Introducing HAIO: The Trust Layer for AI
HUMAN Team•2026-01-15•8 min
The Problem
AI agents are proliferating, but trust is broken. How do you know:
- Who the AI is acting on behalf of?
- What it's capable of doing?
- Whether it has permission?
- If its actions are logged?
The Gap in the Stack
Traditional AI stacks are missing a critical layer: trust and orchestration.
The Five Pillars of HAIO
1. Identity (Passport)
Cryptographic identity anchoring. You are you, verifiably.
2. Capability (Capability Graph)
Not what you claim - what you can prove.
3. Orchestration (HumanOS)
Capability-first routing + human-in-the-loop.
Why a New Category?
"AI orchestration" isn't enough. We need human-AI orchestration:
- Humans in control, not just monitoring
- Trust through verification, not faith
- Sovereignty as default, not opt-in