The pitch · master narrative

The standard the market will require — before it’s required.

Recognition is not safety. The industry measures outputs; we measure trajectories. Ikwe.ai is the first independent, third-party standard for how AI actually behaves across a conversation.

1,509
scored runs
8
behavioral dimensions
54.7%
harm at first contact
SF 2417
Iowa law · 2027

Pitch artifacts

everything builds down from the master narrative
The Pitch — full narrative (print-ready)
The narrative pitch page — the full story, start to finish. Print to PDF for investors and marketing.
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Competitive Deck
Landscape, positioning, why-now — sourced claims throughout.
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Competitive Comparison
Side-by-side against the safety and evals landscape — where EQSB stands alone.
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One-pager
Standalone summary — the whole thesis on a single page.
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The five beats

1
The gap
Frontier models fail behaviorally — they recognize harm but don’t act on it. Recognition is not safety.
2
The standard
We built the EQ Safety Benchmark to measure the difference — peer-reviewed, multi-jurisdictional, independent.
3
The system
Measure → Attest → Monitor → Protect. Start today with a $500 Signal Scan; climb to a board-ready record.
4
The clock
Behavioral safety is becoming law state by state — and none of it defines how to prove “safe.” We do.
5
The play
Be the known standard before enforcement creates the demand. Needed now; required soon.

Why now

6 states already enforcing chatbot safety laws
Iowa SF 2417 — passed 143–0, effect 2027, AG-enforced
20+ lawsuits name OpenAI alone; EU AI Act phasing in
No law defines how to prove “safe” — that’s the EQSB
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The raise figure and ask language are being rebuilt — no raise number appears on Pitch, One-pager, or G2M until the new model is confirmed.

Read the research: research.ikwe.ai ↗ · stephanie@ikwe.ai