CyanogenMod, Inc.  The CyanogenMod team is now CyanogenMod, Inc.
CyanogenMod has come a long way since the project started. I
remember seeing the beginnings in the G1 threads over at XDA,
and have watched the project grow and grow. Today, founder Steve
Kondik has announced that they are officially a start-up on the
company's website. But not everything will change — Kondik makes
it clear that CM will always be about the users.   The new
start-up has received over $7 million in funding led by
Benchmark Capital — a name familiar to fans of RedHat and
others. In a quote given to the Verge, Kondik and CEO Kirt
McMaster say they have many ideas to pull a profit to keep
things afloat.   We've already seen some of the fruits of their
new labors. The foray into things like remote device management
and secure communications will differentiate them from the rest
of the pack, and with an open philosophy, they will not only
continue to garner attention from folks who like to root and
hack at their Android devices, but d