2026-08-09 · CSOAI — measurement, not claim · generated from signed artefacts
AI governance compliance is a paperwork theatre: human audit shops, dashboards and certification bodies that cannot re-run a single number. The EU AI Act high-risk deadline is August 2026 — now. Nobody owns the measurement layer. Nobody makes it sovereign.
The regulator's clock is the wedge: Article 5 prohibitions bite today; high-risk obligations roll in from Aug 2026. Buyers need a number they can show an auditor — measured, signed, recompute-able. That is the product.
"SOV as the Moody's of AI". We run the tests, we own the data, everyone else cites the scores. Live now: /benchmarks + /scorecard — free dashboard, Pro API, Enterprise audits, Certification.
AI governance: $1.1B → $13.1B by 2035 (31.4% CAGR). Humanoid robotics adjacent. Nobody owns full-stack sovereign measurement; this is the greenfield no one else can claim with a working instrument.
Free public benchmark = moat + network effect. Pro API $0.01/query · Enterprise audits $50K · Certification $5K. The scorecard is the funnel; the data room is the proof.
Founder-driven sovereign lab: measurement engine, attestation chain, fleet, and the public surfaces are built and live. Execution speed visible in this repo's own history — and the refutation ledger proves we correct, not conceal.
£1.5M seed bridge → £15–30M Series A in 9 months. Cost base is free-tier + spot GPU (caps per run); the instrument is the asset, not burn. Revenue starts at the first Enterprise audit, not at the first enterprise hire.
£1.5M Seed Bridge @ £4.5M pre — 25% dilution, 75% retained → Seed Q4 (£2M @ £8M) → Series A Q2-2027 (£15–30M). Lead investor, you ship the ask to your own compliance review. Use of funds: productize the three audit packs → first 3 enterprise pilots → the Series-A evidence creates the uplisting, not the reverse.
The SimCity-of-the-world: every governance decision observable, every play a signed evidence record feeding the measurement flywheel. Measure → sign → verify, at global scale.