Strategic Collaboration
The ZKAP® methodology addresses a regulatory enforcement gap that affects every high-risk AI operator in the European Union. The patent-pending framework is at a stage where strategic collaboration — with the right institutional and commercial partners — can accelerate deployment at the scale the August 2026 deadline demands.
The Opportunity
There is currently no commercially available solution that enables verification of formalized rules — from AI Act conformity assessment to ISO/IEC technical standards and ethical codes — without requiring disclosure of protected model internals. This is not a competitive gap — it is a structural vacancy in the verification infrastructure.
The convergence of three factors creates an exceptional window:
- Regulatory urgency: The AI Act's high-risk obligations enter into force on 2 August 2026. As of March 2026, only 8 of 27 EU Member States have designated national competent authorities. The enforcement infrastructure is not ready.
- Technical vacancy: Existing compliance tools — documentation platforms, XAI libraries, audit consultancies — do not resolve the fundamental conflict between transparency requirements and data protection. The market lacks a solution for cryptographic verification of formalized rules at the architectural level.
- Protected position: The ZKAP® methodology is the subject of patent applications filed with the European Patent Office and the Bulgarian Patent Office (30 March 2026). Early collaboration partners benefit from priority access to the proprietary framework before broader market availability.
Collaboration Models
Technology Licensing
Licence the ZKAP® methodology for integration into existing compliance platforms, GRC tools, or AI governance suites. Verification of any formalized rules — regulatory, technical, or ethical — encodable as polynomial constraints. Suitable for organisations seeking a differentiated technical capability.
Institutional Pilot Programme
Joint development of a proof-of-concept implementation with a national competent authority, EU institution, or regulated industry body. Designed to demonstrate operational viability within a real supervisory context.
Joint Venture
Formation of a dedicated entity to commercialise the ZKAP® framework as a standalone verification infrastructure service — covering regulatory, technical, and ethical requirements. For partners prepared to commit capital, technical resources, and market access.
Integration Partnership
Technical collaboration to embed ZKAP® verification capabilities within hardware platforms, cloud infrastructure, or chip-level execution environments. Aligns with the methodology's requirement for controlled computational environments.
Position
What We Bring
- Patent-pending methodology filed at EPO and BPO with comprehensive claims covering the verification architecture
- Legal engineering expertise — 20+ years in civil and administrative law, anti-corruption, and AI regulation
- Published research — The Collapse of Transparency (book, 2026) providing the theoretical and legal foundation
- Regulatory network — established connections with UK and EU institutional stakeholders
- Complete technical specification — detailed implementation blueprint available under NDA
What We Seek
- Zero-knowledge infrastructure — partners with operational ZK proof generation capacity (zkVM, prover networks)
- Institutional access — organisations with direct relationships to EU AI Office, DG CONNECT, CEN-CENELEC, or national competent authorities
- Implementation capacity — engineering teams capable of translating the methodology into production-grade software
- Market distribution — channels to reach high-risk AI operators in financial services, healthcare, public administration
- Strategic capital — for partners pursuing the Joint Venture model
Intellectual Property Framework
Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO): Application BG/P/2026/114317 (filing receipt PTBG202600000315701), filed 30 March 2026.
European Patent Office (EPO): Application in preparation. Title: “Method and system for cryptographically bound inference execution in machine learning models with automatic generation of zero-knowledge proofs over formalized constraints.”
UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO): Application in preparation.
PCT International (WIPO): Application in preparation.
IPC Classification: G06F 21/64 (Data integrity), G06N 20/00 (Machine learning), H04L 9/32 (Secure communication verification).
All collaboration models operate within a clear IP framework:
- Core methodology IP remains with the inventor (Radoslav Y. Radoslavov)
- Licensing terms are negotiated per partnership model
- Joint developments may generate shared IP under agreed terms
- Full technical disclosure requires execution of a mutual NDA
Timeline Context
The regulatory calendar creates natural urgency:
- 2 August 2025: AI literacy obligations entered into force
- 2 February 2026: Prohibited AI practices provisions applied
- 2 August 2026: High-risk AI system obligations enter into force — including conformity assessment, transparency, and human oversight requirements
- 2 August 2027: Full application of all remaining provisions
Partners engaging before August 2026 position themselves at the point of maximum regulatory demand and minimum competitive supply. The window between the enforcement date and the market's capacity to respond represents the primary commercial opportunity.
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We welcome expressions of interest from organisations aligned with the collaboration models described above. Initial discussions are conducted under mutual confidentiality.
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