Design Partner Program
AegisGate Security is building the first self-hosted, fail-closed AI security gateway — and we’re looking for 3-5 security teams to help us validate it in production.
This is not a sales funnel. It’s a structured feedback program with clear scope, clear expectations, and no long-term commitment.
What You Get
- Free Enterprise tier access — full platform capabilities, no license fees for the duration of the partnership
- Direct roadmap input — your use cases inform what we build next
- Priority support — direct email and Slack access to the founder (not a ticket queue)
- Co-marketing option — optional case study and joint content (only with explicit permission)
- Early access to new features — MCP guardrails, new compliance frameworks, ML detection models before public release
What We Ask For
- Production deployment — run AegisGate against real AI traffic in your environment
- Monthly feedback call — 30 minutes, what’s working / what’s not / what you need
- Use case sharing — tell us how your team uses AI tools and what security concerns you have
- Honest feedback — bug reports, feature requests, friction points — we need the unfiltered version
What We Don’t Ask For
- No long-term contract
- No exclusivity
- No public reference without your explicit written consent
- No minimum deployment size
- No SLA commitments from us (we’re a solo founder — we’re honest about response times)
Who We’re Looking For
| Profile | Why It’s a Good Fit |
|---|---|
| Security teams evaluating AI tools | You need to demonstrate due diligence before deploying AI services — AegisGate gives you the detection and audit trail |
| Compliance teams in regulated industries | Healthcare, finance, government, SLED — 31 compliance frameworks including HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, EU AI Act, NIST CSF |
| DevOps/Platform teams deploying AI infrastructure | You’re building AI pipelines and need a security layer that doesn’t phone home or require cloud dependencies |
| AI startups building agent-based products | MCP, A2A, ACP, ANP protocol coverage — if you’re building AI agents, you need tool authorization guardrails |
Why Trust Us
AegisGate Security is built on transparency:
- Listed in the CSA STAR Registry (Level 1) — our AI-CAIQ self-assessment (311 questions) is public
- Featured in the CSA Startup Showcase — recognized for Agentic AI IAM
- Published the first public per-control AICM crosswalk — 247 controls mapped to source code
- Engaged with NIST as an AI RMF and CSF 2.0 implementer
- Engaged with MITRE ATLAS as an adversary technique mapping contributor
- Apache 2.0 open-source — you can audit every line of code before you deploy
- Self-hosted, air-gapped capable — your data never leaves your infrastructure
How It Works
- Intro call (20 min) — we discuss your AI security needs and whether AegisGate is a fit
- Deployment setup — we help you deploy the platform in your environment (Docker, Helm, or bare metal)
- Configuration — we tune detection patterns and compliance frameworks to your use case
- Production run — you use it against real traffic; we check in weekly for the first two weeks
- Monthly feedback — 30-min call, structured feedback, roadmap discussion
- Ongoing — month-to-month, cancel anytime, no questions asked
Program Constraints
Being transparent about our capacity:
- Maximum 5 partners — we’re a solo founder, and we can’t support more than that
- No custom feature guarantees — we welcome roadmap input but can’t promise specific features by specific dates
- No 24/7 support — email and Slack access, best-effort response within 1 business day
- No production SLA — AegisGate is production-ready but this is a design partnership, not a vendor relationship
Ready to Talk?
Email: josh@aegisgatesecurity.io
LinkedIn: Josh Colvin
GitHub: aegisgate-platform
Mention “Design Partner Program” in your message and include a brief note about your team’s AI security needs.