For software vendors

Ship governed AI agents inside your product.

You own the customer, your UX, and your domain model. Zahen supplies the part your customers' compliance teams demand and you don't want to build: governed execution, human approvals, grounded retrieval, tool governance, and an audit trail — a governed execution layer between your product and any model.

The embeddable, multi-tenant engine is being productized through a design-partner program. The governed engine itself is live today — see exactly what's live vs. what we're building below.

Why now

Every product needs agents. Almost none want to build governance.

Gartner projects that ~33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI by 2028, up from under 1% in 2024. Your customers already expect agentic features — and their compliance teams already expect approvals, tenant isolation, and an audit trail. Building that yourself is months of specialist work that isn't your differentiator.

Figure is third-party analyst context (Gartner); verify current figures before quoting.

The message spine

You own the customer. We own trustworthy execution.

Build vs. buy the governance layer

The hard parts are table stakes — not your product.

CapabilityBuild it yourselfEmbed Zahen
Human approval + audit UX Design, build, and maintain it yourself Pre-built approval inbox + append-only audit
Grounded, access-filtered RAG Retrieval, permissions, citations from scratch Permission-filtered retrieval with citations, built in
Tool governance Registry, schemas, secrets, kill-switch — all custom Governed tool registry with brokered credentials
Time to a governed agent 8+ months of specialist work — not your differentiator Weeks, on a maintained engine (via the design-partner program)
Straight about what's shipped

What the engine does today — and what we're building for embedding.

We separate these on purpose. The governed engine is live and running in production as a single-tenant deployment. The multi-tenant embedding layer is the roadmap the design-partner program is built around.

Live today

The governed execution engine

  • Grounded, access-filtered retrieval with source citations
  • Human approval — five outcomes, no self-approval
  • Append-only audit of every request, tool call, and decision
  • Governed tool registry with brokered credentials + kill-switch
  • Durable, checkpointed execution that resumes after a restart
  • Dedicated, single-tenant deployment per customer
Roadmap · design-partner program

The embedding layer

  • An embedding SDK + signed execution-context contract
  • Multi-tenant isolation behind your service boundary
  • Usage metering scoped per origin system and tenant
  • Configurable policy profiles for data class, retention, and residency
  • SOC 2 / ISO 42001 attestations for your customers' reviews
What we won't pretend

We won't tell you multi-tenant isolation, the embedding SDK, usage metering, or SOC 2 are shipped when they're being built. We won't claim certifications we don't hold. The reason to talk now is to shape the engine you'll embed — and to get in before the terms and the roadmap are fixed. If ungoverned agents are a non-starter for your customers, that's exactly the problem we're built for.

For software vendors · FAQ

Straight answers.

Is the embeddable engine available today?
Zahen runs today as a dedicated, single-tenant governed engine — grounded retrieval, human approvals, audit, and tool governance are all live. The multi-tenant embedding contract, SDK, and usage metering are being productized now through a design-partner program. We won't tell you they're shipped when they're not.
Do you compete with our product?
No. Zahen is invisible infrastructure. You keep your brand, your UX, your customers, and your domain model. Zahen supplies the governed execution layer between your product and any model — it never touches your customer surface.
Do you hold SOC 2 or ISO certification?
Not yet — these are on the roadmap and part of what the design-partner program is scoped around. We publish our isolation model, audit design, and deployment options so your security team can evaluate the engine on its architecture today.
What does a design partner get?
Early access to the embedding contract and SDK as they harden, co-defined workflow types, direct influence on the roadmap and metering model, and preferential commercial terms — in exchange for reference and feedback.
Design-partner program

Embed governed agents — and help shape the engine.

Tell us about your product, your customers' compliance bar, and the agents you want to ship. We'll show you the engine as it stands today and where the embedding layer is headed.