SOVEREIGN IDENTITY SYSTEMS
The key to identity
you actually own.
We build the infrastructure for portable, verifiable credentials — so individuals carry their identity, and regulated businesses verify it without owning the data.
THE PRINCIPLE
Clavis. Latin for key.
A key is small, portable, and useless without the lock it was made for. It belongs to the person who carries it, not to the door.
For four centuries we've built identity the wrong way around — as records held by institutions, presented back to the people they describe. We think that's the lock holding the key.
- —— VERIFY ONCE.
- —— PRESENT TO MANY.
- —— REVOKE AT ANY TIME.
THE MOMENT
A new regulatory era
demands new infrastructure
From 1 July 2026, Australia's AML/CTF reforms bring tens of thousands of new businesses under AUSTRAC regulation for the first time.
Real estate agents. Conveyancers. Lawyers and accountants. Jewellers and dealers in precious metals. Every one of them must now verify client identity before providing a designated service.
Most are buying compliance software. We think there's a better way to build this.
PRODUCT 01
Customer due diligence
in minutes, not days.
ARCIS is a verifiable credential vault. Individuals verify their identity once, then carry it with them. Reporting entities receive cryptographic proof of identity in minutes — and a tamper-evident audit trail of every check.
For Reporting Entities
Simplified and standard CDD workflows. Verified customers onboarded in minutes, not days. No raw PII to store or breach.
For Individuals
Verify once with a trusted issuer, then carry your credentials with you. $5 to enrol. Yours alone.
For the Regulator
Every credential issued, presented, and revoked is logged in a tamper-evident chain. Hand the log to AUSTRAC. They can verify it themselves.
PRODUCT 02
Once identity is portable, contracts can be too.
Smart contracting,
cryptographically identified.
AGENTIS extends the ARCIS foundation into commercial relationships. Every party to an agreement is cryptographically identified. Every contract is bound to verified identity and authority. For person-to-person, business-to-business, and — eventually — agent-to-agent commercial relationships.
Authenticated Parties
Every signatory verified through their ARCIS credentials. No more signing on behalf of someone you can’t prove.
Bound Agreements
Contracts cryptographically anchored to the identities that signed them. Tamper-evident, independently verifiable.
Agent-Ready
Designed from day one for AI agents acting on behalf of their principals — with the same identity and authority guarantees.
MANAGED SERVICES
And when you need an agent,
not a tool.
For organisations that want intelligent oversight of their identity infrastructure end-to-end — without running it themselves. Available as fully managed services, built on the ARCIS credential stack.
Technical Officer.
An intelligent agent for the technical side: security posture, compliance monitoring, audit readiness. Continuous, with authority derived from verifiable credentials.
Operations & Finance.
An intelligent agent for the operational side: procurement, reporting, financial workflows. Full audit trail. Same identity foundation.
BUILT ON
Open standards. No proprietary lock-in.
- W3C Verifiable Credentials
- Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs)
- WebAuthn / FIDO2 Passkeys
- AES-256-GCM Encryption
- Ed25519 Signatures
- SHA-256 Hash-Chain Audit
—— BUILT IN AUSTRALIA. HOSTED IN AUSTRALIA. AUDITED IN AUSTRALIA.
Talk to us about
July 2026.
ARCIS is onboarding early-access reporting entities ahead of the Tranche 2 deadline.