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For individuals ↓ For businesses ↓ For developers ↓

Be reachable.
Without giving away
your contact details.

Your phone number, email address and messaging handles are personal data you hand out to be reachable - and you can never fully take them back. RELAY changes that. One permanent address, every channel, fully under your control.

Why this matters →

"Every individual, every company, in every sector, will eventually communicate through identity rather than through phone numbers, email addresses and handles. RELAY is the missing independent infrastructure layer that makes that possible."

- Jasper van Berkel, founder RELAY
The shift from phone number-, email address- and handle endpoints to identity is inevitable.
What is RELAY

Not a channel.
A layer above all of them.

RELAY separates who you are from how you are reached. A persistent, portable, privacy-first communication identity - independent of any platform.

Identity Layer

Your relay address is your permanent communication identity - independent of any platform, device, or provider. Yours to keep, share, and control.

Routing Layer

RELAY resolves your address and routes inbound communication to your preferred channel - based on rules only you define. Senders need nothing but your relay address.

Channel-Agnostic

Works across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and more. RELAY does not replace your existing channels - it sits above them as a unified abstraction layer.

The problem

To be reachable,
you expose yourself.

Today, being reachable means handing out your phone number, email address, or platform handle - to colleagues, clients, strangers, and services alike. Each contact point is a liability: stale data, spam vectors, platform lock-in, zero control.

Communication has fragmented across dozens of channels. People manage contact details rather than identities. There is no persistent, portable, user-controlled communication address - until now.

phone numbersemail addressesplatform handlesoutdated contactschannel lock-inno portability
WhatsApp
Telegram
LinkedIn
Gmail
Signal
Discord
Instagram
X / Twitter
SMS
Teams / Skype
Before & after

Reach the person. Not the channel.

Before

Contact data everywhere

Different channels. Different details. Outdated, incomplete, and out of your control.

Personal Email
Still active
Contacts using [email protected] will never reach you - but they'll keep trying.
Work Email
No longer active
When you leave, your work email disappears. So does every connection that only knew you by that address.
Mobile Number
+1 (415) 555 0199
Outdated
+31 6 2345 6789
Still active
Contacts with +1 (415) 555 0199 can no longer reach you - and you have no way to tell them.
WhatsApp
+1 (415) 555 0199
Outdated
+31 6 2345 6789
Still active
Your WhatsApp was tied to a number you no longer own. Everyone who saved it loses contact silently.
Telegram Handle
@jane_doe
Unknown
You changed your handle. Nobody who had the old one can find you anymore.
Instagram Handle
jane_doe_official
Not reachable
Your account is inactive. Anyone trying to reach you through it hits a dead end.
After

One persistent RELAY identity

One address. All channels. Fully under your control. Always up-to-date. Always reachable.

janedoe.relay
Your persistent relay identity
Email
Personal & Work
Your relay address routes to whichever inbox you use - old or new. No one loses track of you.
Messaging Apps
WhatsApp
Senders reach you through your relay address. Which app delivers it is your choice - and yours to change.
Telegram
Private routing
Your relay address never changes. Switch apps, change handles - your identity stays the same.
Signal
Secure messaging
Maximum privacy, without giving anyone your phone number. Your relay address is all they need.
SMS / Voice
Mobile & Landline
Even traditional channels work. Your relay address routes to any number you choose, invisibly.
Instagram
Social & DMs
Social DMs routed through your relay address - on your terms, not the platform's.
Other channels
Future-ready
New platforms, new channels - your relay address works with whatever comes next.
You decide how, where and by whom you are reached. Always up-to-date. Always under your control.
One identity
share once
Privacy by design
no contact details exposed
Always up-to-date
you stay reachable
Full user control
you set the rules
Works everywhere
channel-agnostic
One identity. Many contexts.

Your canonical address. Adapted to every role you play.

One permanent relay address sits at the centre. Around it, you control sub-addresses tailored to specific contexts, audiences, or purposes. The types shown below are indicative - they will evolve based on where demand is highest.

Your permanent communication identity
mariasantos.relay
Canonical address - unique, permanent, unalterable. This is who you are. Not searchable by others.
Possible sub-address types - evolving with demand
◯ Display name
MariaSantos
ماريا سانتوس الكاتبة

Your canonical address shown with capitals, or in another script. Always derived from your canonical - never a different name. Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Cyrillic and other scripts supported.

