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Sealane
One compliant AI endpoint for ITAR and CUI teams, with limits per user
- Score
- 41
- confidence 50
- Evidence
- 10
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 3
- named in sources
- First version
- 45 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2011
- Mature market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Compliance configuration, request auditing, and policy setup are technical governance tasks done at a workstation. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Today's traffic
All routes approved1,284
About this appAI proposal
Sealane is a gateway between your team's AI tools and model providers. It gives you one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Every request is checked against your compliance policy and sent only to government-approved infrastructure, with no data kept afterwards.
It is built for aerospace, defense and government contractor teams that handle ITAR-restricted or controlled unclassified information (CUI), from a five-person shop to a large enterprise. You pick the model and the data rules. You do not have to pick a cloud and stand up a separate environment for each one.
Unlike a general model router, compliance is the point. Model names must carry a compliance suffix, keys are tied to a verified organisation, and admins set model and spend limits per user. Onboarding is done by contract, not self-serve.
- Tagline
- One endpoint for AI that stays inside the rules.
- Voice
- PlainExactCalm
- Why this name
- A sea lane is a marked, approved route. Sealane sends every AI request only along approved routes, and the name is easy to say and spell.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Point existing tools and SDKs at one URL. No separate accounts per government cloud and no code rewrite.
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Compliance suffix on every model
Requests must name the model and its compliance level. Anything unclear or not approved is refused, not guessed.
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Approved-infrastructure routing
Requests go only to government-approved cloud regions that carry the model you asked for.
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Zero data retention
Prompts and replies are not stored. The log keeps metadata only: who, which model, when, and cost.
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Brand identityAI proposal
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One endpoint for AI that stays inside the rules.
PricingAI proposal
The $40 per seat per month start is a public claim about Consus, a similar service. OpenRouter's own page lists prices on request, so it gives no number. Treat these tiers as a starting point to test.
Team
$40 a month
- Per seat, compliance fee
- One compliant endpoint
- Per-user model and spend limits
- AI token costs passed through
Enterprise
Contact us
- Volume seat pricing
- Single sign-on
- Assessment support
- Custom model and region rules
Would you pay Team · $40 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
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What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- No loop in the product. Sealane sits behind a team's own tools, so it does not spread through use. Contractors sit in supply chains, so word of mouth and prime-to-supplier recommendations may help, but that must be tested.
- Do they become customers?
- Onboarding needs contract verification, so growth comes from direct sales and content. To test: whether one approved team at a contractor leads to wider seat purchases or supplier referrals.
- First customers
- Small defense suppliers of 10 to 100 people, with ITAR or CUI work and a compliance lead, that have blocked AI tools and cannot staff a government cloud environment.
- Where to reach them
- Hacker News and engineering forums: Post a technical write-up of the routing and retention design and invite aerospace engineers to a waitlist.
- Defense supplier communities: Offer short talks and Q&A in supplier groups and compliance meetups for CMMC and ITAR teams.
- Direct outreach to compliance leads: Contact compliance and IT leads at small suppliers with a one-page data-flow summary.
- First milestone
- Five contract-verified teams in aerospace or defense paying per seat within 90 days, with at least 10 seats in daily use.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 33 points and 17 comments
- Public claimAerospace and defense companies are reluctant to adopt AI due to compliance and data protection concerns
- AI inferenceSome aerospace and defense companies restrict AI use entirely, even for non-sensitive work, due to compliance fears
- Public claimMany aerospace and defense companies have not adopted AI despite recognizing its potential usefulness
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Compliant hostingGovernment-approved cloud region for the gatewayThe request path may need to run where controlled data is allowed, which standard hosting may not meet.
- This app · Model accessAccounts with government cloud AI model servicesRequests are routed to approved infrastructure that hosts the models.
RisksAI inference
- RegulatoryClaiming ITAR or CUI fitness without proof is dangerous. Buyers will need independent assessment of the data flows, and one false claim could end trust.
- PlatformModel availability in government clouds is fragmented and changes. Providers could change terms, drop models, or limit reselling.
- TechnicalA gateway that must keep zero data retention while logging for audit needs careful design. A leak in logs or traces would break the core promise.
- CommercialSales cycles with contracts and verification are slow, and cloud providers may make small-team access easier, shrinking the gap.
- DataHosting on the shared stack may not meet buyers' rules for where controlled data can pass, so a separate approved environment may be needed.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.