doxxnet

About doxxnet

doxx.net provides a privacy-by-architecture networking platform for individuals, enterprises, and their AI agents. The company operates what it terms an "Agentic Defined Networking" (ADN) platform, which enables users and their software agents to create private, secure networks. The platform is built on a parallel internet infrastructure that the company owns end-to-end, including its own IP space, Autonomous System Number (ASN), DNS root, certificate authority, and bare-metal servers. This architecture allows doxx.net to offer services without administrators, log-keeping, or requiring personal user information like names or emails for account creation, which instead uses a proof-of-work system.

The company was founded by Barrett Lyon, a serial entrepreneur known for pioneering the DDoS defense industry with Prolexic, which was later acquired by Akamai. Lyon has founded other successful security and networking companies, including BitGravity (acquired by Tata Communications) and Defense.net (acquired by F5). His experience in building internet infrastructure and tracking threat actors spans over two decades. The name 'doxx.net' originates from Lyon's early hacker handle and was chosen years before the term "doxxing" became mainstream. The project evolved from a hobby called Darkflare, a tool for tunneling through public networks to avoid censorship. The company launched its open beta on October 1, 2026, after a closed beta period that started in December 2025.

doxx.net recently announced a $38 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Animo Ventures and Focal.vc. As part of the investment, Joel De La Garza, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joined the company's board. The platform's core services include encrypted tunnels using WireGuard, DNS-level threat protection, secure DNS (DoH/DoT), firewall management, peer-to-peer (P2P) communications for calls, messaging, and file transfers without a central server, and private networking for a user's devices and services. A key feature is the ability for AI agents to have their own network identities and programmatic control over network configurations via a full network API, allowing them to set up tunnels, manage firewalls, and lease IP addresses. The platform is available for iOS, macOS, and Android, with clients that support any WireGuard-compatible device.