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A Phone for the Consumer, Not the Company.

• Security First
• User Owned
• Made in the USA _{completely is the goal}

• Missions and Values

• The Problem

• The Solution

• Why GrapheneOS

• Cellebrite Leak

• Market Opportunity

• Go-to-Market Strategy

• Competitive Landscape

• Vision

• Team and Supporters

• The Ask

• FAQ

Missions and Values

Two Missions:

• Honest Second Chance Employer

◦ Offer those who made mistakes a chance to work, earn money, stand on their own two feet.

• The Consumer Owns What They Pay For

◦ They give us money, we give them a phone. That is it. It is theirs and we cannot touch it. The customer can do whatever they want with their phone.

Three Values:

• Honesty

◦ Earn The Customer's Trust

• Transparency

◦ The Customer Holds Us Accountable

• Sustainability

◦ Serve The Customer.

◦ Support the Employees.

We will not sacrifice our missions and/or values for money.

The Problem

You Don't Actually Own Your Phone_{which you paid for...}

No True Ownership

Manufacturers & carriers control what you are allowed to install, which apps are forced on your phone (can’t remove and/or disable), and the permissions granted for those apps that are forced upon you — even after you've paid $1,000.

Examples:
• Google’s Play Integrity API and Apple’s Attest API
• Samsung One UI 8.5 changes button layout and dark color scheme. You cannot change it back. There are apps to allow one to change the color scheme to their liking, but One UI prevents it from working. That should, again, be your choice since you paid for the phone.

Vulnerable By Design

Most Android phones are vulnerable to Cellebrite & Grayshift forensic tools. MediaTek SoC specific exploits (i.e. CVE-2026-20435) routinely compromise the user’s device.

Companies do try to secure their devices, they are not a fan of these forensic tools either, but because they want control over the device still there is vulnerabilities that can be exploited.

Forced Obsolenscence

Premium devices get only 2–4 years of feature and security updates (respectively), leaving users exposed. Even the new 7-year promise is unproven.

Remember Apple and Samsung being sued about a decade ago? They got caught purposely pushing out updates to slow down their devices, with the intent to drive users to upgrade. They claim it was to protect the aging battery, but again, that should be the owner's choice if they want to use their device as is or take the manufacture's recommendation to restrict the device's capabilities.

Ubisoft Executive once said, "They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection."_source
We do not share this sentiment. If you pay money for something, it is yours and cannot be taken away.

The Solution

The Carbon Ghost

A user repairable smartphone running GrapheneOS.

A smartphone that is secure but does not lack the user control nor the features. We plan to provide a powerful processor, like the Snapdragon Elite 8, with a security Co-Processor based on OpenTitan. We eventually plan to provide a phone with a local AI Co-Processor, like the Hailo-8, so that customers can use AI directly on the device without any fear of potential data leaking when data centers are processing user's requests. We want this device to be global ready, meaning it will work anywhere on Earth. We also gonna provide a physical battery disconnect switch. The Carbon Ghost will still possess flagship like features such as, a high-resolution AMOLED display, high-resolution camera, high-capacity user-replacable battery (remember those days?). We are also bringing back the microSD card slot and the 3.5mm Audio Jack (shockingly, many people we talk to are missing these features).

The price? Flagship pricing, about $1K. We do have plans to make a budget friendly phone and a no compromises phone.

The best part? When you give us the money and we give you the box with the phone in it, that is it. It is your device and you can do whatever you want with it.

Why GrapheneOS

Security by Default

App Sandboxing

Apps are isolated from one another. One app cannot see what other apps are installed and cannot see data outside what is designated for them (the user can increase the app's permissions to see more files, if they choose to).

Zero Bloatware

No pre-installed apps. No forced permissions.

