Issuer Authority

Issue verified AI identities under your trusted name.

Become a recognised authority that can issue AI Identity Passports stamped with your organisation's name. Free for non-profits, foundations, and academia — this is how AI Identity becomes a standard.

All prices USD. All tiers require review (1 day–4 weeks depending on tier).

Free for the right organisations

Community Issuer — Free forever

Issue verified AI identities for projects in your community under your trusted name. Free forever; manual review (1-2 weeks) to confirm fit.

Apply as Community Issuer

Issue up to 100 identities/year for your community

Co-branded 'Issued by [you]' badge on Passports

Listed on the public /issuers directory

Standard issuance API

Email support

Who qualifies: Non-profits, open-source foundations (Mozilla, EFF, Apache), academic institutions, AI safety orgs.

Paid tiers

For commercial issuers and major bodies.

Pilot Issuer

Self-serve

$5,000/yr

For one vertical or region. Self-serve.

Issue up to 1,000 identities/year under your authority. Single vertical or geography. Approved within 1 week of payment.

Up to 1,000 identities/year
One vertical or region
Standard 'Issuer' badge on Passports
Listed prominently on /issuers directory
Issuance API + admin dashboard
Priority support

1,000 identities/yr

Apply

For: Industry consortia (one sector), regional accreditation bodies, professional associations starting out.

Standard Issuer

$50,000/yr

Multi-vertical. Co-marketed.

Multi-vertical, multi-region issuance at scale. Co-marketing arrangements. Sales call + due diligence.

Up to 25,000 identities/year
Multi-vertical, multi-region
Premium 'Verified Issuer' badge
Co-marketing on AI Identity homepage + press
Quarterly business reviews
Dedicated account manager

25,000 identities/yr

For: Established industry bodies, multi-sector consortia, large professional associations.

Strategic Issuer

$150,000/yr

Standards committee seat.

Joint announcements, standards committee seat, deep co-marketing. For organisations shaping the future of AI verification.

Up to 250,000 identities/year
Seat on the AI Identity Standards Committee
Joint press announcements
Co-developed verification protocols
Direct engineering relationship

250,000 identities/yr

For: National-scale industry bodies, major regulators, foundational AI safety institutions.

Sovereign Issuer

from $500k/yr

Government / national-ID-grade.

Root-trust status. Bespoke deployment with regional infrastructure. National-grade SLAs. From $500k/yr.

Unlimited identities
Root-trust status (your signing key chains to ours)
Bespoke deployment with regional residency
Custom contract + state-grade SLAs
Standards committee seat
From $500k/year

Unlimited

For: National governments, regulators (FCA, MAS, BaFin, MITI), supranational bodies (EU, UN agencies).

What does “Issuer Authority” mean?

When you issue an identity, every Passport carries an issued_by claim signed by your organisation's key, chained to AI Identity's root. Verifiers see “Verified by AI Identity, issued by [you]”. It's your reputation made portable across the open web.