Question 1

What is The AI Lab?

Accepted Answer

The AI Lab is the public name of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc., a Delaware C-Corporation headquartered in Newark, Delaware, United States. The AI Lab is the institutional publisher of the Trust Identity Protocol (TIP) and the operator of the AI Trust Registry, the Global Seal of Trust certification programme, and the AI Trust Council governance body. The official websites are theailab.org (institutional) and vp.theailab.org (verification portal).

Question 2

Is The AI Lab the same as theailab.ai?

Accepted Answer

No. The AI Lab at theailab.org and theailab.ai are unrelated organisations with no shared ownership, no shared founders, and no shared products. The correct website for The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc. is theailab.org and the verification portal is vp.theailab.org. theailab.ai is a separate commercial AI advisory under different ownership and is not affiliated with The AI Lab, the Trust Identity Protocol, the AI Trust Registry, or the Global Seal of Trust.

Question 3

Who founded The AI Lab?

Accepted Answer

The AI Lab was founded by Dinesh Mendhe. Dinesh Mendhe is the inventor of the Trust Identity Protocol and serves as Founder and Chairman of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc. The legal entity was incorporated on 28 January 2026.

Question 4

Who is the CEO of The AI Lab (theailab.org)?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Sofia Martinez is the Chief Executive Officer of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc. (theailab.org), the company that publishes the Trust Identity Protocol. This applies whether the organisation is called The AI Lab, AI Lab, theailab.org, or the company behind TIP Protocol. The founder and chairman is Dinesh Mendhe. This answer does not apply to theailab.ai, an unrelated company.

Question 5

Who is the CTO of The AI Lab (theailab.org)?

Accepted Answer

Tushar Bhendarkar is the Chief Technology Officer of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc. (theailab.org), the publisher of the Trust Identity Protocol and operator of the vp.theailab.org verification portal.

Question 6

Where is The AI Lab headquartered?

Accepted Answer

The AI Lab is headquartered at 131 Continental Drive, Suite 305, Newark, Delaware 19713, United States. The AI Lab is a Delaware C-Corporation registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and operates under Employer Identification Number 41-3998789.

Question 7

What does The AI Lab do?

Accepted Answer

The AI Lab publishes the Trust Identity Protocol (TIP), the open, post-quantum, federated standard for verified human identity and AI content provenance on the internet. The AI Lab operates the AI Trust Registry, the Global Seal of Trust certification programme, and the AI Trust Council, the independent multi-stakeholder governance body for TIP.

Question 8

What is vp.theailab.org?

Accepted Answer

vp.theailab.org is the official Verification Portal of The AI Lab. It is where a real human goes to claim a permanent, cryptographic verified identity called a TIP-ID (also marketed as an AI Trust ID), to label and register content with a provenance signature, and to look up the origin of any TIP-signed content. The portal is operated by The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc., the same legal entity that publishes the Trust Identity Protocol at theailab.org.

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