If you got a Samsung, go into your Settings and then into Apps. Look for an app called Modes and Routines. You cannot uninstall it. You cannot disable it. And you cannot revoke its permissions. One of its permissions is Location data all the time. Another is contacts._{(This was checked and true on S25 on May 25, 2026 running Android 16 and One UI 8.5)}

Open Source

You can audit the code to know that nothing is being done without your knowledge.
If you do not read code, that is okay. You can still go to the code and read how other tech experts feel about the code. You still get to know this way that nothing suspisious is going on.
The cherry on top? You can take that code and compile it and install it yourself. That way you do not even have to trust us. You can just do it yourself. All of this is your choice, you decide what you want to do.

Forensic Tool Resistant

Malicious actors get into your phone by exploiting vulnerabilities. So does forensic tools like Cellebrite and Grayshift, used by law enforcement.
To us, it does not matter if they are the good guys or the bad guys, no one should be allowed into your phone without your permission and consent. Cellebrite had a presentation slide leaked back in 2025 (shown below). It shows that they could not get into a Google Pixel Phone running GrapheneOS. We call that pretty well darn secure.

Cellebrite Leak 2025

Model \| State	Standard Android OS, BFU	Standard Android OS, AFU	Standard Android OS, Unlocked	GrapheneOS, BFU *	GrapheneOS, AFU *	GrapheneOS, Unlocked
Pixel 6 / Pixel 6 Pro / Pixel 6a	BFU: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes	BFU: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2024 SPL
Pixel 7 / Pixel 7 Pro / Pixel 7a / Pixel Tablet / Pixel Fold	BFU: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes	BFU: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2024 SPL
Pixel 8 / Pixel 8 Pro / Pixel 8a	BFU: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes	BFU: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2022 SPL BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2024 SPL
Pixel 9 / Pixel 9 Pro / Pixel 9 Pro XL / Pixel 9 Pro Fold / Pixel 9a	BFU: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes BF: No	FFS: Yes	BFU: No BF: No	FFS: No BF: No	FFS: Yes, up to late 2024 SPL

BFU (Before First Unlock): The phone has been restarted or first turned on from power off state and the passcode has yet to be entered.
AFU (After First Unlock): The phone is locked, but the phone has had the password entered before. Most common state the phone is in for most people.
FFS (Full File System): The ability to extract any and all data on the phone.
BF (Brute Force): This is a method of breaking into a phone without knowing the password. Just keep guessing until access is gained. ‘BF: No’ means that brute forcing is not possible due to some security measure that detects and prevents brute force attacks.
SPL (Security Patch Level): Which version of OS security patch update is running.

Basically this whole table means that GrapheneOS cannot be Brute Forced into AND No data is leaked after late 2022 for Before First Unlock and after late 2024 for Unlocked Bootloader.

Market Opportunity

5.5 Million

Global CyberSecurity Professionals

1.34 Million

U.S.A. CyberSecurity Professionals

33%

Expected Growth through 2034

$1.34 Billion

Full U.S.A. Market Capture Potential (not calculating the potential skill gap)

Initial U.S.A. Market Capture Goal

3%
40K Units
~$40 Million Valuation

Go-to-Market Strategy

Step 1
Questionaire

A questionaire is under way to gather data on smart phone users really want out of their phones and what they are willing to pay. Using this information to determine where to focus on the hardware side of things for this prototype.
Like do people care more about a high-resolution camera or a large battery or very powerful processor.

Step 2
Design & Prototype

Develop and Build a prototype.
The goal is to partner up with universities, like Georgia Tech, to have graduate students design and produce the prototypes.

Then initial tests will be to determine if the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) can be installed and running. Once that is accomplished, go a step further and install GrapheneOS.

Once GrapheneOS is installed, there are two goals: One is to partner up with universities again, like Georgia Tech and University of North Georgia, and have them try to break the security. The second goal is to send a prototype to the GrapheneOS developers and have them be onboard in assisting to support it.

Step 3
Beta Launch

~30-100 beta units will be created and sent out to Super Targets. We will gather field feedback and go back to step 2 and iterate new designs and prototypes based on that feedback.

