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Official press releases, media statements, and contact information from Lifetime Oy and the DWS IQ and Firehorse product lines. This page is the public reference point for launch news, company announcements, and selected press materials.

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Media contact

Risto Anton Paarni, Founder & CEO

Lifetime Oy · Espoo, Finland

[email protected]
Product Position

April 22, 2026 · Helsinki, Finland

KYA is the Identity Spine Beneath MCP Apps — Every New Open Standard Under AAIF Makes Know Your Agent More Necessary, Not Less

HELSINKI — Following the AAIF MCP Apps launch that turns Model Context Protocol servers into interactive UIs rendering inside ChatGPT, Claude, Goose, and VS Code, Lifetime Oy publishes its position: interactive agent surfaces need more identity binding, not less. KYA binds every agent to a verified human, with TC-4 Leash Snap for one-action revocation.

"MCP Apps extends the frontier. KYA is the spine underneath. Every new open standard makes KYA more necessary, not less."

— Risto Anton Paarni, Founder & CEO, Lifetime Oy
Partnership Product

April 22, 2026 · Helsinki, Finland

The EU-Sovereign Stack Confirmed: Aiven (Helsinki) + Scaleway (Paris) + KYA — 21 Skilled Compliance Agents Per Client

HELSINKI — Responding to Satya Nadella's Microsoft Foundry post, Lifetime Oy publishes the architecture underneath DWS IQ 6: Foundry solves the sandbox half; KYA solves the identity half. The sovereign ground underneath is Aiven and Scaleway. Every EU client gets 21 skilled compliance agents in per-client MicroVMs — zero CLOUD Act exposure.

"Nadella solves the sandbox half. KYA solves the identity half. Aiven and Scaleway hold the EU-sovereign ground underneath."

— Risto Anton Paarni, Founder & CEO, Lifetime Oy
DWS IQ Aegis — Firehorse
Launch Product

March 26, 2026 · Helsinki, Finland

Lifetime Oy launches DWS IQ Aegis for regulated and dual-use operations

HELSINKI — Lifetime Oy announced DWS IQ Aegis, an EU-sovereign AI platform for defence organisations, dual-use manufacturers, and other regulated operators. The release combines AI governance, compliance logging, sovereignty monitoring, and SAR-enabled operational intelligence in one deployment model.

"European defence and regulated operators need AI systems they can deploy under their own governance rules. Aegis was built to give them auditability, sovereignty controls, and operational visibility in one platform."

— Risto Anton Paarni, Founder & CEO, Lifetime Oy

DWS IQ Aegis brings together six specialised AI agents under the KYA (Know Your Agent) framework, covering 25 EU-regulated industries. The platform includes SAR-enabled monitoring, sovereignty controls, and Article 12 logging for compliance-sensitive workflows.

Aegis is available for deployment on European sovereign cloud and selected enterprise private cloud environments. It is positioned for organisations operating in the Finnish defence and deep-tech ecosystem and for other regulated operators requiring auditable AI deployment.

Selected archive

Product 16 February 2026

Lifetime Oy Positions DWS IQ 6 as Deep Tech Compliance Engine with EUR 333,000/Year Cost Advantage

Three proprietary pillars: Lifetime World Model, NVIDIA Jetson edge AI, and model-agnostic MCP orchestration.

Investor 15 February 2026

Lifetime Oy Opens Platinum Industry Captain Seats for Europe's Leading Fit for 55 Platform

8 Platinum Industry Captain seats at EUR 50,000 SAFE each. EUR 500,000 first tranche at EUR 3.8M valuation cap.