Is this approach any different from what Cape is doing? Or is it just a competitor started by one of the founders of Calyx?
Interesting aside, Cape supports GrapheneOS, one of the competitors to the (currently dormant?) Calyx OS.
Also, some of the complaints given by those that resigned from Calyx don't, for me, instill faith in those who were in Calyx leadership roles. (I have no clue if this applies directly to Merrill, though.)