On November 18, 2019, Private Internet Access announced that it would be merged into Kape Technologies, which operates three competing VPN services, CyberGhost, ExpressVPN and Zenmate. Lee started the company PIA because he wanted a way to prevent Internet Relay Chat from revealing IP addresses. The CEO of Private Internet Access (and its parent company, London Trust Media, Inc.) is Ted Kim. In November 2019, Private Internet Access was acquired by Kape Technologies. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès was named chief technology officer of PIA's parent company, London Trust Media. Private Internet Access ( PIA) is a personal VPN service that allows users to connect to multiple locations.
