All about Blaast: past, present and future.

The next billion people to get online will be using a mobile device. We designed Blaast for them.

Most people aren’t connected to the Internet today but when they do finally get online, they’ll use a mobile phone. These people will use their mobile phone to connect, learn and play.

Right now though, smart phones are just too expensive for emerging markets. That’s where Blaast comes in: we’re bringing mobile apps and a smartphone user experience to the next billion people.

Blaast is accessible and affordable with absolutely no compromises. Inside Blaast you’ll find the friends, fun and freedom of the Internet packaged up in bite-sized apps.

The perfect app store offering for everybody.

Through a series of unique distribution partnerships, Blaast is working together with mobile network operators. In effect, this creates a unique subscription based app store offering, one which offers developers recurring revenues in addition to huge subscriber bases.

We believe Blaast is perfect for everybody involved. Users benefit from a robust, well-designed and functional platform. Developers will create great apps for hundreds of devices and reach millions of users. And operators deploying Blaast will convert those all important voice users into active data users.

A world-class team building a world-first product.

In order to construct this ambitious product, we’ve assembled an equally ambitious team, comprised of seasoned telecom executives, cutting edge mobile internet people, laser-minded engineers and detail-oriented designers.

Blaast is funded by the founding engineers of Skype, Veturi Venture Accelerator and top European and Asian angels. Even in stealth-mode Blaast has garnered significant interest across the globe with articles published on GigaOM, The New York Times and Arctic Startup amongst others.