Investor / Strategic Funding

Strategic Funding and Commercialization Path

OntoGuard is commercializing a semantic control-plane layer for runtime Decision Authorization, proof packets, pilots, route evidence, and embedded licensing expansion.

Developed by Mark Starobinsky, inventor and founder of OntoGuard.

Current commercialization position

Decision Authorization infrastructure ready for scoped proof and licensing discussions

OntoGuard is commercializing a semantic control plane that evaluates proposed AI output and action before consequence, returns ALLOW, BLOCK, or ESCALATE, routes unresolved authority to human review, and produces portable proof.

What OntoGuard licenses today

Core IP, proof surfaces, and integration paths

Decision Authorization

Runtime contract for admissibility, release state, reason codes, and route posture.

Proof packaging

Decision Authorization Packets, no-bind receipt posture, and strict-six offline review.

Controlled operating modes

Single-case proof, Batch DAP, and controlled-corridor evaluation.

Integration and licensing

Pilot, embedded proof layer, field-of-use license, strategic IP license, or acquisition discussion.

Use of strategic capital

Support commercialization without overstating public maturity

  • Representative and paid pilots
  • Customer-specific route integration
  • Security and procurement hardening
  • Product reliability and validation
  • Go-to-market execution
  • Partner and licensing expansion
Milestone path

From representative proof to production route evidence

1

Risk review

Representative outputs and selected proof packets.

2

Decision Authorization pilot

Workflow scope, evidence scope, and human-review design.

3

Production route evidence

Endpoint enforcement, replay, fail-closed behavior, and outcome closure.

4

Embedded licensing

Co-sell, OEM, strategic license, or field-of-use expansion.

Strategic counterparties

Best fit for organizations that can accelerate adoption or distribution

Relevant counterparties include regulated software companies, enterprise AI platforms, systems integrators, AI governance and observability providers, agent infrastructure companies, and strategic technology acquirers.

NDA-only: protected architecture, detailed patent claims, target-account strategy, confidential valuation, commercialization plan, and non-public counterpart conversations.
Commercialization stage

Current product proof supports licensing and scoped pilot formation

OntoGuard has a current controlled product, public-safe proof surfaces, a Decision Authorization contract, and defined pilot and integration paths. Strategic support is intended to accelerate repeatable commercialization, customer-specific route evidence, procurement readiness, and distribution—not to substitute financing language for customer validation.

Licensable now

Decision Authorization capability, proof packaging, controlled operating modes, integration design, and protected field-of-use licensing discussions.

Funding accelerates

Pilot execution, security review, reliability hardening, partner enablement, customer route integration, and enterprise sales capacity.

Deployment evidence matters

Strategic value increases when controlled proof is connected to a real customer endpoint with fail-closed tests, replay records, reviewer authority, and outcome closure.

Proof-to-pilot progression

Milestones are evidence gates, not promotional labels

  1. Representative proof: govern buyer-safe outputs and identify decision and review patterns.
  2. Scoped pilot: define workflow, evidence, reviewer, and selected integration boundary.
  3. Route evidence: test endpoint enforcement, fail-closed behavior, replay, and closure.
  4. Commercial expansion: license, embed, co-sell, or extend within an agreed field of use.

Appropriate strategic counterparties include regulated software providers, enterprise AI platforms, systems integrators, governance and observability companies, agent infrastructure providers, and technology acquirers able to accelerate adoption or distribution.

NDA boundary

Public material explains the category; protected diligence explains the asset

Detailed architecture, private patent analysis, confidential target-account strategy, valuation, acquisition expectations, unannounced customer discussions, and negotiated commercial terms remain NDA-only. Public material should support a serious first conversation without disclosing the protected implementation or implying commitments that have not been established.