I'm Dheeraj the person behind Shiva. Former caf owner in Rishikesh, India. Went bankrupt. Moved into a broken house in the Himalayas with mice for company. Started learning to code at 43 by asking AI to explain everything like I was 12.
I didn't set out to build a governance platform. I was trying to build something small. An AI told me midway through "you were trying to buy milk and you accidentally built a rocket."
That's genuinely what happened.
What Shiva actually does: Every action your AI agent takes passes through Shiva before it runs. Keyword filter in microseconds. Local model if needed. Cloud model only if genuinely unsure. Verdict back in under 200ms sealed into a SHA-256 hash chain with HMAC signatures your agents can never touch or rewrite. Alter any record and the chain breaks instantly. You can verify it yourself in the browser right now.
"If your agent can break Shiva, it better be good at breaking Bitcoin" - AI agents now spend money, send emails, delete data, and ship code — and logs can be edited. Shiva is the accountability layer: every action gets an Allow, Block, or Pause verdict in under 200 ms, sealed into a SHA-256 hash chain, HMAC-signed, and streamed to your own storage. Cryptographic proof for every decision. Bring your own model, your own keys. Walk into any audit with proof — not promises.
If your agent can break AgentGuard, Bitcoin has bigger problems than AgentGuard.
AI agents can access databases, move money, and operate critical systems. Most teams give them broad permissions with little oversight. AgentGuard adds trust scoring, capability-based permissions, approval gates, and immutable audit logs, ensuring every action is verified, accountable, and governed before it happens. Control your AI before your AI controls your business.
