When you run a request through your Inner-Circle node, powered by our Kairos verification engine, it will return a tamper-evident receipt proving what was checked, and when.
Every receipt captures the source, the result, and the moment, replayable and independently verifiable at any point in the future.
And with monitoring enabled, Kairos watches the source for you, alerting your team the moment anything changes.
Every Kairos Receipt comes with a verified source and a timestamp. Not a training weight. Not a cached result. A cryptographic record of what was checked and when.
When the Inner-Circle Sanctions Node cannot answer with a verified source, it says so and flags the gap. That is not a limitation. That is the standard.
AI systems trained on static datasets cannot demonstrate which version of a source they consulted, when, or whether it was current at the moment of the decision. When someone asks, there is no artifact to produce.
Pass an entity name. The Inner-Circle Sanctions Node routes the request through a live authoritative source, verified current before the check runs.
Before every check, the source is confirmed unchanged against its published reference. The result of that verification is recorded in the receipt.
Entity, result, source hash, verification timestamp, and claim ID are bundled into a cryptographically signed receipt. Immutable and independently verifiable. Powered by Kairos.
Every receipt is automatically logged. Your team can filter, search, and export without touching the API.
When your review process is questioned, your team exports a formatted audit report. Every receipt carries the source and timestamp needed to verify the decision independently.
Every Kairos Receipt generated by the Inner-Circle Sanctions Node is logged automatically to the Compliance Portal. Your team accesses it through a separate authenticated URL. No API required.
Filter by entity, date, or result. Export CSV or formatted audit reports. The portal is included with Inner-Circle Sanctions Node access.
Kairos AI can walk you through the portal and answer questions.
source_url and a source_hash. The performed_at timestamp tells you exactly when the verification ran. The hash lets you verify independently that the source has not changed. Both fields are immutable once the receipt is issued.Sandbox access available. No source maintenance on your end.
Whether it is an AI agent, a human analyst, or a third-party vendor, every decision made without a verifiable record is a liability. Kairos is the infrastructure that closes that gap. Cryptographic receipts proving what was known, from what source, at the exact moment of every decision.
Researchers, regulators, and enterprise risk teams have documented a consistent gap across AI systems: answers drawn from training data degrade over time, citations cannot always be traced to a live source, and confidence levels do not reliably reflect recency.
In the LLM era, that gap scales. One AI agent making one decision is a manageable risk. Ten thousand agents making ten thousand decisions per hour, each one potentially working from stale knowledge, is a systemic exposure.
Kairos is the infrastructure that closes that gap. Every Inner-Circle node is a domain where the answer to that question needs a receipt.
"What did your AI actually know at the exact moment it gave that answer, and can it prove it?"
AI systems trained on static datasets cannot demonstrate which version of a source they consulted, when, or whether it was current. That is a structural limitation of the architecture, not a flaw in any single product.
Each Inner-Circle node is a domain-specific verification product built on Kairos. Two are live. The rest are the map of where this goes, and where build partners can take it. The infrastructure compounds with every node added.
Every Inner-Circle node reuses the Kairos Core Layer at a fraction of the first node's cost. The marginal cost of each new node decreases. The platform value grows. The Kairos Receipt, once embedded in a workflow, becomes the artifact that workflow depends on.
In the LLM era, that matters more than it ever has. AI agents do not review one transaction. They review thousands simultaneously. Inner-Circle becomes a force multiplier: the same receipt infrastructure, running at the speed and volume of AI, across every domain where a decision needs proof.
The build partner model extends the node count beyond what Axiom Infra can staff alone. Domain experts build nodes on Kairos infrastructure under a revenue share model. The platform grows without proportional headcount.
You bring the domain expertise and the source of truth. Kairos provides the rest. No receipt engine to build. No ledger to architect. No portal to design.
If you work in a field where a decision needs proof, Kairos is the infrastructure for your verification node. You bring the source of truth. We provide the receipt engine, the ledger, the API, and the portal. Revenue share on every receipt issued.
Fields where the case for a Kairos node is clearest. If you operate in any of them, we want to hear from you.
Clinical AI verifying medication interactions against live FDA and pharmacopeia databases, not training data.
Legal AI verifying the statute it cited is the currently enacted version, not a superseded draft.
