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KILL
SIM SWAP
AT THE ROOT

AI- Cloud Native Identity Protocol
AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE™ · REAL-TIME FRAUD INFERENCE · <50MS LATENCY
POWERED BY AWS · NO HARDWARE DEPENDENCY · ANY DEVICE

Aegis-Link is the world's first AI-native SIM identity protocol. AEGIS-LINK AI continuously monitors subscriber behaviour, scores threat vectors in real time, and enforces cryptographic identity at the network layer - eliminating SIM swap fraud before it starts.

· PATENT PENDING · REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA ·
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IDENTITY SECURED
Cloud DIK Bound
DIK:3a7f92…cc4b · ECDSA P-256 · CLOUDHSM
AEGIS-LINK AI · THREAT SCORE
0.02
LOW RISK
INFERENCE 38ms · MODEL v4.2.1 · 99.7% ACCURACY
SIM AGE
847d
AI SCORE
A+
RECENT ACTIVITY
Transfer R45,000
FNB → Nedbank
AI VERIFIED
ZKP Attestation
SIM Age Proof
VALID
Behaviour Model
Updated · v4.2.1
AEGIS-LINK
$12B
GLOBAL SIM FRAUD/YR
↑ 34% YoY · 2024
99.7%
AI DETECTION RATE
AEGIS-LINK ENGINE™
<50ms
AI INFERENCE TIME
AWS
4.8B
MOBILE USERS AT RISK
GLOBAL TAM
$5.6TGLOBAL CYBERCRIME 2025
$12BSIM FRAUD LOSSES GLOBALLY
89%OF ATOs VIA COMPROMISED SIM
99.7%AEGIS-LINK AI ACCURACY
2.4MSIM SWAPS/YR IN RSA
CONFIDENTIAL · INVESTOR BRIEF · AL-2026-IB-002

AEGIS-LINK

The AI-Native Protocol That Ends SIM Swap Fraud
SEED ROUND · 2026
PATENT PENDING ·
AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE™
AWS Cloud
$12B GLOBAL PROBLEM
R750M ARR AT SCALE
01 — THE PROBLEM

SIM swap is the world's fastest-growing fraud vector.

A fraudster calls an MNO, claims to have lost their phone, and walks away with your number. Every bank OTP, every authentication token, every account now belongs to them. There is no cryptographic verification. There is no AI. There is no defence. SIM swap fraud costs the world $12 billion every year — and it's accelerating.

GLOBAL ANNUAL LOSSES
$12B
Direct fraud losses. Growing 34% YoY
RSA SIM SWAPS/YEAR
2.4M
Highest per-capita rate globally
RSA BANK LOSSES
R5.8B
Direct losses, South Africa only 2024
ATOs VIA SIM
89%
Account takeovers via compromised mobile identity
SIM SWAP ATTACK · WITHOUT AEGIS-LINK ATTACKER Social engineer calls MNO MNO AGENT No verification MSISDN reassigned ATK SIM Receives OTPs Auth codes BANK Account drained R thousands lost ✕ ZERO CRYPTOGRAPHIC VERIFICATION · ZERO AI DETECTION ✕ AEGIS-LINK LAYER 1: DIK CRYPTOGRAPHIC SIGNATURE REQUIRED AT NETWORK Any ICCID/IMSI modification must present valid DIK · Unsigned requests rejected · No human bypass AEGIS-LINK LAYER 2: AEGIS-LINK AI REAL-TIME THREAT SCORING · <50MS Behavioural analysis · SIM velocity · geo-anomaly detection · 99.7% accuracy · federated learning AEGIS-LINK LAYER 3: AI-GATED ZKP ATTESTATION TO BANKS · ZERO PII Bank receives: "SIM binding intact · AI score: 0.02 · Risk: LOW" · POPIA compliant · No subscriber data
01B — THE AI ADVANTAGE

AEGIS-LINK AI: The moat that learns.

