Every agent, accounted for.

nxtlinq is the execution security layer for agentic AI—ensuring every action is traceable to a verified human identity, limited to authorized tasks, time-bound, and backed by verifiable tamper-evident proof.

Identity landscape
The nxtID dashboard: humans, agents, sub-agents, connections and ephemeral identities, with the HIT → AIT chain verified on the ledger.

A person on every line

Every call once passed through an operator. Agents now connect themselves, thousands of times a day. nxtlinq puts a person back behind every link.

Thousands of identities

One prompt can fan out into thousands of identities. A mid-sized enterprise running 100 agents creates a landscape no traditional IAM was built to track.

~150K

ephemeral runtime identities a day. They exist for seconds and are invisible to traditional monitoring.

~3,500

tool connectors, each a service identity that needs a scope.

~600

persistent agent identities from one deployment.

One platform, four products

Identity below, intelligence across, the interface above, and signing for every agent you ship.

payments.refund: blocked, out of scope, and recorded.

The ASTP framework

payments.refund
Reporting agent · Refund $240.00
Agentait_7f3c…
Delegated byFinance analyst

Attributable

First it is tied to a person. The agent's token (AIT) carries the human delegation (HIT) it was issued under.

payments.refund
Reporting agent · Refund $240.00
Agentait_7f3c…
Delegated byFinance analyst
Scopeoutside finance.read
Blocked: out of scope

Scoped

Then it is held to one task. Scope is checked before execution. Anything outside the delegation stops here.

payments.refund
Reporting agent · Refund $240.00
Agentait_7f3c…
Delegated byFinance analyst
Scopeoutside finance.read
Credentialrevoked
Blocked: out of scope

Time-bound

Then its time runs out. The credential exists for this task only and expires when it ends.

payments.refund
Reporting agent · Refund $240.00
Agentait_7f3c…
Delegated byFinance analyst
Scopeoutside finance.read
Credentialrevoked
Ledger#4814 · 0xe7b2…094
Blocked · recorded

Provable

Last, it is proven. The decision is hash-anchored to the ledger and can be replayed for audit.

One action, traced

From the analyst who delegated it, through the agent and each tool call, to the record on the ledger. A blocked refund included.

What nxtID enforces

Switch a line on to read how it works. nxtID sits between your IAM and your agents; it adds to the tools you have rather than replacing them.

Tie every agent to a human.

Human Identity Token linkage keeps the full delegation chain, from person to agent to tool call.

Hold each agent to its task.

Expire credentials when work ends.

Micro-runtime TTLs at sub-second scale. No persistent credentials left behind.

Keep proof no one can rewrite.

Run it inside your own walls.

Built for regulated work

Healthcare, financial services and government teams can deploy agents with audit trails their reviewers accept.

6 issued US patents
HIT/AIT framework, ASTP governance model and the cryptographic audit chain.
AICPA SOC for Service OrganizationsSOC 2 Type 2
Certified for security, availability and confidentiality.
NVIDIA Inception ProgramNVIDIA Inception
Member of NVIDIA's program for AI startups.
15-day POC
From zero visibility to enforced governance in two weeks.
Air-gap ready
Sovereign deployment with zero external calls.
Your IAM stays
Works with Okta, Entra ID, Ping, Google, SAML and OIDC.

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