John Malsbury, AnySignal CEO
The RF Crisis: You Just Can’t See It
In 2003, during the Iraq War, U.S. troops tried to detonate explosives via radio signal — and nothing happened. Their RF jammers were too strong. They had jammed themselves.
That was over 20 years ago. And still, today, from battlefields to space missions, we rely on fragmented, brittle RF systems held together by patches and protocol. The world has changed, but RF hasn’t kept up.
You can’t see the radio frequency spectrum. You can’t touch it. But it’s holding the modern world together: your GPS, your flight home, your satellite internet, even your national security. And it’s breaking under the weight of rising complexity, adversarial threats, and outdated tools.
Governments and companies are waking up to a silent crisis: we are running out of spectrum and running out of time. This can’t be solved by throwing money at legacy hardware or auctioning more spectrum. It demands a new approach — one that reimagines the entire RF stack.
AnySignal: Built for the Mission Ahead
Not a “Box” — a Platform
From day one, we knew a better RF future couldn’t be built with more of the same. That’s why AnySignal isn’t just another comms company. We’re building a true RF platform — one that spans from custom hardware to adaptive signal processing, from edge devices to orbital relays.
On our earliest space missions, we demonstrated self-healing networks that adapt in real-time, maximizing performance and mission success. We’re building infrastructure that doesn’t just work — it evolves. When the RF environment changes, our systems change with it.
Every layer of the stack is connected — so instead of spending years redesigning hardware, we can solve RF problems like software engineers: with speed, iteration, and scale. This is what a modern RF platform looks like.
Global defense spending reached over two trillion dollars. Yet the U.S. and its allies are potentially dangerously wrong-footed by having over-spent on legacy hardware systems while neglecting what could be the defining battlefield of the future: the control of the radio spectrum. BlueYard Capital
We couldn’t agree more.
The Team That Builds the Impossible
AnySignal isn’t my first RF rodeo. I’ve worked at places like Ettus Research, SpaceX, and defense primes where RF challenges were complex, messy, and mission-critical. I learned something simple: talent is everything. And I knew exactly who I’d want by my side if I ever got the chance to do it differently.
That’s what AnySignal is. It’s our version of “getting the band back together.” It’s the Ocean’s 11 moment — assembling a crew of engineers, operators, and systems thinkers who can cut through noise and just build.
We didn’t just want smart people — we wanted builders. People who treat constraints as design tools, not excuses. People who ship.
A Culture That Ships
Culture isn’t a poster on a wall. It’s who gets promoted. It’s how decisions are made. At AnySignal, execution is everything.
We took inspiration from SpaceX’s no-nonsense, first-principles culture — but adapted it to the nuanced, invisible world of RF. Ours is a culture that rewards clarity over polish, impact over prestige, and humility over ego. We care about what works — and who can make it work.
Empathy is core to how we build. Understanding each other’s strengths, blind spots, and ambitions is how we unlock more than just 10x talent — it’s how we build a 10x team.
RF Is a Strategic Domain
This isn’t just about technology. It’s about sovereignty, exploration, and resilience.
RF is the connective tissue of modern civilization — and it’s breaking. At AnySignal, we’re here to fix it, not with band-aids, but with a bold new foundation. We’re building the tools that will enable new networks across battlefields, oceans, and planetary bodies.
If you’re building in this space — as a founder, partner, customer, or engineer — we want to talk. The RF frontier is wide open, and we’re building the platform to explore it.
We’re just getting started.
