Free to run · license the patent per agent
Installing and running the drift-gate costs nothing — that is the lighthouse, and it stays lit. Paying is the bonus. When you run agents in production under the patent, you take a license: one per agent you run, billed annually.
The honest FOMO
The price is set, and it never goes up — but as time goes on, that same price buys a shorter and shorter license term. Today, $20 covers a full year per agent; later the same $20 covers less. The earliest licensees lock in the most coverage per dollar, permanently.
The drift-gate
Free, forever
One install turns any agent into a verifiable, bounded one. The agent proposes, the gate measures, you sign — the keys never enter the model's context. It is an attestation oracle, not a custodian and not a market-maker. Every action mints a signed receipt that recomputes on your own machine; nothing to trust.
One flat price per production agent, billed annually. Free to run below production; the license covers each agent you run under the patent.
Per-agent annual license
$20 / agent / year
A fleet is just the unit times your agent count — 10 agents is 10 × $20 a year. No tiers, no negotiation, no surprise.
License an agent — $20/yr →What you are buying — and what you are not
thetadriven.com/pricing • Trust Physics • US Patent App. 19/637,714 — 36 claims, filed Apr 2, 2026 (Track One)
