Acquit.ai
The failure-prevention engineering (FMEA, Lean Six Sigma, defense-in-depth) that runs hyperscale cloud and aerospace systems. Adapted for adversarial human systems.
The Stack
Layer 1 · Evidence
MIT open source · runs on your hardware
The evidence pipeline. Multi-source collection, SHA-256 chain of custody at point of capture, AI-powered classification, and court-ready exhibit packaging. The foundation everything else rests on.
Layer 2 · Discovery
Source-discovery / forensic-discovery agent
Surfaces new evidence sources and anomaly patterns from Google Workspace admin logs. Insider-threat signals, OAuth anomalies, spoliation patterns, and bulk-download spikes. All turned into evidentiary leads that feed Layer 1.
Layer 3 · Strategy
Adversarial coordination layer
Helps teams reason across actors, incentives, constraints, and likely moves in a multi-party dispute. The Acquit Score™, Sentient Analysis, ARPN risk scoring, and FMEA-grade method live here.
"Information dominance against fractured opponents."
"The system reads the full game state. Each opposing participant usually sees only a slice."
The Problem
500K
solo and small law firms
2.5M+
active commercial litigation cases
86%
of civil winners receive < $250K
75%
of civil cases include a pro se party
$1.8M
median eDiscovery spend (RAND)
The tools exist. The access doesn't. Until now.
The Distinction
Sentiment Analysis
Sentient Analysis
The Gap
The Evidence Pipeline
FMEA is how engineers prevent failures in chipsets, data centers, and rockets. When NASA confirms a catastrophic event, the first order is: lock the doors, preserve everything. That's right of boom. We start left of boom. Your evidence base is collected, hashed, and court-ready before the lawsuit lands.
01
Evidence collection starts before litigation, not after. ExhibitCTL applies the same failure prevention methodology used in manufacturing, cloud infrastructure, and aerospace (FMEA) to digital evidence. Multi-source, defense-in-depth. If one method is challenged, others back it up.
02
SHA-256 chain of custody hashing at creation, never retroactive. Automated verification with cryptographic audit trails. Every exhibit is independently verifiable.
03
AI-powered evidence classification by evidentiary strength. Your strongest material surfaces first, so your attorney focuses where it matters most.
04
Attorney-ready briefings with severity-tiered findings. Scannable in 60 seconds, deep-readable when your lawyer has time. Evidence-ranked, action-oriented, court-grade.
05
Court-ready PDF exhibits with embedded metadata. Attorney-approved packaging with exhibit guides. Delivered as dated, hash-verified bundles your counsel can file directly.
06
Cryptographic derivation proofs linking every trimmed exhibit to its authenticated source. Opposing counsel challenges your evidence? Mathematical proof it's unaltered.
The Engine
Evidence in. Predictions out.
Evidence Pipeline
Collect
Verify
Classify
Brief
Present
Prove
Behavioral Modifier Stack
91%
Acquit Score™ calibration
201
tracked predictions
5
behavioral modifier tiers
Trust Architecture
Privacy is the #1 barrier to attorney AI adoption. We designed around it. ExhibitCTL runs locally: no cloud, no vendor access, no third-party exposure.
SHA-256 hashing
At point of collection, never retroactive
Local-first architecture
Analysis runs on your hardware
Open-source core
Inspect every line of code
Open Source
An open-source evidence collection pipeline. MIT licensed. Your evidence stays on your hardware. When you need deeper analysis, expert witnesses, or managed eDiscovery, we're here.
Why This Matters
86% of civil trial winners receive awards under $250,000. Millions of cases per year fall in a range too small for institutional funders but too expensive to fight with traditional staffing. AI changes the math.
Read: The Litigation Dead Zone →Who This Is For
For Law Firms
ExhibitCTL collects in hours, not weeks. Sentient analysis prioritizes by evidentiary strength. Your strongest material surfaces first, so your team focuses where it matters most.
For Business Owners
Turn raw data into court-ready exhibits. Emails, documents, and digital records, collected with chain of custody, classified by relevance, and packaged for your attorney.
Acquit.ai is invite-only. We're starting with activist plaintiff-side firms, mission-aligned funders, and people doing the work that the dead zone leaves behind. The application is short. We read every one.
Or just stay close. Drop your email for occasional methodology updates while you decide whether to apply.
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