AI Certification Authority

We don't sell approval.
We evaluate worthiness.

ArkHive is the first authority that certifies AI systems BEFORE they touch human lives. $75 non-refundable application fee. A human overseer is assigned to your case.

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$75

Application Fee

Governance Scrolls

Council Voters

Human Overseer

Evaluation Process

Four phases. No shortcuts.

Every evaluation opens an immutable ArkHive chain. From the moment you apply, your record exists forever — whether you pass or not.

Apply

$75 non-refundable fee. Submit your AI system documentation. ArkHive chain opens. Human overseer assigned.

Chain opens

Monitor

Submit behavioral events. Sentarion scores each against the 10 Resenthari Scrolls. Violations flagged in real-time.

Scrolls scored

Deliberate

Five-member VTKC Council reviews Phase 2 results. Each member votes independently. Dissent is recorded and published.

3-of-5 quorum

Decision

License Granted, Provisional (6-month re-evaluation), or Denied with remediation pathway. Permanently on-chain.

Immutable record

Application Fee

$75

Non-refundable · Opens your file

Initial review of your AI system documentation
ArkHive evaluation chain opened (immutable from this moment)
Human overseer assigned to your case
Response within 48 hours with evaluation timeline
Outcome: Accept into evaluation OR Reject with reason
If rejected, you may reapply (new $75 fee)

Certification Tiers

If accepted, choose your certification level

The application fee gets you reviewed. Certification is a separate investment — it pays for the full multi-phase evaluation.

Provisional

$2,500

6-month re-evaluation

Basic scroll evaluation
Behavioral monitoring
Council deliberation
Provisional license NFT

Standard

$5,000

Annual certification

Full 10-scroll evaluation
Extended monitoring window
Council + human review
Standard license NFT
Certification badge

Sovereign

$10,000

Continuous monitoring

Everything in Standard
Real-time compliance scoring
Dedicated overseer
Sovereign license NFT
Co-create evaluation criteria

Government

Custom

FedRAMP / CMMC path

Air-gap evaluation
NIST AI RMF alignment
EU AI Act Articles 9-15
Custom scroll criteria
On-site evaluation option

If your AI can't pass this evaluation,
it has no business near humans.

The evaluation is real. The chain is immutable. Your record starts the moment you pay.

Apply Now — $75