▢ Work address
MariaSantos.relay@spacex

Issued by a verified employer, based on your canonical and display name. Linked to your canonical identity. Expires when you leave the organisation - your canonical address always stays with you.

■ Company address Paid
MariaSantos.relay@santos-law

For professionals and business owners with a verified company. Linked to your canonical identity. Your display name becomes your professional identity within that company address.

◆ Press / media Paid
MariaSantos.relay@press

For people who regularly deal with journalists or media. Linked to your canonical identity. A dedicated address for press enquiries - you control who reaches you and via which channel. Not available to everyone.

🔒 Private address
MariaSantos.relay@personal
MariaSantos.relay@private
MariaSantos.relay@ms

Linked to your canonical identity, but shared only with people you fully trust - family, close friends, your doctor. The suffix is yours to choose. Only people who already have this address can reach you through it.

◑ AI agent address
MariaSantos.relay@agent
MariaSantos.relay@scheduler

For AI agents acting on your behalf. Based on your canonical identity. Every agent gets its own authenticated, auditable identity - separate from your personal address.

▶ Gaming identity
LaraCroft

A pseudonym fully decoupled from your canonical identity - no visible link to who you are. Works across platforms - one gaming name, everywhere.

◯ Crypto / Web3
CryptoMan

A pseudonym fully decoupled from your canonical identity. Linked privately to your wallet in your portal - verified via cryptographic signature. Crypto companies integrate via RELAY API so others can reach you without knowing your wallet address or who you are.

Sub-address types are indicative. Which types launch first depends on where demand is highest.

For individuals

Share your identity.
Not your contact details.

With RELAY, you share yourname.relay - not your phone number, not your email, not your handle. Your contact details are never exposed to anyone. Privacy is not a setting. It is the architecture.

Sender knows
yourname.relay
RELAY resolves
Identity layer
RELAY
routes via
Recipient receives on
preferred channel
How it works

Three steps to a persistent identity.

Step 01

Claim your relay address

Choose your unique address on the RELAY network. This becomes your persistent communication identity - portable, permanent, and yours alone.

yourname.relay
Step 02

Connect your channels - privately

Link your existing communication channels under your relay address. Your underlying contact details stay private. Only you see what is connected and how.

Step 03

RELAY routes on your terms

Inbound messages arrive at your relay address and are delivered to your preferred channel based on rules you define. You decide who reaches you, how, and when.

RELAY in action

This is what messaging through RELAY looks like.

Episode 1 of a series
A relay address is a persistent identity layer above all your communication channels. This first video shows one of many use cases: cross-channel interoperability. Subsequent videos will explore how a relay address changes the way individuals, organisations, and AI agents communicate, share identity, and stay in control.

⚡
Already usable during adoption. During the rollout phase, you can send messages via any relay address directly through useyourrelay.com - no integration required. Channel routing via the RELAY account portal is in development. Supported channels will expand over time as communication providers - such as WhatsApp, Signal, and WeChat - open up their platforms for integration.
Desktop
Compose via RELAY
useyourrelay.com
From
sender.relay
To
yourname.relay
Your message arrives at yourname.relay. RELAY resolves the identity and routes delivery to the recipient's preferred channel - SMS, WhatsApp, email, or any connected endpoint. The sender never needs to know which channel that is.
Resolving yourname.relay → preferred channel
Mobile
RELAY
Fromsender.relay
Toyourname.relay
Your message - delivered to the recipient's preferred channel. No phone numbers. No email addresses.
Resolving yourname.relay → preferred channel
01
Sender enters their relay address and the recipient's relay address - no phone numbers or email addresses required.
02
RELAY resolves the recipient's identity and determines the preferred delivery channel based on their routing rules.
03
The message is delivered. Neither party exposes their underlying contact details to the other.
04
Message routing is in active development. Claim your relay address now to be first in line.

"RELAY can fundamentally change the economics of data theft. Companies that communicate through relay addresses simply do not need to store the phone numbers, email addresses and handles that hackers are after. A relay address alone is worthless to a criminal - it cannot be used for phishing or fraud in the conventional, lucrative way. There is nothing to steal."

- Jasper van Berkel, founder RELAY
Designed for adoption

Built to work now.
Designed to scale everywhere.

RELAY is not waiting for the ecosystem to change. UseYourRelay.com acts as an early adoption interface - making relay addresses usable today, before every platform has integrated the RELAY API.

