--- title: "KYE™ Design Partner™ — founding-customer terms for early enterprise adopters" description: "KYE™ Design Partner™ — a paid, invite-only, capped-cohort program for early enterprise customers who co-design real governed workflows with KYE Protocol™ in exchange for founding-customer terms (a price-locked founding discount) plus reference and logo rights." url: https://kyeprotocol.com/design-partners/ lang: en source: "KYE Protocol" --- > KYE™ Design Partner™ — a paid, invite-only, capped-cohort program for early enterprise customers who co-design real governed workflows with KYE Protocol™ in exchange for founding-customer terms (a price-locked founding discount) plus reference and logo rights. KYE™ Design Partner™ # Co-design the governance layer, on founding-customer terms. The KYE™ Design Partner™ Program is a paid, invite-only cohort of early enterprise customers who co-design real governed workflows with [KYE Protocol™](https://kyeprotocol.com/). You get a price-locked founding discount and a direct line into the roadmap; in exchange you commit to genuine co-design and grant reference and logo rights. It is a founding-customer relationship — not a free trial, and not the Foundry. You help shape how every consequential AI action gets proven, and you lock in a founder’s rate while you do it. [Apply to co-design →](https://kyeprotocol.com/pilot-apply/) [See all engagement paths](https://kyeprotocol.com/engage/) ## Three founding tiers Each tier is a paid founding-customer seat in a capped cohort — meeting the customer profile qualifies a regulated enterprise to apply, but the cohort is small and admission is application-reviewed through the same Universal Engagement Rail every KYE Protocol™ engagement uses. The exact founding and list prices are confirmed with you during your application; every founding price is a genuine, price-locked discount off the standard list price. | Tier | Cohort cap | Term | Price lock | Co-design commitment | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Founding** | 10 seats | 12 months | 24 months | Fortnightly co-design sessions · quarterly governed-workflow review | | **Strategic** | 5 seats | 18 months | 24 months | Weekly co-design sessions · monthly review · named executive sponsor | | **Anchor** | 3 seats | 24 months | 36 months | Embedded co-design pod · weekly sessions · standing joint steering committee | ## What you give — and what you get A KYE™ Design Partner™ is a two-way founding-customer relationship, and we are deliberately honest about both sides so there are no surprises. - **You pay a real, discounted, price-locked rate.** The founding price is a genuine discount off the standard list price for your tier, and it is contractually locked for the price-lock window. This is a paid program — the KYE™ Design Partner™ Program grants no free credits. (Looking for credits? That is the separate [KYE™ for Startups™](https://kyeprotocol.com/startups/) program.) - **You commit to genuine co-design.** You and your team work with KYE Protocol™ at your tier’s cadence to co-design real governed workflows on a live, evidence-emitting deployment. That working commitment is the substance of the program, not marketing. - **You grant reference and logo rights.** As a founding customer you let KYE Protocol™ cite you as a reference and show your logo. These rights are a contractual exchange you grant — withdrawable, never auto-assumed, and never a substitute for the founding discount. - **You get roadmap influence and founder access.** Your co-design input feeds a defined roadmap process (influence over direction, never a guarantee a specific feature ships), and you get direct working access to the KYE Protocol™ founders and core team for your term. - **You prove every consequential action from day one.** You run KYE Protocol™ the way it is meant to be run — [Evidence Pack™](https://kyeprotocol.com/evidence-pack/) sealing, Replay-Proof™ a regulator can verify from your published keys, and audit-chain WORM appends on every governed AI action. ## Design Partner, not Foundry partner Two different programs for two different parties — we keep the line clear so you apply to the right one. - **KYE™ Design Partner™ (this program).** You are an early enterprise _customer_ co-designing KYE Protocol™’s core product for founding-customer terms. You are governing your own consequential AI actions and helping shape the platform. - **KYE™ Sector Pack Foundry™ (a different program).** A Foundry partner is an expert _partner_ productising their own governance-framework IP through KYE Protocol™ for a revenue-share. That is about packaging someone else’s expertise into a sellable Pack — not co-designing the core. If that is you, head to [partners](https://kyeprotocol.com/partners/). ## How to apply One intake surface, the same Universal Engagement Rail every KYE Protocol™ engagement uses. - **1. Apply.** [Start your application →](https://kyeprotocol.com/pilot-apply/) and tell us your sector, the governed workflows you want to co-design, and your timeline. - **2. Review.** We review your fit against the cohort and confirm your tier, founding price, and co-design cadence with you. Because the cohorts are capped, applying early matters. - **3. Co-design.** On admission your founding rate locks, your tenant is provisioned, and the co-design work begins. With your consent, you are listed as a KYE Protocol™ adopter in the public directory. - [Not sure this is the right path?](https://kyeprotocol.com/engage/) Compare it against every KYE Protocol™ engagement option first. Canonical KYE™ surfaces referenced on this page: [KYE™ Sector Pack Foundry™](https://kyeprotocol.com/sector-pack-foundry/) · [Universal Engagement Rail](https://kyeprotocol.com/glossary/).