Our mission

Big-company security, built for everyone else.

Homes and small shops run on the same internet as big companies. They deserve the same protection.

The gap

Big companies lock their networks down. Everyone else gets one password.

The protection existed for decades. It just never came home.

A big company’s network

  • Every device fenced into its own zone
  • Nothing joins until someone approves it
  • Traffic sent through a private VPN

Most homes and small shops

  • Every gadget on one flat network
  • Anyone with the password gets on
  • Browsing visible to the internet provider
The Rio router beside the Rio app showing its rooms.

So we built Rio

The same idea, in a router anyone can set up.

$199.99, one time. About 10 minutes with the app.

  • SecureRooms wall off every gadget. One bad device can’t reach the rest.
  • Nothing joins without your OK. Even with the Wi-Fi password.
  • Rio VPN covers the rooms you choose. TVs and consoles included.
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John Hui, founder and CEO of Rio.

John Hui

Founder and CEO

Why we can do this

Forty years of building computers for American homes.

John watched the threats change while home hardware stayed the same. So he built Rio.

  1. 1983Helps found Everex, a PC maker.
  2. 1998Helps launch eMachines. Sells it to Gateway in 2004 for $266 million.
  3. 2006Buys Packard Bell. Sells it to Acer in 2008.
  4. LaterServes as Chief Strategy Officer at Foxconn.
  5. TodayBuilds Rio, so homes and small shops get real network security.

What we believe.

  1. 01Start at the router.Guard the door every device uses, including gadgets that can’t run security apps.
  2. 02No expertise required.Security that needs a degree only protects people who have one.
  3. 03Affordable, or it doesn’t matter.One price, about 10 minutes to set up, no Rio subscription required.
  • $203Kraised on Kickstarter
  • 618backers who funded the first Rio
  • 40+years John has built computer hardware

Help us close the gap.

Put big-company network security in your home or shop tonight.

$199.99one-time, includes 1 year of Rio VPN

  • About 10 minutes to set up
  • 30-day returns
  • 1-year warranty
  • Free app updates
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Designed in USA. Manufactured in Taiwan.