What is signals buissness model

Signal is run by the signal foundation. But what are the financial incentives behind all of this?

I want to create an open source, rake free poker client myself, and I dont know how to finance it, i also want to get rich in the process ;) (just being honest)

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notkaiho 6y ago ↗

Signal's initial funding were $50 million from one of the founders, and "Between 2013 and 2016, the project received grants from the Knight Foundation, the Shuttleworth Foundation, and the Open Technology Fund."[0]

They are not in the game to make money. As long as they can cover costs, and given they are tax-exempt as a non-profit they can't 'get rich' off of it, the work can continue.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)#Developers_a...