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Sentient is a secure communication platform founded in New York with a mission to transform how individuals and organizations establish trust before communicating.

Traditional communication systems rely on publicly shared identifiers, including telephone numbers, email addresses, and usernames. These identifiers allow people to connect, but they also create opportunities for unsolicited contact, impersonation, fraud, and increasingly sophisticated scams.

Sentient introduces a different approach.

Instead of requiring publicly searchable contact identifiers, individuals establish private connections through temporary QR codes or PINs. Only contacts who have deliberately established a connection can communicate through Sentient's private calling and messaging environment.

For organizations, Sentient provides a Business Registry where institutions can undergo verification before receiving verified status. Individuals can identify verified organizations and communicate through their official Sentient accounts, reducing reliance on caller IDs, familiar voices, and other identifiers that can be impersonated.

Sentient also incorporates modern cryptographic technologies, including post-quantum algorithms, as part of its approach to protecting digital communications.

The company's long-term vision is to help establish a new standard for communication in which trust is established before contact begins.