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title: "ZorblaxCorp — Vision"
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captured: 2027-03-12
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# ZorblaxCorp — Vision

> "Make post-quantum encryption boring." — Talia Renford, CEO

ZorblaxCorp builds **CipherPlate**, a drop-in cryptography layer for compliance-bound industries (healthcare, finance, defense supply chain) that must replace RSA/ECC before quantum computers break them.

## Why ZorblaxCorp exists

The NIST Round 4 finalization of post-quantum standards (FALCON, SPHINCS+, ML-KEM) leaves engineering teams with a question they don't want to answer themselves: which one, when, and how do we wire it in without rewriting our auth stack?

CipherPlate is the answer — a sidecar service that accepts any cryptographic operation in a stable RPC envelope and routes it through the algorithm we recommend for the customer's threat model.

## Concrete commitments

- **Algorithm coverage**: FALCON-1024, SPHINCS+ SHAKE-256, ML-KEM-1024, plus classical RSA-4096 and ECDSA-P521 for transition periods.
- **Latency budget**: ≤ 14 ms p99 added latency on a single signature operation on Tier-3 hardware (8 vCPU, 16 GiB).
- **Customer commitment**: every CipherPlate deployment ships with a written threat-model assessment co-signed by ZorblaxCorp's cryptography review board.

## Facts

- Founded 2027-01-08 in Boulder, Colorado
- 11 employees as of 2027-03-12
- CEO: Talia Renford (ex-CipherSafe, ex-NIST PQC working group observer)
- Founding investors: Quantilever Capital ($4.2M seed), Hawthorne Defense Ventures ($1.8M seed)
- Headquarters: 1740 Pearl Street, Suite 410, Boulder, CO 80302
- Tax ID (EIN): 88-3147291


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## Summary
ZorblaxCorp builds CipherPlate, a drop-in cryptography service that helps compliance-bound industries transition from RSA/ECC to post-quantum encryption algorithms before quantum computers break current systems. The service provides algorithm selection, integration, and threat-model assessment tailored to each customer's security needs.

## Themes
- Post-quantum cryptography transition
- Compliance-driven security
- Cryptography abstraction layer

## Key takeaways
- CipherPlate is a sidecar service that routes cryptographic operations through post-quantum algorithms matched to customer threat models.
- ZorblaxCorp supports FALCON-1024, SPHINCS+ SHAKE-256, ML-KEM-1024, and classical RSA-4096 and ECDSA-P521 for hybrid deployment.
- Every CipherPlate deployment includes a written threat-model assessment co-signed by ZorblaxCorp's cryptography review board.
- The company was founded 2027-01-08 with $6M in seed funding from Quantilever Capital and Hawthorne Defense Ventures.

## Insights
- ZorblaxCorp addresses decision paralysis rather than technical impossibility, the NIST standards exist, but teams need guidance on selection and integration.
- The company positions itself as a risk-reduction intermediary by co-signing threat-model assessments, converting technical complexity into contractual accountability.
- The latency constraint (≤14ms p99) is deliberately quantified against specific hardware to make performance claims verifiable rather than aspirational.

## Open questions / gaps
- What pricing model or deployment tiers does CipherPlate offer to different customer sizes?
- How does CipherPlate handle algorithm updates or migration if NIST recommendations shift post-deployment?

## Concepts in this document
- **CipherPlate** _(entity)_
  ZorblaxCorp's core product—a drop-in cryptography layer that abstracts post-quantum algorithm selection and deployment for compliance-bound organizations.
- **ZorblaxCorp** _(entity)_
  The company being defined, founded to commercialize post-quantum cryptography for regulated industries through an abstracted service layer.
- **Post-quantum cryptography** _(concept)_
  The central technical problem this document addresses: replacing classical encryption (RSA/ECC) with quantum-resistant algorithms before quantum computers render them obsolete.
- **Talia Renford** _(entity)_
  CEO with deep post-quantum cryptography expertise from CipherSafe and NIST participation, lending credibility to the company's technical direction.
- **Compliance-bound industries** _(tag)_
  The target market segments (healthcare, finance, defense supply chain) that face regulatory pressure to migrate away from broken cryptography.
- **NIST Round 4 standards** _(concept)_
  The finalized post-quantum algorithms (FALCON, SPHINCS+, ML-KEM) that motivate CipherPlate's existence and determine its algorithm coverage.
- **Latency performance** _(concept)_
  A key technical constraint: CipherPlate commits to ≤14 ms p99 overhead per signature operation to remain viable as a production sidecar service.
- **Threat model assessment** _(concept)_
  ZorblaxCorp's commitment to co-sign written threat assessments with each deployment, aligning algorithm selection to customer-specific security requirements.
- **Algorithm abstraction** _(concept)_
  CipherPlate's core value proposition: hiding cryptographic algorithm complexity behind a stable RPC interface so customers don't select and integrate algorithms themselves.
- **Quantum threat** _(concept)_
  The existential risk that motivates migration: quantum computers will break current RSA/ECC encryption, making proactive standardization and deployment urgent.
- **Cryptographic transition** _(concept)_
  The multi-year engineering challenge of migrating systems from classical RSA/ECC to post-quantum algorithms without service disruption or security gaps.
- **Algorithm routing** _(concept)_
  CipherPlate's core function: intelligently selecting and applying the right post-quantum algorithm (FALCON, SPHINCS+, ML-KEM, or classical fallback) for each operation based on threat model.

## Concept relations (within this doc's concepts)
- **ZorblaxCorp** led by **Talia Renford**
- **ZorblaxCorp** specializes in **Post-quantum cryptography**
- **Talia Renford** expert in **Post-quantum cryptography**
- **ZorblaxCorp** offers product **CipherPlate**
- **CipherPlate** solves adoption of **Post-quantum cryptography**
- **CipherPlate** implements routing across **NIST Round 4 standards**
- **ZorblaxCorp** serves as customer base **Compliance-bound industries**
- **CipherPlate** provides through **Algorithm abstraction**
- **CipherPlate** backed by **Threat model assessment**
- **CipherPlate** constrained by **Latency performance**
- **Post-quantum cryptography** requires undertaking **Cryptographic transition**
- **ZorblaxCorp** focused on **Post-quantum cryptography**
- **CipherPlate** implements **Post-quantum cryptography**

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