‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation

Can the Light Phone’s focus on simplicity reclaim our attention from the grips of Big Tech?

With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players like Andrew Yang, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Davidson. Now, with a new flip phone and a growing wave...

TechCrunch Startups2026-07-29