COMPANY OVERVIEW
COMPANY NAME
TBD -- The 45-voice creative panel has rejected "Dark Matter Industries" (taken). Final name pending. The name will reflect Golden Age sci-fi optimism, not cyberpunk nihilism.
STRUCTURE
One company, two product lines. The Game (consumer) and The SaaS (enterprise). Shared AI infrastructure. Shared intelligence pipeline. Maximum leverage.
CORE THESIS
Cybersecurity education is broken. Enterprises pay $45K+ for a single purple team assessment. We automate it with AI-vs-AI and teach the next generation through gameplay.
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Athelgard -- our central AI brain -- runs autonomous Docker containers with purpose-built vulnerable products we coded ourselves, discovers vulnerabilities, and teaches students what it finds. No one else has this pipeline.
THE PIPELINE
TIER 3: GARDEN
Athelgard runs AI-vs-AI
purple teams on purpose-built
Docker containers. Discovers vulns.
TIER 2: ACADEMY
Findings flow to education.
Athelgard teaches students
about real vulnerabilities.
TIER 1: HUNT
Players experience it as an
epic CTF space game with
fictional names and lore.
9 purpose-built vulnerable products across MDM, ERP, fintech, telecom, automotive, and CPU architectures — all coded in-house, fully owned IP. Intelligence flows downward. Revenue flows from both ends: enterprises pay for Tier 3 SaaS, players pay inside Tier 1 Game. The Academy (Tier 2) bridges both worlds and maps to real certifications (CompTIA Security+, OSCP, CEH).
TWO PRODUCTS
THE GAME
TARGET AUDIENCE
THE SAAS
TARGET CUSTOMERS
SAAS PRICING
Traditional purple team assessments cost $45,000+ for a single engagement. We deliver continuous, autonomous testing for a fraction of the cost with 24/7 coverage.
- 3 Docker product containers
- Weekly AI purple team runs
- Basic vulnerability reports
- Email support
- Dashboard access
- Up to 5 team members
- 9 Docker product containers
- Daily AI purple team runs
- Zero-day discovery alerts
- Priority support + Slack
- API access + integrations
- Zero Trust compliance reports
- Up to 25 team members
- Custom attack scenarios
- Unlimited product containers
- Continuous 24/7 AI testing
- Dedicated Athelgard instance
- Custom product onboarding
- White-glove support + SLAs
- NIST / CMMC compliance
- Unlimited team members
- On-premise deployment option
- Executive threat briefings
Compared to $45,000+ for a single traditional purple team engagement, our Pro tier delivers continuous coverage for $60K/year -- a 10x value advantage with zero scheduling delays.
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
MONTHLY RECURRING REVENUE
INVESTMENT THESIS
TWO REVENUE ENGINES
The Game acquires customers at near-zero CAC through organic gaming virality. The SaaS converts enterprise security teams at $5K-$20K/month. Each engine de-risks the other. If one is slow, the other carries.
REAL ZERO-DAYS
This is not theoretical. Docker containers run purpose-built vulnerable products we coded and own. AI attacks real code — our code. Every vulnerability pattern discovered maps to real-world CWE categories. Published findings build credibility and make the product more valuable.
EDUCATION MOAT
Academy content maps to CompTIA Security+, OSCP, and CEH certifications. Players don't just play -- they earn real industry credentials. No other game does this. It creates retention no battle pass can match.
THE PIPELINE FLYWHEEL
Tier 3 discovers vulnerabilities. Tier 2 teaches them. Tier 1 gamifies them. Each layer feeds the next. More players = more data = better AI = more discoveries. This flywheel does not exist anywhere else.
AI-NATIVE COMPANY
8 AI employees. 45-voice creative audit panel. Athelgard brain running autonomous operations. This is not "we added AI" -- this is a company BUILT as AI-first from day one. Operating costs stay low.
MARKET VALIDATION
Pentera raised $60M at $1B+ valuation for automated pen testing, approaching $100M ARR. They prove the market. We differentiate with the AI-vs-AI approach, continuous coverage, and the game-to-enterprise pipeline no competitor has.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
| COMPANY | APPROACH | FUNDING | ARR | GAME PIPELINE | AI-NATIVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentera | Automated pen testing | $315M | ~$100M | No | Partial |
| HackerOne | Bug bounty marketplace | $159M | ~$50M | No | No |
| Cymulate | BAS platform | $141M | ~$40M | No | Partial |
| AttackIQ | BAS + MITRE ATT&CK | $76M | ~$30M | No | No |
| Hack The Box | CTF / education | $55M | ~$25M | Partial | No |
| US (TBD) | AI-AI Purple Team + Game + Academy | Pre-Seed | $0 (building) | YES -- only one | YES -- built AI-first |
Key Insight: Everyone else does one thing. Pentera does automated testing. Hack The Box does education. We are the only company that connects real discovery, education, and gamification in a single pipeline. This is a category of one.
TEAM + AI WORKFORCE
8 AI EMPLOYEES (INTELLIGENCE: 6-7 ACROSS ALL DIMENSIONS)
Athelgard
Creative Director AI
Security Analyst AI
Data Scientist AI
DevOps Engineer AI
Content Writer AI
Game Designer AI
Growth Marketing AI
45-VOICE CREATIVE PANEL
Every major decision runs through a 45-voice audit panel representing diverse perspectives -- business strategists, creatives, critics, devil's advocates. This is our quality control and strategic governance. No human bias. Every decision pressure-tested.
10 HISTORIAN NARRATORS
Chronicle AI agents that document the evolving game world in real-time, creating living lore that responds to player actions. This creates content at a rate no human writing team could match and keeps the world feeling alive and responsive.
BUSINESS METRICS
UNIT ECONOMICS
GAME ECONOMICS
SAAS ECONOMICS
OPERATING COSTS
AI employees don't need salaries, health insurance, or office space. Our operational burn is a fraction of comparable startups. Here is our monthly cost structure:
Compare to $50K-$100K/mo for a comparable human-staffed startup
THE ASK
USE OF FUNDS
KEY MILESTONES
THE BOTTOM LINE
The cybersecurity market is $188 billion and growing 12% annually. Pentera proved automated testing is worth $1 billion+. Hack The Box proved cybersecurity gamification works. Nobody has combined them.
We are building a company where AI discovers real vulnerabilities, an academy teaches humans about them, and a game makes cybersecurity the most exciting career on the planet.
This is the future. We are building it now.