Ad Hoc Labs (makers of Burner + Dialed)

Founded in 2012 by Will Carter and Greg Cohn, we develop mobile applications to make communication faster, easier, and more intuitive. Our apps help users control who contacts them, manage unwanted calls, organize contacts, and protect their privacy. We focus on telephony, privacy, and communication software.

Our main products are Burner, Firewall, and Dialed. Burner gives users a second phone number they can create, mute, or delete. People use it for privacy, screening calls, and managing unwanted calls and texts for things like dating or deliveries. It adds a privacy layer for texting and calling, letting users control information sharing and block robocalls and spam. Nearly 10 million people have downloaded the Burner app.

Firewall manages spam. It uses a whitelist to ensure only approved contacts can connect, blocking automated robocalls and SMS spam. Firewall also transcribes voicemails for missed calls. We are privately backed by investors including Venrock, Founder Collective, Miramar Digital Ventures, and TenOneTen.

Our mission is to create apps that make phones better by making mobile communication faster, easier, and more intuitive. Our apps give users control over who can reach them and when. They connect users with important contacts, block unwanted communication, organize contacts, improve communication productivity, and protect identity and privacy. We are passionate about making sure real-time communications are socially aware and privacy-oriented.

Our values:

• Better together: We believe diverse experiences, opinions, and backgrounds help us design mobile tools for everyone. We aim to build a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Communicate freely: We promote proactive, asynchronous communication. This prioritizes work velocity and effectiveness over meeting hours.
• Commit to the collective: We expect everyone to contribute and support team members, with autonomy, trust, and accountability.
• Data > opinions: We strive for excellence by encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset and validating hypotheses with data.

The team has 11-50 employees. The company’s culture centers on collaboration, learning, and growth. It values diversity, an entrepreneurial spirit, and trust.

Ad Hoc Labs is remote-flexible; most of the team works in Pacific Time, but employees can work from wherever they are most comfortable and productive. It also has an office in Los Angeles. The team is passionate about making real-time communications socially aware and privacy-oriented.

The culture emphasizes proactive, asynchronous communication to prioritize work velocity and effectiveness. Employees are expected to be autonomous, trustworthy, and accountable, while supporting each other to achieve common goals. The company looks for individuals who can propose and validate hypotheses with data.

We provide full health, dental, and vision coverage for employees, their dependents, and domestic partners. Employees can join our 401k plan, which includes a 4% company match.

We invest in career development through paid training, conferences, and online learning, with an annual professional development budget. Employees receive necessary equipment like an Apple laptop, test devices, and a second monitor. We provide a stipend to improve remote work setups, and a safety-first office space is available in Los Angeles.

Other benefits include parental leave and charitable giving matches. We also offer competitive salaries and stock options.