{
  "schema": "cain42.invention_atlas.v2",
  "bundle": "invention-atlas-2026-10-06",
  "date": "2026-10-06",
  "git_head": "ee55489d",
  "document": "CAIN-42 Invention Atlas \u2014 IP valuation evidence bundle",
  "firme_ai": {
    "name": "FIRME AI",
    "incorporation": "San Francisco, California; stated by the operator (no registration record independently located)",
    "founder": {
      "name": "Vincent Noriega",
      "ownership_pct": 100,
      "net_worth_2026_range_usd": [
        12000000,
        39000000
      ],
      "net_worth_today_usd": 12000000,
      "net_worth_expected_1yr_usd": 39000000,
      "note": "estimated paper equity; illiquid; pre-tax; not independently appraised",
      "calculation": "artifacts/valuation/CAIN42_FOUNDER_NET_WORTH.md"
    },
    "value_today_usd": 12000000,
    "value_today_range_usd": [
      6000000,
      20000000
    ],
    "forward_maximum_defensible_usd": 300000000,
    "roadmap_target_2028_usd": 1130000000,
    "ip_value_today_usd": 6000000,
    "as_of": "2026-10-06",
    "calculation": "artifacts/valuation/CAIN42_FIRME_AI_ACTUAL_VALUE.md",
    "note": "forward figures are contingent on filed patents, live deployment and paying customers, and are not current values"
  },
  "portfolio": {
    "registered_mechanism_candidates": 1686,
    "patent_candidates": 299,
    "engineering_innovations": 1095,
    "implementation_mechanisms": 292,
    "with_direct_test_evidence": 1463,
    "test_files_scanned": 1000
  },
  "headline": {
    "gross_candidate_value_usd": 82626000,
    "discount_pct": 70,
    "discount_usd": 57838000,
    "net_standalone_ip_value_usd": 24788000,
    "maximum_defensible_ip_value_usd": 59500000,
    "statement": "The CAIN-42 Invention Atlas registers 1,686 implemented mechanism candidates (299 patent candidates, 1,095 engineering innovations, 292 implementation mechanisms), 1,463 of them with direct test evidence. Gross candidate value $82.6M; after a -70% prior-art / duplication / deployment discount the net standalone IP value is $24.788M; the maximum defensible IP value is about $59 million. Internal analytical estimate; no patent filed; not an appraisal, not a financing valuation, not a guarantee."
  },
  "by_domain_gross_usd": {
    "BYZANTINE_CONSENSUS": 17733000,
    "GOVERNED_MEMORY": 17404000,
    "AGENT_IDENTITY_AND_CAPABILITY": 17006000,
    "CRYPTOGRAPHIC_EVIDENCE": 7433000,
    "TOOL_AND_SUPPLY_CHAIN_GOVERNANCE": 4309000,
    "VERIFICATION_AND_ASSURANCE": 4183000,
    "GOVERNANCE_RUNTIME": 3534000,
    "EXECUTION_CONFINEMENT": 2392000,
    "PHYSICAL_AI_AND_WORLD_MODELS": 2186000,
    "PREDICTIVE_AND_PLANNING": 1963000,
    "ADVERSARIAL_AND_INJECTION_DEFENSE": 1785000,
    "AGENT_ECONOMY": 1598000,
    "COMPLIANCE_AND_ASSURANCE": 773000,
    "TRUST_LIFECYCLE_AND_GRAPH": 327000
  },
  "artifacts": {
    "machine_register": "artifacts/ip/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS.json",
    "summary": "artifacts/ip/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS_SUMMARY.json",
    "human_report": "docs/ip/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS.md",
    "valuation_record": "artifacts/valuation/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS_VALUATION.md",
    "generator": "scripts/ip/build_invention_atlas.py",
    "public_page": "/invention-atlas.html",
    "public_data": "/invention-atlas.json"
  },
  "basis": {
    "verified_strengths": [
      "every entry points at a real source file and takes its title from that file's own documentation",
      "1,463 of 1,686 mechanisms have direct test evidence in this repository",
      "reproducible: python3 scripts/ip/build_invention_atlas.py regenerates the register"
    ],
    "discounts": [
      "no patent filed or granted",
      "shared code and mirrors counted once",
      "significant prior art across AI governance, BFT, SCITT and capability systems",
      "most mechanisms are tested libraries rather than deployed, customer-facing capability",
      "no customers, no revenue, no independent appraisal"
    ]
  },
  "notice": "Candidate register only. No patentability, novelty or freedom-to-operate conclusion. Internal analytical estimate; not an appraisal, not a financing valuation, not a guarantee."
}