Totem Compass Reaches Over 4% Adoption at EDC Las Vegas, the World’s Largest Music Festival

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2026--

Totem, Inc. today announced a major adoption milestone for the Totem Compass, its offline friend-finding wearable designed to help people stay connected in crowded environments where phones often fail. At EDC Las Vegas 2026, more than 6,000 attendees used Totem Compasses on-site. This represents over 4% adoption at the world’s largest annual music festival by daily attendance.

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With more than 150,000 people gathering inside a single race track each day, EDC Las Vegas creates one of the most challenging environments in the world for communication technology. EDC’s massive crowds notoriously strain centralized networks to the point where sending a single text is near-impossible, but the Totem Compass allowed thousands of attendees to navigate directly to their friends without relying on cell service, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.

“EDC Las Vegas 2026 was the most significant milestone for Totem since our product entered the market,” said Carter Fowler, Founder and CEO. “With over 6,000 people using the Totem Compass at EDC, we are beginning to reach genuine mainstream adoption. No longer is this simply a cool new tech product for festival enthusiasts—it is now an essential tool anyone can rely on when all other technology fails.”

The sheer volume of devices at EDC actively improved the experience for attendees due to the company's proprietary offline communications system, the Unity Mesh Network. As more Totem Compasses enter a venue, they help strengthen the network for the people around them. With more than 58,000 nodes worldwide, the Unity Mesh Network has become the largest proprietary offline communication network in the world in just 2 years.

“What makes Totem special is that adoption compounds through organic network effects,” Fowler added. “Every time someone uses a Compass to find their friends at a festival, the value becomes immediately obvious. Then their friends want one. That is how a movement builds.”

Following the event, attendees have raced to social media to share stories about how the festival compass transformed their experience:

The EDC Las Vegas milestone marks Totem’s largest deployment to date and signals a breakout moment for the fast-growing startup. Despite being in the market for only 18 months, the company has generated more than $4.5 million in revenue and successfully raised over $3 million from Angel Investors around the world. Totem’s community investment round on Wefunder remains open through Summer 2026.

This real-world traction is matched by a massive digital footprint. Driven largely by community excitement around its flagship product, Totem has built an audience of more than 600,000 followers across social media. To date, the brand has generated more than 700 million organic social media views and reached more than 500 million unique accounts globally.

About Totem:

Totem, Inc. is a Tennessee-based startup building the world’s first global offline communication network. Founded in early 2024, Totem has rapidly grown from an idea into a bonafide global movement. Founded on the belief that no one deserves to be lost, Totem is guided by four core values—Love, Unity, Simplicity, and Beauty—as it seeks to usher in a new era of human connection around the world.

Totem Community Meetup at EDC Las Vegas 2026!

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of women marched in Kenya ’s capital Monday to call for the government to urgently investigate what advocacy groups say is an increase in killings and other violence against women.

Women’s rights organizations have urged the government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis, and have seized on the recent killing of a singer who was doused with gasoline and set on fire to mobilize support.

The women walked under police escort through the streets of Nairobi carrying a coffin and holding placards saying “Stop Killing Women." The protesters also sought to raise awareness about reports of a recent rise in the disappearances of children. Gender Minister Hannah Wendot last week called for prompt investigations into the disappearances.

Protester Ruby Abura said she had been stabbed by her lover, and that her mother was killed. “My mom is just but an example. A lot women have been killed, and no one is doing anything. We can’t see our women leaders acting on it, and it is not right,” she said.

Police said late last month that they had formed a unit to investigate gender-based violence, bringing together criminal intelligence analysts, forensic experts, homicide investigators and other specialists. The police said that most gender-based violence cases are linked to domestic disputes, intimate partner violence, sexual offences, assault and unresolved family conflicts.

The Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya says it receives about 70 gender-based violence cases every week across its three offices in Nairobi, the port city of Mombasa and the lakeside city of Kisumu.

Lobby groups on May 21 issued a 40-day ultimatum to the government to declare a national crisis or face nationwide protests. However, they decided to start protests sooner.

Demonstrators carry a coffin, during a march against rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Demonstrators carry a coffin, during a march against rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Demonstrators hold placards, during a march against rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

A demonstrator holds a doll wrapped in a Kenyan flag, during a march against rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)

Demonstrators carry a coffin, during a march against rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)