Use cases
Independent verification across the AI hardware economy
The same verification record supports buyers, sellers, institutions, lenders, and insurers reviewing a transaction from different positions.
By audience
Where verification changes the decision
ITAD and Decommissioning Providers
Document what leaves a facility. Every unit exits with verified component authenticity and a custody record attached to its serial number.
Secondary Market Buyers and Resellers
Confirm that units arriving match what was advertised, at the component level, before funds move.
Enterprises Moving from Cloud to Owned Hardware
Ownership brings asset records, audit questions, and disposal obligations that renting never did. Start the record at acquisition.
CTOs and Technical Leadership
Independent evidence on infrastructure you are accountable for, without relying on vendor claims.
Infrastructure and Data Center Teams
Verified inventory that matches physical reality, including after maintenance, RMA, and redeployment.
Auditors and Finance Teams
Supporting evidence for hardware carried on the books, refreshed annually.
Lenders and Private Credit
Verified condition, provenance, and authenticity inputs your appraisers use to reach their own conclusions.
Insurers and Guarantors
Independent facts on the assets you underwrite, gathered by a party with no position in the transaction.
Universities and Research Labs
Confirm donated, granted, or secondhand hardware is what it claims to be.
Government and Public Sector
Asset integrity verification for hardware under custody requirements.
Featured use case
Pre-Disposal Verification
Before hardware goes to trade-in, resale, or ITAD, confirm the components leaving the building are the components on record.
In a September 2026 federal case, a supervisor at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility was charged with modifying 46 government computers, swapping 39 CPUs, 6 memory modules, and 8 hard drives over several months. The substitution was detected only after system performance degraded.
Source: FBI affidavit, U.S. District Court of Maine, September 2026.
Inventory audits and chassis-level checks do not catch component substitution. Serial-level verification does.
Common scenarios
Typical engagements
Secondary market cluster purchase
A buyer commissions review of serial lists, diagnostics, and firmware state before releasing funds for a multi-node cluster.
Reseller inventory documentation
A reseller supplies structured evidence in advance so buyer diligence starts from a documented baseline.
University procurement
An institution retains verification records alongside purchase documentation for internal and grant review.
Compute-backed financing
A lender requires an independent evidence package describing collateral condition and configuration.
Fleet lifecycle recordkeeping
An operator maintains a continuing record of verification, maintenance, firmware, and transfer events.