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Signed at creation
A cryptographic signature is attached the moment the image is made, following the open C2PA standard — who made it, with what tool, when. Tamper with the file and the signature breaks.
OriginDNA is content provenance infrastructure. Each image is signed at creation, timestamped in a public record no one can backdate, and fingerprinted so its origin survives screenshots, re-uploads and stripped metadata. From August 2, 2026 the EU AI Act requires AI-generated content to be marked — OriginDNA turns that obligation into one API call.
A cryptographic signature is attached the moment the image is made, following the open C2PA standard — who made it, with what tool, when. Tamper with the file and the signature breaks.
The image's fingerprint is anchored into a public, append-only record. Anyone can independently confirm "this existed by this date" — without an OriginDNA account and without trusting us.
Social platforms strip metadata on upload. OriginDNA also stores a perceptual fingerprint, so a stripped, resized or recompressed copy can still be matched back to its registered original.
| Date | What happens | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | EU AI Act Article 50 applies; California SB 942 takes effect the same day. | Providers of generative AI must mark AI-generated content in machine-readable form. |
| Dec 2, 2026 | Grace period ends for GenAI systems already on the market. | Existing apps must comply — the enforcement wave OriginDNA launches into. |
| Feb 2, 2027 | Interoperable detection/marking requirements tighten. | Ad-hoc watermarks won't cut it; standards-based marking will. |
Not legal advice — dates from the EU AI Act's published application timeline. Your obligations depend on your product and jurisdiction.
Image generators, avatar apps, design tools. Add Article 50-oriented marking with one API call: sign, timestamp, fingerprint — and give your users a public verify link.
Self-serve API · from $49/mo at launchEtsy requires AI disclosure since January 2026. Prove which of your work is original, when it was made, and show buyers a verifiable badge.
Badge plans · from $5/mo at launchVerify what you publish and check what you're sent. Free for fact-checking organizations — forever. That's a promise, not a trial.
Free for fact-checkersTimestamped, tamper-evident records of digital content for disputes and documentation. TR/MENA focus. Coming after the core API.
Later — join the waitlist to shape itNo — deliberately. Detectors guess after the fact and are wrong often enough to be dangerous. OriginDNA works from the other end: content proves where it came from at creation. Provenance, not detection.
No wallet, no token, nothing to buy or hold — and no token is planned. OriginDNA is a normal SaaS subscription. We never touch user funds.
Your image's fingerprint is written into a public, append-only record. Anyone can recompute the fingerprint and look it up there — no OriginDNA account needed. If we disappeared tomorrow, the proof would still stand.
Careful answer: OriginDNA signs to the open C2PA standard, and we operate our own public verify page. We are not yet a certified member of the C2PA conformance program, so we don't claim "trusted Content Credentials" status — and we won't until it's true.
v1 is images — JPG and PNG. Video, audio and mobile SDKs are on the roadmap after the core API is solid.
The MVP ships in October 2026 and launches into the December 2 EU compliance wave. Waitlist members get early access, launch pricing, and a say in the API design.
Tell us which deadline is yours. Early access, launch pricing, API design input — no spam, a handful of emails total.