Think of it the way early email clients preceded Outlook and Gmail. The client was never the point - the protocol was. As developers integrate RELAY's routing infrastructure, your relay address will work everywhere, the same way a phone number or email address does today.

Today - Early access

Claim your relay address. UseYourRelay.com serves as the initial interface for early adopters and design partners.

Near term - Routing goes live

Message routing launches. Relay addresses become functional endpoints for identity-based communication.

Growth - API integration

Developers and organisations integrate the RELAY API. Relay addresses work natively across platforms and services.

Scale - Infrastructure layer

Your relay address works everywhere - like a phone number or email address, but without the platform dependency.

"The UseYourRelay web interface and any adoption-supporting interface are temporary by design. Once RELAY reaches sufficient adoption and developers have integrated the routing infrastructure, they can be removed from the ecosystem entirely. That is not a failure - that is the goal."

- Jasper van Berkel, founder RELAY
For developers

Not a feature.
RELAY is infrastructure.

At the infrastructure level, RELAY provides an identity resolution and communication routing layer that developers can build on. The relay address becomes a stable endpoint for reaching a person - regardless of which channel they prefer.

  • Identity Resolution API - resolve any relay address to routing metadata, without exposing underlying contact details
  • Channel Adapter Protocol - integrate existing communication channels as RELAY delivery targets
  • Routing Rules Engine - recipient-defined logic for message delivery, priority, and filtering
  • Webhook infrastructure - event-driven architecture for delivery confirmation and status
● API documentation in development
relay-resolve.js
// Resolve a relay address to routing metadata
const relay = await RELAY.resolve('janedoe.relay');

// Returns routing context - not contact details
// { identity, routing, channels, rules }

const result = await RELAY.send({
  from: 'sender.relay',
  to:   'janedoe.relay',
  body: message,
  type: 'text'
});

// RELAY handles channel selection.
// Sender never sees the underlying address.
For businesses

RELAY changes how organisations reach people.

Across industries, maintaining accurate contact information is a constant operational burden - and an ongoing privacy risk. RELAY replaces contact detail management with identity-based routing.

Staffing & Recruitment
Contractors and candidates change phone numbers and email addresses constantly. A relay address travels with the person - not the device or provider. Staffing agencies maintain durable communication with talent across their entire career.
Financial Services
Banks must reach customers on their preferred channel while maintaining compliance and data minimisation. RELAY enables identity-based outreach without storing per-channel contact data in operational systems.
Utilities & Telecoms
Service providers face high contact data degradation as customers move, change numbers, or switch providers. A relay address remains stable regardless - reducing failed deliveries and improving service continuity.
Insurance
Claim communication, policy updates, and renewals depend on accurate, preferred-channel delivery. RELAY shifts channel management from the insurer to the policyholder - where it belongs.
Healthcare
Patient communication requires privacy-first infrastructure. RELAY enables healthcare providers to reach patients on their preferred channel without retaining underlying contact data in clinical systems.
Enterprise & B2B
Employee onboarding, offboarding, and cross-organisational communication are hampered by contact detail fragmentation. Relay addresses persist across role changes and organisational boundaries.

"Utility companies spend tens of millions annually just to keep client contact data current - yet 2 to 5 percent of that data is outdated at any given moment. RELAY should reduce that by 90 to 95 percent. Not because we ask clients to update their details, but because their relay address never changes. On top of that, I expect RELAY to reduce communication costs per client by 60 to 70 percent - saving tens of millions annually per company, depending on size. The same applies to banks, insurers, and every organisation that depends on reaching the people it serves."

- Jasper van Berkel, founder RELAY
Why now

The conditions for this infrastructure layer are forming.

01

Fragmented communication landscape

People now manage identities across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn, Signal, and dozens of other channels. The cost of this fragmentation is growing faster than any single platform can address.

02

Rising privacy expectations

Sharing a phone number or email has become a meaningful privacy decision. People increasingly resist giving out contact details to services or strangers. RELAY makes that resistance practical.

03

Interoperability is becoming unavoidable

Regulatory and market forces are pushing communication platforms toward openness. The structural conditions for a cross-channel identity layer are converging - independent of any single legislation.

04

Identity infrastructure is the missing layer

Email solved transport. DNS solved address resolution. Communication identity - who you are, independent of how you receive - has never been properly abstracted. That layer is still to be built.