Migicovsky describes Matrix as mostly “a hacker thing,” but believes it’s starting to take off among developers. “All of Beeper is built on top of Matrix, which is this open-source federated, encrypted messaging protocol,” he says. But the idea for Beeper came to a head two years ago when he learned about a protocol called Matrix. “We really wanted Pebble to be able to send iMessages, but we could never figure out a way to do it because there’s no API for iMessage,” he explains. Migicovsky says he first came up with the idea for a universal chat app while working on the smartwatch pioneer Pebble, before its acquisition by Fitbit. Through the newly launched app, Beeper, users can connect with 15 different messaging services, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Instagram and Twitter DMs, Messenger, Skype, Hangouts and others - even, through a few tricks, iMessage. Now, Pebble founder and Y Combinator Partner Eric Migicovsky is revisiting this concept, but this time with a focus on centralizing access to modern-day chat applications. Decades ago, a software program called Trillian introduced a way for internet users to interact with multiple IM networks, like ICQ, AIM and MSN Messenger, in a single window.
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