ThummerReach devices anywhere today
Riders send over Bluetooth Low Energy today, with LoRa, LoRaWAN, HaLow and satellite planned. The rider app runs on Android now, with FreeRTOS, Zephyr and iOS to follow.
Mission
Every device deserves a way home
Billions of devices measure something useful but have no affordable way to reach the internet. Thummer's mission is to carry their messages to the cloud on the connectivity that's already walking past them, safely and fairly.
Our purpose
Think of hitch-hiking. A device with a message (the rider) waits at the roadside. A phone going the right way (the driver) stops, picks the message up and drops it off at the Thummer cloud. From there it goes to the app that needs it (the consumer).
Thummer is a ride-share service for bytes: a common, trusted way for endpoint devices without internet access to send telemetry and other small payloads through helper devices such as smartphones, tablets and routers.
What Thummer believes
- Connectivity shouldn't require a SIM card, a gateway or Wi-Fi in every place a device is installed.
- Messages must be encrypted at every step, strongly enough for the post-quantum era.
- The people who carry messages should be recognised for doing it well.
- Every participant is authenticated, and the network is protected from abuse.
Our goals
What we're building toward. Items marked today already work; coming ones are planned.
Keep every message private today
Cargo is encrypted on the device with keys provisioned by ML-KEM-768 and stays encrypted until it reaches the cloud. Riders can also seal it so only the consumer can read it.
Fair, measurable use today
Account classes set how big and how frequent each device's messages can be. Every delivery is counted, so usage is transparent.
Reward good drivers coming
Drivers are already rated on the speed and reliability of their deliveries. Those counts are the foundation for future micro-payments and rewards.
Know where help is needed coming
Pickups are stamped with the driver's location, building toward a density map of where more drivers are needed.
Open to every app today
Third-party apps and clouds receive their riders' messages through a simple queue, with Thummer Consumer as a ready-made web app.