corporate development at Blockstream
Felix Baum
Chief Technology Officer
Chris Topham
Chief Legal & People Officer
Jennifer Coonce
Chief of Staff
Dominic Damoah
Head of App Development
Jeremy Elliott
VP of Engineering
Mark Gentry
Head of AI & Architecture · Principal, Stratum Labs
Justin Weiss
Principal Graphic Designer
Johnny Wang
Chief of Outreach
Jimmy Camp
Chief of Communications
Jason Fox
Head of Sales
With advisors Richard Robinson (organizational sales), Douglas S. Chan (legal & organizational structure), Chris Chan (patent) and Constantine Chelios (support & reliability), and the contributors, testers and volunteers who have carried this from the first day.
Investors
The full letter lives in the investor portal: what shipped, what is next, the target map, the competitive read and the roadmap. Current status and materials are in the portal.
Press
Boilerplate, spokespeople, product facts and the media contact are on the press page. For anything urgent, email us directly.
Protect Rights. Save Lives.
Protect your rights today.
Download MyGuardian™.
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