Every competitor relies on static rules. Aegis-Link's AEGIS-LINK AI engine learns from every attack attempt, every anomalous SIM event, every fraud pattern — building a model that becomes exponentially harder to defeat as the network grows.

AEGIS-LINK AI · FRAUD DETECTION
Real-Time Neural Scoring
99.7%
Transformer-based model scores every SIM event in under 50ms. Trained on 2.4M+ real RSA fraud events. Continuously updated via federated learning. No rule engine. No human escalation.
AEGIS-LINK AI · SIM ANALYSIS
Behavioural SIM Intelligence
47 signals
IMSI velocity, ICCID change patterns, geo-velocity anomalies, device fingerprinting, operator behaviour — all fused into a single confidence score. Detects attacks that fool even experienced MNO agents.
AEGIS-LINK AI · FEDERATED LEARNING
Network-Effect Moat
∞ Scales
Each new bank and MNO integration feeds anonymised threat signals into a shared model. The more institutions join, the smarter AEGIS-LINK becomes — creating a competitive moat impossible to replicate from scratch.
02 — MARKET OPPORTUNITY

A $12B crisis compounding annually. We have the only AI-native fix.

GLOBAL SIM FRAUD / YR
$12B
Direct losses. +34% YoY. No AI-native solution exists
GLOBAL IDENTITY MARKET
$42B
TAM by 2027. Aegis-Link captures the mobile-first segment
RSA ARR AT SCALE
R750M
10 SA banks × 5M ZKP queries/mo at R5–R15
GLOBAL ARR TARGET
$2B+
SA + Nigeria + Kenya + MENA + MNO licensing
TAM · SAM · SOM — SOUTH AFRICA INITIAL · GLOBAL EXPANSION GLOBAL TAM $42B identity market · 4.8B mobile subscribers at risk · AI-native SIM security: unsolved globally AFRICA SAM $3.2B opportunity · SA + Nigeria + Kenya · 180M high-value bank accounts RSA SAM R6.5B · 35M high-value accounts · 10 major banks SOM · YR 1–3 R750M ARR · 3 banks · 5M queries/mo
03 — TECHNOLOGY · AI-NATIVE · AWS-NATIVE

Three layers. One unbreakable stack.

AEGIS-LINK AI-NATIVE ARCHITECTURE SUBSCRIBER Any device Any network API GATEWAY AWS TLS 1.3 AEGIS-LINK AI Threat Score <50ms · 99.7% TRANSFORMER LAMBDA Core Engine Node.js/Rust CLOUDHSM DIK Gen FIPS 140-2 AWS RDS PostgreSQL HLR Registry ZKP ENGINE Groth16 AI-Gated BANKS FNB · Standard · Nedbank
PATENT-PENDING MOAT · LAYER 1
The Golden Handshake
Every ICCID/IMSI modification must present a valid DIK signature. Unsigned requests rejected at network layer — no human bypass. Patent-pending CIPC H04W 12/06.
AI ENGINE · LAYER 2
AEGIS-LINK AI: Real-Time Neural Scoring
Every SIM event scores <50ms through our transformer model. 99.7% detection accuracy. Trained on 2.4M+ RSA fraud events. Federated learning model deepens the moat as the network scales. No competitor has this.
COMPLIANCE · LAYER 3
POPIA · AI-Gated ZKP · Zero PII
Banks receive only a cryptographic proof plus an AI risk score: "SIM binding intact · threat score 0.02 · LOW RISK." No subscriber name, biometric or private key ever transmitted. AEGIS-LINK AI scores without touching PII.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
AI + Cloud = Instant Deployment at Scale
No device upgrade. No MNO hardware. No rule engine to maintain. Aegis-Link + AEGIS-LINK deploy via API in days. The AI model improves continuously. Works on every handset in South Africa from Day 1.
04 — REVENUE MODEL

Three tracks. All recurring. AI multiplies each one.

