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Mindburn Labs
Cryptographic Governance Infrastructure for AI Agents
The Problem
AI agents are gaining autonomy over real-world actions — spending money, writing code, accessing sensitive data. Current safety approaches (guardrails, RLHF, content filters) are probabilistic. They reduce bad outcomes but can't prevent them. Organizations need deterministic governance.
The Solution
HELM (Hardened Execution Layer for Machine-agents) — the first open-source execution authority kernel for AI agents. HELM provides fail-closed policy enforcement, cryptographic evidence receipts, and bounded execution.
Key Properties
- Fail-closed — unauthorized actions are denied by default
- Cryptographic evidence — tamper-evident audit trails
- Sub-5ms overhead — governance doesn't slow down agents
- Language-agnostic — SDKs for Go, Python, Rust, Java, TypeScript
- Zero dependencies — no external runtime requirements
Business Model
Open-core: OSS kernel (Apache 2.0) + commercial platform (team workspaces, compliance automation, fleet operations).
Traction
- HELM OSS kernel: live, production-ready
- UCS v1.2 standard: published
- Multi-language SDK suite: shipped
- Founding cohort: onboarding
- Autonomous research lab: running 24/7
Team
- Ivan Peychev — CEO/CTO, systems engineer
- Kirill Melnikov — COO, operations & growth
The Ask
Pre-seed round to accelerate commercial launch, enterprise pilots, and team expansion.
Contact: [email protected] Web: mindburn.org