Super Targets are targets that are believed to have the biggest impact on feedback/further development and/or the biggest impact on further sales/customer acquisition.
Examples:
• Dr. Bryson Payne and his recommendations.
• Dr. Tamirat Abegaz and his recommendations.
• Dr. John David Rusk and his recommendations.
• Ben Williams and his recommendations.
• Influencers (YouTube/TikTok/LinkedIn etc.): • Cybersecurity/Privacy Advocates (Hak5, Network Chuck, Seytonic) • Smartphone Reviewers (Mrwosetheboss, MKBHD) • JerryRigEverything (Phone Durability Testing)
• Government, like local DCS or local Sherrif Office or Military. Goal to get into the hands of NSA/FBI/DoD(DoW).

Step 4
Soft Launch

Create 10,000 initial units and get them sold. Based on how they sell we will create more units, with the goal of selling an additional 30K units at least.

The channels we plan to utilize to sell are:
• Direct-to-Consumer
• Retail Partners (like Micro Center, Best Buy, Walmart)
• Cellular Carriers
• Enterprise Contracts
• Government Contracts

Competitive Landscape

U.S.A. Market Share (2025)

■ Apple (57.5%)

■ Samsung (22.3%)

■ Motorola (11.3%)

■ Google (3%)

■ Others (5.9%)

There are 4 main competitors in the smartphone market in the U.S.A. (There are others, but these are the largest.) They are, in order of market share size: Apple, Samsung, Motorola, and Google.
Our direct competitor is going to be the Google Pixel because it is the only device that supports GrapheneOS officially_{as of May 26, 2026.}

The Vision

We plan to go much further than just being a phone manufacture.

Step 1
Carbon Cloud

Provide cloud services, similar to Google/Microsoft/Apple, that is private and secure. One company is already doing this, Proton. They just should not be the only one.
_{maybe we will team up with them also ;)}

Step 2
Carbon App Store

Imagine an app store that does not have malicious apps on it, ever.
Extremely difficult, if not impossible to do, but we got some ideas on how to accomplish that.
Still in the idea phase.

Step 3
Carbon OS

You know how Apple computers and Apple iPhones and other Apple devices just simply work together smoothly.
Imagine your Carbon Ghost works that well with your computer. We believe it is possible and plan to implement this goal.

Step 4
Carbon Net

Some day, imagine an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that provides private, reliable, fast connectivity. No matter where you are located. We plan to bring Fiber to every home every where. It is 2026_{(at time of writing)}, there is no excuse as to why this has not been accomplished yet. And it will be ~$100/month for 1Gbps in both directions.

If this company becomes self sustaining, the next step is growth. Grow and provide more to customers and bring competition and innovation to America.
There is no limit how far we will go.

Team & Supporters

Matthew
Founder & Visionary

• Cybersecurity Major from the University of North Georgia
• Published Cyber Capstone
• Strong Curiosity & Eager to Learn

Dr. Bryson Payne
Board Advisor | Hardware Security Field Test Supervisor

• Award-Winning Cybersecurity Professor & Researcher (And a Mentor)
• Certifications: GREM, GPEN, GRID, CEH, CISSP
• Published Books: Go Hack Yourself, Teach Your Kids to Code, Learn Java the Easy Way

Ms. Caitlin Marcelino
Board Advisor

• NYU MBA Graduate
• Multi-Time Entrepreneur: 4alivio, Grandma Jean's Bakery
• The main reason The Carbon Ghost is beyond just an idea.

The Ask

We are seeking $1 Million.

• ~73% will go to 3 senior engineers to help create the prototype.
• ~13% goes to beta launch inventory.
• ~6% goes to marketing
• ~1% goes to legal
• ~1% goes to GrapheneOS directly.
• ~4% goes to R&D.

If partnerships are successfully arranged with universities, this $1 Million will last 4x as long and help get to market quicker.

FAQ

Are you concerned about criminals/bad actors/malicious people getting ahold of The Carbon Ghost and using it's hardened security stance to commit bad/criminal acts and decrease their odds of getting caught?

No, we are not concerned about that. Why? Because the capability already exists. Anybody can buy a device listed here and install GrapheneOS onto it and they get the same security advantages as The Carbon Ghost will provide.