👤 Nick Templeman
Founder & Executive Director · CSOAI Ltd · UK Companies House 16939677
UK-based founder. 14+ months building the sovereign AI governance substrate. Independent. Anti-fraudster. Long-term.
1-Liner
"CA3O is the CMMC for AI." — Nick Templeman, on the 4 July 2026 launch
Background
- UK, London — CSOAI Ltd, UK Companies House 16939677
- Domain expert — Optometry (Templeman Opticians, family business), Aquaculture (6.5-acre fish farm), AI Governance (CSOAI)
- Build velocity — 14+ months shipping sovereign substrate, 188 SOV3 tools, 14 neural models, 30 crosswalks, 12 patents
- Anti-fraudster — Charter Article 0 (ISO fee-for-service only, no equity in certified orgs) ratified 4 July 2026 by 22 Founding Council
Track Record (14+ months, 1 person)
536
GitHub repos (CSOAI-ORG)
188
SOV3 tools (live)
14
Trained neural models (4,293 samples)
5,500+
Watchdog Certificates issued
12
Patents ($12.5M IP moat)
30
Framework crosswalks (EU AI Act + 29)
22
Founding Council (Charter ratified)
60+
BFT councils (300+ voters)
33
Sovereign hives (apex .ai)
Strategic DNA (the work no fraudster could fake)
- Pentagon-Anthropic play — bridges defence procurement with frontier AI safety
- NATO Six Principles — operationalised as BFT Council + Watchdog Cert
- AUKUS Pillar 2 — sovereign AI substrate for US/UK/Australia
- DSRB (40 nations, £100B) — AI governance layer for defence finance
- EU AI Act 4 Aug 2026 — 30 crosswalks ready for enforcement
- B Corp trajectory — Charter Article 0 = moral core
The 10 Strategic DNA Pillars (4 Jul 2026)
- 1-liner: CA3O is the CMMC for AI
- Anti-fraudster: ISO fee-for-service only, no equity
- Sovereignty: UK Companies House 16939677, M4 + GCP VM, no Big Tech
- Multi-stakeholder: BFT Council (22-of-33 default, 5 pickable sizes)
- Cryptographic proof: Ed2559-signed Watchdog Certs, SIGIL chain
- 30 frameworks: EU AI Act, NIST, ISO, DORA, NIS2, +25 more
- 4 data moats: Watchdog Certs, BFT votes, 30 crosswalks, 19 MCPs
- Mind architecture: Left brain (analytic) + Right brain (world model) + SOV3 in middle
- 5-eyes angle: UK + US + Australia + Canada + New Zealand
- Long-term: 10-year view, B Corp trajectory, institutional
Personal
- Family: Opticians (Templeman Opticians, family business), 6.5-acre fish farm (Yorkshire)
- Home: Yorkshire, UK
- Style: Diplomatic, systems-oriented, executive-level, executive execution
- Anti-pattern: No fluff, no fake metrics, no aspirational-as-real (Charter Article 0)
Ask
$5M Series A at $20M post-money. 12-week roadmap to £1M ARR. 5 enterprise design partners. 1,000 governed MCPs in 12 weeks. Series B in Q2 2027.
Contact: nick@csoai.org · csoai.org · CSOAI Ltd · UK Companies House 16939677 · London, United Kingdom