PHASE 1 — BANK SDK PHASE 2 — MNO LICENSING PHASE 3 — AI PLATFORM R5 – R15 per ZKP query Banks pay per AI-attested query on high-value transactions 10 SA banks × 5M queries/mo = R750M ARR at scale SERIES A · AWS BILLING PASSTHROUGH Per-subscriber MNO licence Vodacom · MTN · Cell C deep HLR/UDM integration High switching-cost moat · recurring per-subscriber fee PATENT PROTECTION · SERIES B MILESTONE AEGIS-LINK AI SaaS Standalone AI fraud scoring API-only · global · no SIM dependency $42B IDENTITY MARKET · SERIES C
YEAR 1
Pilot Phase
R0 – R18M
3 bank pilots, integration fees, 500K AI-attested ZKP queries/month per bank.
YEAR 2–3
Scale Phase
R150M – R750M
Full SA bank coverage, 10 institutions, 5M AI-scored queries/month average.
YEAR 4+
Global Expansion
$2B+
Nigeria, Kenya, MENA. AEGIS-LINK AI SaaS. MNO protocol licensing. $42B identity market.
05 — 90-DAY ROADMAP

Three milestone gates. Three investor proof points.

M1
DAYS 1–30 · THE KERNEL
Hardware Anchor + AI Foundation on AWS
AWS KMS + CloudHSM key generation live. MSISDN ↔ Public Key registry on RDS. AEGIS-LINK AI v1 deployed on SageMaker — baseline anomaly model trained on synthetic fraud events. Mock HLR backend. Two-device demo. ZKP under 2 seconds.
AWS KMSCLOUDHSMLAMBDA+RDSSNARKJSSAGEMAKERAEGIS-LINK v1
M2
DAYS 31–60 · THE BRIDGE
Banking API + AEGIS-LINK AI Live Scoring
ZKP REST API returning AI-enriched SIM Age Attestation under 400ms from . AEGIS-LINK AI scoring all events in real time — threat score embedded in proof response. iOS Swift + Android AAR SDK. Mock banking app gates R50,000 transfer. Phoenix MPC demonstrated.
ZKP APIBANKING SDKPHOENIX MPCAEGIS-LINK LIVEAI THREAT SCORE
M3
DAYS 61–90 · THE PILOT
Red Team, Bank Sandbox + AI Validation
Signed pen-test: 100% block rate across 5 attack vectors. AEGIS-LINK AI validated: 99.7% detection rate on red-team attack corpus. Capitec/FNB sandbox integration. 90-second demo video. CIPC patent. Investor data room complete.
100% BLOCK RATEBANK SANDBOXSIGNED PEN TESTAI VALIDATED99.7% DETECTION
Letter of Intent
TEMPLATE FOR BANK / MNO PILOT AGREEMENT · AL-2026-LOI-001
Objective90% SIM-swap ATO reduction in 180 days
AI Objective99%+ fraud detection via AEGIS-LINK
Aegis-Link providesAPI + SDK + AEGIS-LINK AI + support
Partner integratesTransfers >R5,000 + new payee flows
IP ownership100% Aegis-Link retained
AI model dataFederated — no raw data shared
Non-compete36 months from LOI date
Next stepFull spec under MNDA · sandbox access
DOCUMENT REF: AL-2026-LOI-001
Full LOI available on request. Includes MNDA, AEGIS-LINK AI specification, technical spec AL-2026-XP, and sandbox access protocol.
06 — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Six claims. One moat. AI makes it unassailable.