AI clearing shipments against live BIS Entity List and OFAC SDN before goods cross a border.
Title AI checking all parties against live watchlists under FinCEN's Residential Real Estate Rule, with a receipt on every file.
Underwriting AI verifying actuarial and regulatory data against live authoritative sources before binding a policy.
AI screening patients against live trial criteria and exclusion lists, with a receipt for the clinical record.
Don't see your domain? That is the point.
Any decision that needs a receipt is a potential node. If you know the source of truth in your domain, we can build the verification layer around it.
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The Inner-Circle API lets you submit entities for verification against live authoritative sources. Every response is a Kairos Receipt: a tamper-evident artifact proving what was checked, against what source, and when. Receipts are independently verifiable and replayable at any future point.
Base URL: https://mic-api.onrender.com
Screen an entity against the Inner-Circle Sanctions Node. Returns a Kairos Receipt.
All requests require a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
| Key prefix | Environment |
|---|---|
| ic_live_ | Production |
| ic_test_ | Sandbox. Receipts are valid but sourced from test data. |
Submit an entity for verification. Returns a Kairos Receipt.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entityrequired | string | Full name of the entity or individual to screen |
| noderequired | string | Inner-Circle node to use. Current values: sanctions |
| client_ref | string | Optional reference ID. Appears in Compliance Portal filters and exports. |
Every field is immutable once a receipt is issued. Receipts are replayable and can be verified independently using the source_hash and source_url fields.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| claim_id | string | Unique receipt identifier, prefixed ic_ |
| node_type | string | Inner-Circle node that handled this verification (e.g. sanctions) |
| entity | string | Entity name as submitted |
| result | enum | CLEAR or MATCH |
| performed_at | ISO 8601 | UTC timestamp of the verification event |
| source_url | string | Authoritative source URL checked against. Use with source_hash to verify independently. |
| source_hash | string | Cryptographic hash of the source at time of check. Fetch the source URL and hash it yourself to confirm it has not changed. |
| replayable | boolean | Always true. The receipt can be replayed and independently verified at any future point. |
| powered_by | string | Always "kairos" |
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 401 | Invalid or missing API key |
| 400 | Missing required parameter or invalid node value |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded. Contact us to discuss volume pricing. |
| 503 | Source temporarily unavailable. Request will not produce a receipt. Retry or contact support. |
Sanctions compliance is our first market. Cryptographic verification infrastructure is our business. Inner-Circle is proof the platform works, and proof there is a customer willing to pay for what it produces.
Every Inner-Circle node reuses the Kairos Core Layer at a fraction of the first node's cost. The marginal cost of each new node decreases. The Kairos Receipt, once embedded in a compliance workflow, becomes the artifact that workflow depends on. Switching costs are structural.
In the LLM era, that matters at scale. AI agents do not review one transaction. They review thousands simultaneously. Inner-Circle becomes a force multiplier: the same receipt infrastructure, running at the speed and volume of AI, across every domain where a decision needs proof. The more AI a customer deploys, the more valuable the infrastructure becomes.
The question being asked across every regulated industry is simple: what did your AI actually know at the exact moment it gave that answer, and can it prove it? Kairos is the only infrastructure built to produce that proof.
Once workflows depend on Kairos Receipts, the format becomes the standard those workflows expect. Switching costs are not contractual. They are procedural.
Every new node reuses the Core Layer. Marginal cost decreasing. Platform value increasing. Each vertical adds TAM without rebuilding the foundation.
AI adoption in regulated industries is accelerating. Each new agent deployed is a new verification surface. Inner-Circle scales with the customer's AI footprint.
Domain experts in healthcare, legal, and export control know their sources of truth better than we do. The build partner model turns them into node builders on Kairos infrastructure.
Sanctions Node and Regulatory Intel Node live. Full Kairos infrastructure deployed. Compliance Portal accessible.
Fintech compliance teams. Real estate title companies under FinCEN Residential Real Estate Rule. Per-transaction pricing.
Third node. Universal mandatory jurisdiction. Core Layer reuse at minimal incremental cost.
Full multi-list coverage. SDK enabling third parties to build verification nodes on Kairos.
Early conversations open with investors who understand infrastructure businesses and the LLM-era verification tailwind. This briefing is by invitation only.