A defensible, enterprise-grade protection platform that combines hardened vault hardware, quantum/hardware anchors, auditable provenance, and a novel discipline — Cognitive Obfuscation Science (COS) — that directs adversary attention into a dynamic recursive decoy ecosystem.
Revolutionary Protection Technology
Serpentine™ is a defensible, enterprise-grade protection platform that combines hardened vault hardware, quantum/hardware anchors, auditable provenance, and a novel discipline — Cognitive Obfuscation Science (COS) — that directs adversary attention into a dynamic recursive decoy ecosystem.
Customers get auditable, usable access to crown-jewel assets while attackers expend time, compute and people on decoys.
Revenue derives from appliances, software subscriptions, managed deception, integration services, COS training & certification, and legal/forensic retainers.
Target Market Segments
National Labs & Defense Contractors
Need crown-jewel protection, accept NDA/air-gapped installations.
Large R&D Enterprises
Pharma, semiconductors, aerospace — high IP value, regulatory/forensic needs.
Critical Infrastructure & Energy
Resilience and tamper-evidence requirements.
Top-tier Universities & Research Institutes
Campus-labs, pilot adoption, COS research partnerships.
Market Opportunity
TAM (Total Addressable Market)
Global data protection & encryption + advanced security services + managed detection market — multi-$100B (industry estimates).
SOM (5 years)
Focused, premium niche: high-assurance vaults + managed deception for ~1–2% of TAM in mid-term; first-mover premium pricing on crown-jewel protection.
Media/entertainment (adjacent) — post-production provenance and content protection.
Value Propositions by Stakeholder
For CISOs / Security Directors
Reduce exfiltration ROI; make stolen assets unusable or low-value
Hardware-bound keys and auditable provenance for legal/forensic defense
Operable (low friction) for authorized teams; high cost for attackers
For Research Leads / Lab Directors
Protect research IP without hindering workflows; traceable chain-of-custody for datasets
Pilots and deterministic replay for reproducibility; guarded access
For Executives / Boards
Differentiated, defensible product with sticky recurring revenue and certifications (COS)
Compliance-ready evidence trails and legal readiness
Core Product Family
Serpentine Vault (on-prem appliance)
Hardened appliance (QAOS-hardened) with HSM/PUF/QRNG options, NSLAT resilience, tamper sensors, and Serpentine Core software.
Packaging: Base Vault (standard), Vault+Quantum (QRNG + pPUF), Vault-Anchor (QKD link option, NDA only).
Additional Product Offerings
01
Serpentine Lab (sandbox / decoy service)
Managed Sandbox Generator (rotating decoy surfaces), telemetry engine, and public demo surfaces to distract/misdirect adversaries.
02
Serpentine Cloud (SaaS)
Selective disclosure, manifest signing, decoy lifecycle control, policy orchestration, and telemetry dashboards. Multi-tenant with strict tenancy segmentation.
03
Serpentine Fusion (integration service) NDA-only
Custom quantum anchor integration, pPUF binding, QKD provisioning, and high-assurance site installs.
Retainer advisory for incident response, court-ready proofs, independent attestations and expert testimony.
All pricing shown is illustrative and should be tailored per customer / jurisdiction.
Hardware Pricing
$350K
Vault Base Kit
Median price (range $250k–$1M depending on anchors). Includes 5-10 seats first year.
$50K
Installation & Validation
Range $50k–$200k depending on site & compliance complexity.
Software & Services Pricing
Training & Forensics Pricing
Training & Certification
Operator course: $1k–$5k / person
Enterprise packs: $50k+
Forensics Retainers
Annual retainer: $100k–$500k
Depending on SLAs, coverage
Revenue Model Streams
Hardware Sales
One-time + installation
Software Licenses & Subscriptions
Recurring annual revenue
Managed Deception & Monitoring
SaaS/Managed Service — monthly recurring
Integration & Professional Services
Pilot, deployment, quantum anchors
Training & Certification
One-time + renewal courses
Forensics & Legal Retainers
Recurring & per-engagement
5-Year Financial Projection
Assumptions summarized after table. Numbers in USD millions.
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Financial Performance Metrics
Key Assumptions: Yr1 hardware revenue driven by 6–12 Vault pilots/initial installs (avg $500k per sale). Software & recurring grows as licensing and decoy subscriptions scale.
Gross margin rises as subscription mix increases (higher-margin SW).
OPEX includes R&D (quantum, COS research), sales (enterprise GTM), legal/compliance, and support. Cash-flow break-even around Year2–3 depending on burn and pilot timing.
Unit Economics & Lifetime Value
Example anchor customer profile
$500K
Hardware sale
One-time investment
$300K
Annual software & managed services
Per year recurring
$1.4M
Typical LTV
3 years (conservative): 0.5M + (0.3M * 3)
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) — Illustrative
Enterprise sales motion: heavy presales; assume CAC ≈ $150k per anchor customer (includes pre-sales engineering & BD). LTV / CAC ≈ 9.3 — attractive if sustained.
SaaS mid-market customers: CAC lower (~$20k–$50k) with ARR per customer smaller ($40k–$250k).
Adjust CAC by channel.
Go-To-Market Strategy
1
Phase 0 (0–3 months)
Core product finalization, compliance pack, pilot kit, legal SOW templates.
Export controls: quantum anchors and hardened hardware may be controlled; build compliance into product.
Privacy & misuse policy: Not for illicit concealment; acceptable use policy. Court-ready evidence: manifests designed to be auditable and defensible.
Red-team & third-party audits: required for high-assurance customers; NDA gating.
Funding & Next Steps
Funding ask & use of proceeds
Ask (Series A stage): $25M to scale enterprise GTM, expand R&D for quantum anchors and COS content, build SaaS & SOC ops, and hire cleared sales/engineering teams.