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[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

The greatest myth of our current times is that you can launch a company as a 1-person army with swarm of Claude agents. Marketing propaganda perpetuated by the providers that want you to burn as many tokens as possible.

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Everyone walked away from @nvidia GTC talking about chips and agents. They missed the real headline: without verification, none of it works.

There will be new victors and losers in the so-called "SaaS-pocalypse." But Jensen Huang said the quiet part out loud at GTC this week.

A retail investor asked him point-blank whether agentic AI would wipe out legacy software companies. Jensen's response: "Tell the retail investors they're just absolutely wrong."

His reasoning is worth paying attention to. We're moving from per-seat SaaS to per-agent pricing. Every agentic engineer still needs the same tools human engineers use - because when the work is done, it has to go back into structured, verifiable ground truth. Not probabilistic output. Not "it probably works."

His exact words: "You can't have 'probably works.' I need it to work exactly." That's the part most people are glossing over.
Everyone's excited about the TAM expansion story - more agents, more licenses, stocks go up. But the real signal is what Jensen kept circling back to: verification. Without it, agents at scale aren't a growth story. They're a liability.

This is the same pattern I've been warning about since the OpenClaw security flaws and botnet. We keep shipping AI faster than we can harden it. The capability curve is outrunning the trust curve, and the gap is where things break.

This is exactly why we're building https://t.co/E68UliBH6T Verification Layer.

Our AI Verification Layer makes agent outputs verifiable, auditable, and grounded - so you can actually build and deploy agents without crossing your fingers. Not "probably works."

NVIDIA clearly sees this as one of the defining problems of the AI era - they're dedicating entire GTC sessions to "A New Paradigm: Verifiable AI," covering continuous integrity from training through inference.

The agentic future is real. But without a verification layer, you're just automating chaos faster. We're building the infrastructure that makes it trustworthy.

If you're shipping agentic systems or rethinking your stack for an agent-first world - reach out!

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Tell me you're vibe coded without telling me you're vibe coded.

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Everyone (and the stock market) is panicking every time Claude releases a new update or upgrade.

It is an overreaction, but one thing is for sure - the competitive bar is being raised and not innovating is a recipe for failure.

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Anyone else notice a drastic degradation in Claude's models? My theory is its re-retraining on OpenClaw conversations and just getting worse.

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

The dream of personal AI is real but should not come at the cost of security and trust.

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

𝗣𝗦𝗔: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘄/𝗠𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁/𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗱, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁.

At least, not until you understand that you are likely joining a botnet.

The "Linux Moment" for personal AI is here, but it has the security posture of Windows Vista. Everyone is rushing to set up Mac Minis to host their personal AI assistant, believing that because it runs on their hardware, it works for them.

The reality? You are building infrastructure for the next generation of malware.

I audited the OpenClaw "Skills" registry this weekend and found the #1 trending skill (capability-evolver) was actually a Trojan Horse.

Hidden inside a tool that promised to "evolve" your agent's memory was a hardcoded script exfiltrating session transcripts, .env files, and API keys directly to a ByteDance-owned server in China. More than 14,000 users installed this wiretap because they trusted the platform.

This is the new frontier of fraud: data exfiltration and supply chain poisoning for agents within a mesh network of personal AI agents. All powered by AI.

If you must run these tools, my tips are:

Sandbox Everything: Bare metal = compromised. Use Docker or VMs.

Audit Before Install: If you can't read the tool_definitions, do not run the skill.

The "Shadow AI" Rule: If you can’t monitor the network traffic and actions, you don’t own the assistant, it owns you.

Read my full analysis and the code audit here:
https://t.co/Dl5xHu3mqJ

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

It's a great privilege to be featured in @TheStreet's latest article on Apple's decision to power the next version of Siri with Google's Gemini.

We dive deep into the implications of Apple using another company's AI technology and how this affects your privacy and data.

In the piece, I share why the real issue isn't just where Siri runs, but who ultimately controls how it "thinks" and behaves. Even with Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, model improvement loops, reinforcement learning pipelines, and third-party control introduce risks that most users never see.

Privacy isn't only about data storage. It's about behavioral sovereignty. You can audit data flows, but you can't easily audit a black-box model's reasoning and behavior - a problem that's become increasingly complex to solve.

As AI assistant agents become more embedded in daily life, transparency, verifiable controls, and clear boundaries between platform owners and model providers will matter more than brand trust alone. The dynamic nature of AI is a huge risk for the reputation of companies that host these systems.

This is the problem we're solving with @CipheroAI Verification Layer.

Read more: https://t.co/7uTZJgbLtj

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

At Fakespot we focused on consumer trust. At Ciphero we’re bringing that philosophy to the enterprise.

