Build the neighborhood mesh that stays alive when the grid goes dark
Sign up free, drop your pin, and watch the physical safety grid form on the map before any hardware ships. Residents pay $0/mo — own a transponder for our raw cost of ~$15.
See how the mesh keeps your block connected in an emergency →
Your phone is the first node
When the towers go dark, the smartphone already in your pocket keeps working on the mesh. Drop a free pin and your device becomes part of the neighborhood network tonight — the optional $15 transponder simply extends its reach.
Works without service
No cell signal, no Wi-Fi, no problem. Your phone still sends and receives text on the local mesh when the grid is down.
Hops phone to phone
Messages relay device-to-device over short-range Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct, so each neighbor's phone passes the signal a little farther.
Transponder extends range
Add the optional $15 Sub-GHz transponder once your zone hits density to bridge phone clusters across the whole neighborhood.
The Pre-Order Radar
Every free signup lights up a node. Watch the mesh grid form across the Cape and beyond.
Lower Cape Cod
FormingWhen the next storm hits, search results change overnight.
Every time a major storm, flood, or hurricane hits a region, homeowners flood Google with searches for roofers, emergency contractors, and disaster response services. The contractors already indexed on folio-pin surface immediately — the ones who signed up after the storm do not.
Pre-indexed, pre-trusted
Folio-pin contractor profiles are already in Google's index with verified location data, permit history, and completed job records. When a homeowner in your town searches 'roof repair after storm' at 11pm, you're already there.
Search volume spikes 10–40×
Local searches for emergency contractors, water damage repair, and tree removal spike sharply in the days after a storm event. folio-pin's verified trade map captures that surge because the data is already structured for local search.
The mesh keeps you reachable
When cell towers go down after a storm, the mesh network keeps neighborhood communication alive — and keeps your contractor listing reachable even when the broader internet is degraded.
What happens in the 48 hours after a storm
Storm hits
Hour 0
Power restored
Hours 2–8
Search surge begins
Hours 4–12
Verified contractors get calls
Hours 6–24
How the rollout works
1. Free digital foundation
Residents, artists, and food trucks sign up free and drop pins. Costs you nothing — the cloud maps the exact coordinates of the user base.
2. The hardware waiting queue
Reserve a Window Repeater or Mobile Transponder. The radar lights up with where the grid is forming before any hardware ships.
3. Batch-shipping cadence
When a zone hits critical density (20 residents + 5 food trucks), the cell is authorized and reservations become payable.
4. The Resident Shield
Pay $0 in ongoing fees. Order a Safety Transponder for our raw cost of ~$15. You own the hardware, you own your data, you keep the lifeline alive.