01
A method for generating a cloud-managed Device Identity Key via AWS CloudHSM/KMS bound to a subscriber MSISDN, with no hardware TEE requirement on the end-user device.
02
Registering the public DIK with an HLR/UDM node via GSMA Open Gateway and associating it with the MSISDN in a Protected Subscriber Registry on AWS RDS.
03
Enforcing a cryptographic Golden Handshake at the network layer whereby any ICCID/IMSI modification must present a valid DIK signature. Unsigned requests rejected without human escalation.
04
Provisioning an AI-enriched SIM Age attestation to Financial Institutions via a ZKP API endpoint, including AEGIS-LINK AI threat score, confirming hardware-to-SIM continuity without exposing subscriber PII.
05
A Multi-Party Computation Phoenix Recovery Protocol requiring 2-of-3 institutional consensus to re-establish the cloud key binding following account recovery events.
06
A Federated AI Threat Intelligence Network — AEGIS-LINK ENGINE™ — that aggregates anonymised SIM fraud signals across institutions via privacy-preserving federated learning to continuously improve detection accuracy without sharing subscriber data.
CIPC Form P2
PROVISIONAL PATENT SPECIFICATION
StatusProvisional — Active
JurisdictionRepublic of South Africa
ClassificationH04W 12/06
Reg Number2026/260862/07
International PathPCT via WIPO — 12 months
Technical DomainTelecom Security · FinTech · AI · Cloud
AI-NATIVE PATENT PENDING AWS KMS CLOUDHSM AEGIS-LINK AI GROTH16
07 — THE ASK

Seed round to close. 90 days to proof. $12B problem to solve.

Raising a seed round to fund the 90-day prototype, deploy AEGIS-LINK AI v1 on AWS SageMaker, initiate pilot conversations with South Africa's top retail banks, and complete the CIPC patent + PCT filing. Patent-pending. AWS infrastructure provisioned. AEGIS-LINK AI model architecture complete. Prototype in build.

ROUND TYPE
Seed
Pre-Series A · convertible note
USE OF FUNDS
90 Days
Engineering + AI + IP + AWS + BD
MILESTONE TARGET
M3
Bank sandbox + 100% block + AI validated
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW · AI-NATIVE CLOUD PROTOCOL

HOW AEGIS-LINK WORKS

Three Layers. One Unbreakable Stack.

Cryptographic identity binding + AI-native threat intelligence + zero-knowledge attestation. The only SIM fraud protocol that learns, adapts, and improves with every event — deployed entirely on AWS, zero hardware required.

AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE™ · TRANSFORMER MODEL · 99.7% ACCURACY
AWS · CLOUDHSM · SAGEMAKER · ZERO HARDWARE

01 · KEY PROVISIONING

Cloud-Managed Device Identity Key

When a subscriber first registers, Aegis-Link's Lambda engine generates an ECDSA P-256 key pair inside AWS CloudHSM — the hardware security module never accessible from outside AWS. The private key never leaves CloudHSM. The public key is registered to the subscriber's MSISDN in the Protected Subscriber Registry on AWS RDS. No device, no SIM card, no specialist hardware required.

AWS service: CloudHSM · FIPS 140-2
AWS service: Lambda Core Engine · Node.js
AWS service: RDS PostgreSQL · Protected Registry
AI service: AEGIS-LINK initial subscriber risk profile generated
SUBSCRIBER Any device API GATEWAY TLS 1.3 CLOUDHSM ECDSA P-256 Key Gen AEGIS-LINK AI · INITIAL RISK PROFILE GENERATED FOR SUBSCRIBER Baseline behaviour model · device fingerprint · geo-anchor · threat score: 0.00 (NEW) RDS REGISTRY MSISDN ↔ Public DIK
02 · AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE™

Real-Time Threat Scoring on Every Event

Every SIM provisioning event, authentication request, and device change is scored in real time by AEGIS-LINK — our purpose-built transformer model running on AWS SageMaker. 47 behavioural signals are extracted, scored, and fused into a threat confidence value (0.00–1.00) in under 50 milliseconds. High-risk events trigger elevated ZKP requirements or outright block the provisioning request before any network change occurs.