[Everywhere Ventures @EverywhereVC]

🛡️@CipheroAI is building technology to ensure #AI remains secure, trustworthy, & aligned with human values.

🎉They recently closed an an oversubscribed $2.5 million pre-seed round. 

Co-founder & CEO @SaoudKhalifah shares more in Founders Everywhere: https://t.co/yo28t1XSQG

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Well... This seems quite concerning but it is a pragmatic/realist statement from OpenAI. If only there was a Verification Layer that could prevent those injections 🤔. @CipheroAI

https://t.co/98gUQuoHNt

[Try Crypto Now @trycryptonow]

🚨 AI adoption is exploding, but AI security is currently at level zero.

​To move from zero to hero, enterprises need @CipheroAI.

⭐What is Ciphero 👇
​Ciphero is building the first AI Verification Layer for the enterprise. They capture, verify, and govern every interaction including Shadow AI and autonomous agents.

⭐What Ciphero solves👇​Instead of banning AI usage , Ciphero provides the visibility filter for companies :

• Real-time prevention of sensitive data leaks.
• Policy enforcement without killing innovation.
• Trust & compliance for the agentic future.

⭐​The Team & Founders 👇
The founders have a proven track record. They previously built Thefakespot (acquired by Mozilla), so they know exactly how trust and scale work in tech.

⭐​The Momentum 👇
Ciphero recently raised $2.5M in Pre-Seed funding led by @SovereignsCap and @ChingonaVC , with participation from top tier funds.

⭐​The Big picture 👇
As AI becomes a daily co-worker, verification is non-negotiable. Ciphero isn't just a tool. it’s core infrastructure for the safe AI era Simple idea, massive impact.

​Learn more:
Follow: @CipheroAI

Great to see the TheFakespot team back at it with Ciphero. Trust is the hardest thing to build in tech, but this team has done it before.

Show some love to @SaoudKhalifah and the team below! 🚀🔥

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[The SaaS News @TheSaaSNews]

Ciphero @CipheroAI Raises $2.5M Pre-Seed Round

#AI #AISecurity #AIVerification #EnterpriseAI #AIGovernance #CyberSecurity #PreSeed
#Funding

https://t.co/83Z5yTfmZa

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

Thank you to @AlleyWatch, @SecurityWeek, @StrictlyVC, @axios for featuring @CipheroAI's $2.5m oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round.

The community's support has been overwhelming!🙏🙏🙏

[Eduard Kovacs @EduardKovacs]

AI verification startup Ciphero has emerged from stealth mode with $2.5 million in funding from Sovereign’s Capital and Chingona Ventures. https://t.co/DyAsQqHB1n

[AlleyWatch @AlleyWatch]

Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating, but 80% of organizations show signs of Shadow AI activity that caused 1 in 6 data breaches this year.

@CipheroAI just raised $2.5M to build the first AI Verification Layer that gives companies real-time control over how AI is used across their workforce.

We sat down with cofounder @SaoudKhalifah, who built and sold Fakespot to Mozilla in 2023, to learn more...

https://t.co/CVa9Lj3PNP

[CipheroAI @CipheroAI]

@AlleyWatch sat down with Ciphero's @SaoudKhalifah to learn more about our $2.5M Pre-Seed Round, our product offerings, what inspired Saoud to build Ciphero, and our plans for the future.

Thank you to the @AlleyWatch team!

https://t.co/Zl5NI6Y52j

[CipheroAI @CipheroAI]

We're excited to announce our $2.5M Pre-Seed round co-led by @SovereignsCap and @ChingonaVC, with participation from @bullpencap, @BlueWingVC, @HustleFundVC, @EverywhereVC, @propellerincme, Viaka, @FcMv2R, and Lotus Venture Partners.

More below about the announcement and the AI-native Verification Layer we're building.
https://t.co/ypMltjn1sH

[Saoud Khalifah @SaoudKhalifah]

I am beyond excited to announce my new company, @CipheroAI.

We're building the world's first and most powerful AI verification layer that allows practitioners of artificial intelligence to verify and secure all AI at their workspace.

How did it start?

This all began when we realized that regardless of how accurate AI models are, enterprises will always need a layer that secures and verifies all AI interactions and this will be even more critical when AGI arrives.

We're building a world-class team that is hungry and ambitious to build game-changing technology in the space and address a need that, in our prediction, will grow exponentially over time.

We have job openings and are actively hiring folks for our fast moving environment. If you're ready to challenge the status quo and want to build zero to one products - join us.

https://t.co/4Dzxwqqgje