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STORE Research Inc. · Democratic AI Frontier Research Lab

The research behind constitutional computing.

STORE Research publishes its technical work as it matures. Two papers are live. 2 granted US patents (US 11,080,691 B1 - US 12,165,142 B2) - 36 granted claims. 150+ families in pre-filing and pre-prosecution. The research is the proof of concept. The Governor - eight constitutional checks per AI inference, invisible to the model, impossible to bypass - is what it produced.

2Papers published
150+Families in pre-filing and pre-prosecution
5Fortune 500 citations
2Patents granted
The Democratic AI StackNine layers. One theorem. The research on this page is building toward it. See the full stack →
01Published research

Published research

Two technical papers are published and available at TechRxiv. Additional papers are in preparation alongside the patent portfolio.

Preprintv1.0August 2026
Chris McCoy · Sohaib Ahsan · STORE Research Inc.
CLEAR: Compliance and Legal Economy Architecture Rails for STORE Protocol
CLEAR bridges the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrency platforms through transparent, auditable, and fast compliance workflows. 5.6 seconds average transaction processing. 99.95% system availability over three months of operation. Permanent transaction storage with blockchain proof.
Read at TechRxiv
Preprintv1.02024
STORE Research Inc.
Enabling Autonomous Computing Through Decentralized Cloud ID Generation
A collision-resistant Cloud ID generation system based on the CUID2 algorithm to enable autonomous computing without relying on a centralized authority. Foundation for constitutional identity across the Democratic AI Stack.
Read at TechRxiv
02Research in progress

Research in progress

2 granted US patents (US 11,080,691 B1 - US 12,165,142 B2) - 36 granted claims. 150+ families in pre-filing and pre-prosecution. Additional papers in preparation.

Ready
Constitutional Mathematics: The Ceiling at Commit
Six mathematical constraints. Nine years of proof. Download at storecloud.org/math - available now.
Filing
Democratic Cloud Edge Protocol
Three-tier constitutional compute architecture. BFT inference authorization. MVNO model. Patent provisional in progress.
Outline
Fault-Tolerant Public Project Management
How multi-jurisdictional compliance-heavy projects execute correctly without making commitments to externally controlled timelines.
Outline
Intelligence Independence Theorem
Constitutional constraints are intelligence-invariant. Patent filing in progress before publication.
03Patent record

Patent record

All intellectual property is held by STORE Research Inc. 2 granted US patents (US 11,080,691 B1 - US 12,165,142 B2) - 36 granted claims. 150+ families in pre-filing and pre-prosecution, with Rajiv Patel at Fenwick & West.

Cited in patent filings by Fortune 500 companies - in their own filings, not an endorsement or partnership.

These companies have cited STORE Research patents in their own patent filings - not an endorsement or partnership.

  • US 11,080,691 B1
    First granted patent
  • US 12,165,142 B2
    Second granted patent

USPTO links open Google Patents search for each company's filings referencing STORE Research patents. Rajiv Patel at Fenwick & West maintains the definitive citation record.

04Research areas

Research areas

The patent portfolio spans twelve domains - each corresponding to a layer or function of the Democratic AI Stack.

Democratic Governance
BFT democracy, Hamilton's Law, voting mechanics. Commercial product: The Governor (Governance Binding Strength Level 4).
Constitutional Cloud
Five Constitutional Data Centers, kill switch, infrastructure.
BlockFinBFT Consensus
Leaderless distributed consensus, near-linear scaling.
STORE Chain
Protocol chain architecture, Layer 3 design.
Governor Test Networks
Incentivized test networks, participation mechanics.
Constitutional Economics
WEC margin, monetary policy, FLOW protocol.
TREASURIES
Long-term deposit protocol, constitutional rewards.
mID Identity
BFT identity ladder, MID0 through MID3.
Security
Constitutional security, LINCOLN constraint, attack cost.
Scalability
Near-linear consensus scaling, edge compute.
Democratic Edge Protocol
Layer 7 - constitutional governance at the edge - vision.
Physical AI + Quantum
Layer 9/Q - Constitutional math at every substrate.
Democratic AI Infrastructure

Preparing to govern advanced intelligence through math.

STORE Research Inc. · San Francisco · storecloud.org/research

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