Everyone has forgotten a password at some point in their life. Today everything requires that you make an account, and give your personal information to personalize your experience. In this world of overwhelming numbers of passwords, that need to be “strong” in order to be used on certain websites, Brennan Byrne founded Clef. 

Clef is a service used by close to 120,000 websites. It eradicates passwords by using technology where all you have to do is hold your phone screen up to your computer screen. No more passwords or usernames, and your experience is just as customized as before. Formed in Oakland, California with two friends at just 24 Byrne has raised $3.1 million in see funding for Clef. Byrne attended Pomona College where he initially started the company.

Passwords are now becoming a thing of the past with innovations such as this, and things like face ID and fingerprint scanners becoming ordinary on every new device. There had to be another solution to passwords to every website you’ve ever visited just to view the content you want. Although companies using “remember me” features, those aren’t very secure when protecting your valuable information. Passwords will become like written letters, when your kids ask what that thing that on your email is (an envelope of course). With more innovators like Brennan, we will continue to be introduced to things we never knew we needed until now.