Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang built his 2020 run around a “Freedom Dividend,” promising $1,000 a month for every adult. Now he’s trying to put cash back in Americans’ hands with his latest venture, by slashing their phone bills.

On Tuesday, he announced the launch of Noble Mobile, a wireless carrier that charges $50 a month for unlimited data. The company launches on the heels of a $10.3 million round of seed funding led by Yang, Scott Galloway and Corazon Capital. 5

The carrier is, Yang said, the first of its kind to pay users back for the data they don’t use — essentially incentivizing less time spent glued to screens.

“We say ‘Look up, be fully present, touch grass,’” Yang said. “But in real life we bust out the phone and ignore that person sitting across from us at

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