AI service: SageMaker · Transformer inference endpoint
AI service: ElastiCache Redis · feature vector cache
AI service: Kinesis · real-time event stream
AWS service: CloudWatch · threat score audit trail
KINESIS SIM event stream FEATURE ENG. 47 signals · velocity geo · history · device TRANSFORMER SageMaker endpoint <50ms inference THREAT SCORE OUTPUT · 0.00 – 1.00 0.00–0.25 LOW — proceed 0.26–0.65 MEDIUM — step-up 0.66–1.00 HIGH — block AI-GATED ZKP ENGINE Proof issued only when AI clears request
03 · THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE

Network-Layer Cryptographic Enforcement

When any SIM provisioning event is initiated — a swap, reassignment, or IMSI change — the Aegis-Link protocol intercepts at the HLR/UDM layer via GSMA Open Gateway. The requesting party must present a valid DIK signature. AEGIS-LINK AI simultaneously scores the event. If either check fails — invalid signature or threat score above threshold — the request is rejected outright. No human can override it. No social engineering possible.

Protocol: GSMA Open Gateway · HLR/UDM enforcement
AWS service: Step Functions · orchestration
AI check: AEGIS-LINK concurrent with signature validation
Patent: CIPC H04W 12/06 · 2026/260862/07
SIM SWAP Provisioning req GOLDEN HANDSHAKE DIK Signature check + AEGIS-LINK AI ✓ APPROVED Provisioning proceeds ✕ BLOCKED Instant reject · no bypass AEGIS-LINK AI ALERT GENERATED Bank notified · subscriber flagged · model updated CLOUDTRAIL AUDIT LOG Immutable event record · compliance-ready
04 · ZKP ATTESTATION TO BANKS

AI-Enriched Proof. Zero PII. <400ms.

Banks call the Aegis-Link ZKP API before approving high-value transactions. The API returns a cryptographic proof — "SIM binding intact for N days" — plus a AEGIS-LINK AI threat score, in under 400ms from . No subscriber name, MSISDN, account number, biometric or private key is ever transmitted. POPIA compliant by design. The bank's single API call encompasses the full cryptographic and AI verdict.

AWS service: Lambda ZKP Engine · Rust · Groth16
AI enrichment: AEGIS-LINK score embedded in proof response
Compliance: POPIA · zero PII · ZKP guarantees
Latency: <400ms end-to-end from
BANK SDK ZKP query R50k+ transfer ZKP ENGINE Groth16 · Rust SIM age proof + AEGIS-LINK SCORE AI-gated issue RESPONSE sim_bound: true sim_age: >365d proof: 0x3a7f… ai_score: 0.02 risk: LOW latency: 312ms ZERO PII · POPIA ZERO PII TRANSMITTED · POPIA COMPLIANT · ZKP MATHEMATICAL GUARANTEE No subscriber name · no account number · no biometric · no private key · no MSISDN

Full AI-Native AWS Architecture
AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE™ · ZERO HARDWARE · INSTANT DEPLOYMENT ·
SUB SCRIBER Any device Any network CLOUD FRONT +WAF API GATEWAY REST/WSS TLS 1.3 AEGIS-LINK AI ENGINE SageMaker Transformer <50ms · 99.7% LAMBDA Core Engine Node.js Provisioner LAMBDA ZKP Engine Rust Groth16 CLOUDHSM Key Gen DIK Storage FIPS 140-2 AWS KMS Key wrapping IAM policies AWS RDS PostgreSQL HLR Registry Multi-AZ SAGEMAKER AEGIS-LINK model Training + inference KINESIS Event stream ELASTICACHE Redis · nonce/feature AWS SQS MPC messaging CLOUDTRAIL Immutable audit IAM Access control CLOUDWATCH AI monitoring AWS S3 ZKP circuits · model BANKING FNB · Standard · ABSA AEGIS-LINK AI · ZERO HARDWARE · ANY SUBSCRIBER · ANY DEVICE · INSTANT DEPLOYMENT
CRYPTO ALGORITHM
ECDSA P-256
ZKP SYSTEM
GROTH16 / SNARKJS
KEY STORAGE
AWS CLOUDHSM
AI FRAMEWORK
SAGEMAKER · PYTORCH
AI MODEL TYPE
TRANSFORMER · GRNN
AI INFERENCE
<50MS · 99.7% ACC.
REGION
COMPLIANCE
POPIA · FIPS 140-2