What it sells
Encrypted AI with verifiable privacy
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Developers and security/compliance leads in defense, legal and regulated industries; consumers for Chat.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Customers cannot send sensitive data to OpenAI or Anthropic and need verifiable privacy.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Swap an OpenAI-compatible API call to Tinfoil, or run a Docker image in a secure enclave; clients verify attestation against open-source code before sending data.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Subscription plus usage billing for AI run in hardware enclaves; value is verifiable privacy for regulated users.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Self-serve chat and API key signup, docs, plus enterprise sales and GPU access request form.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Spring 2025 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.