About
We’re building the invisible internet.
Infrastructure that can’t be attacked, because there’s nothing to find — and an open standard, one anyone can inspect, that makes it work.
Why we built LayerV.
Justin Posey, co-founder and CEO. Watch on YouTube
Vision
An internet where nothing is exposed until it’s proven — no address to scan, no door to knock on, until the right identity asks.
Mission
Make every app, API, and service invisible until verified — for the people and the agents you approve — on a standard that’s open to everyone.
The team
The Team
Justin Posey
Co-Founder & CEO25 years in security and infrastructure at CrowdStrike, Cisco, AppDynamics, Microsoft, and Disney.
- CSA OpenNHP co-author
- IETF draft
- UN General Assembly
Ben Chen
Co-Founder & CTOBuilt the cryptographic layer that makes infrastructure invisible, and drives OpenNHP adoption across the open-source and enterprise community.
- OpenNHP architect
- Reference implementation
Joe Ollis
Co-Founder & COOFormer Microsoft group manager who launched Bing for iOS across 26 markets. Runs go-to-market, partnerships, and capital.
- $350M+ scaled
- $150M raised
- Microsoft
Recognized where it counts
You don’t have to take our word for it.
Cloud Security Alliance
We co-author the OpenNHP specification through the CSA working group.
cloudsecurityalliance.org ↗United Nations
Addressed the General Assembly on digital identity for humans and AI agents, September 2025.
Watch the address ↗Open source
OpenNHP is public and community-audited — no black boxes, no vendor lock-in.
github.com/OpenNHP ↗An open standard, built in the open.
The protocol underneath LayerV isn’t ours to keep.