We started Hopit Labs because BYOD security was solving the wrong problem.
The industry spent years trying to make personal devices behave like corporate ones. We thought that was backwards.
Why We Started
We spent years working in enterprise security, watching organizations struggle with the same fundamental tension: employees wanted to use their own devices, and security teams wanted to control those devices.
The solutions that emerged—MDM platforms, VPN tunnels, cloud-based communication brokers—all shared the same assumption: that the device itself needed to be trusted. So they layered software controls on top of operating systems they couldn't fully verify, hoping that enough policies would make an unmanaged device safe.
It never quite worked. The controls were either too invasive (employees resisted) or too weak (security teams worried). And the infrastructure required to support it all—VPN concentrators, message brokers, identity servers—created exactly the kind of centralized targets that attackers love.
We started Hopit Labs with a different premise: what if you didn't need to trust the device at all?
The Problem We Saw
Misplaced Trust
Enterprises were placing trust in devices they didn't own, running operating systems they couldn't verify, on networks they didn't control.
Wrong Assumptions
Security models assumed clean operating systems and compliant users. Neither assumption held in the real world of personal devices and remote work.
Centralized Risk
Every solution funneled traffic through central servers, creating single points of failure, breach, and surveillance.
Our Approach
Instead of trying to secure the device, we secure the identity. Instead of routing traffic through central servers, we enable direct connections. Instead of trusting software, we root trust in hardware.
Hardware-Rooted Trust
Identity is bound to a physical hardware key. Private keys are generated on-device and never exported. You're not trusting the laptop—you're trusting the cryptographic proof that a specific hardware token is present.
Minimal Centralization
Coordination happens at the edges. Devices connect directly to each other and to services. There is no central message broker storing your communications, no VPN concentrator routing all your traffic.
Privacy-Preserving by Design
We built the system so that we couldn't read your data even if we wanted to. End-to-end encryption at the application layer means neither network operators nor infrastructure providers can access message content. This isn't a policy decision—it's an architectural one.
Team
Founders
Gnanaeshwar Ramesh
Founding Member
Vinoj
Founding Member
Advisors
Vivek
Technical Advisor
Suhas Bhatt
Enterprise Advisor
Remote-First
Hopit Labs is a remote-first company. Our team works across multiple time zones, and we practice what we preach—using our own infrastructure for secure, private communication.