Hostile Intent is a leading digital engineering firm dedicated to establishing uncompromised provenance and authenticity for high-value visual assets. We provide the cryptographic foundation necessary to ensure that truth, ownership, and integrity remain undeniable against digital deception.
Our Values
Property
Control is not optional.
It is the foundation of the digital economy. Hostile Intent exists to ensure rights-holders never lose that control—not to algorithms, not to imitators, and not to a marketplace polluted with synthetic fakes.
Freedom
Property rights are the bedrock of freedom.
When a creator has definitive control over the provenance and transaction of their work, they gain the economic freedom necessary to invest time, capital, and originality into their next project.
Creativity
Creativity remains unbounded.
Without the absolute assurance that their intellectual property will remain authentically theirs, investment stalls, and innovation contracts. We secure the rights, so creativity remains unbounded.
The Provenance Requirement
AI-driven deception has collapsed the reliability of the visual domain. Anyone can fabricate "truth" in seconds. Without cryptographic provenance, ownership becomes negotiable, authenticity becomes debatable, and value evaporates.
Hostile Intent ends that ambiguity. When authenticity is guaranteed, market value becomes defensible. When it is not, everything is at risk.
Your asset. Your truth. Your rights—established, enforced, and assured.
Industry Advocacy and Collaboration
A secure media economy demands more than strong technology—it demands advocacy. Hostile Intent supports the professional organizations shaping that advocacy.
We proudly align with the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), founded by industry leaders Adobe, The New York Times, and Twitter (now X). Their mission—global, verifiable Content Attribution—is a critical step in defending media integrity against fabricated reality.