About Tyche Institute

The name

Tyche (Greek: Τύχη, pronounced "TY-kee") was the Greek goddess of fortune and chance — the classical embodiment of randomness, the conceptual foundation of cryptography. Modern cryptography rests on unpredictability: keys must be unpredictable, signatures must commit to unpredictable bytes, attestations must bind to unique moments. Tyche Institute draws on this classical heritage while focusing on the mathematical and cryptographic infrastructure required for trustworthy AI.

Mission

To research, document, and reference-implement the cryptographic trust infrastructure required for trustworthy AI under emerging European regulation (EU AI Act, eIDAS 2.0, NIS2 Directive).

Approach

Open standards. Open source. Verifiable evidence. Independence by structure.

Tyche Institute does not sell trust services, does not certify compliance, and does not compete with commercial trust service providers. We publish specifications, maintain reference implementations, and contribute to standards bodies.

Current programs

Tyche Institute maintains and develops EATF (Agent Trust Framework, also referred to as Aletheia AI) — cryptographic AI attestation infrastructure. All code released under Apache 2.0. All specifications open for community review.

Future work will include exploratory essays through Random Research Lab — currently in formation.

Founding context

Tyche Institute is being established under Estonian law as a non-profit association (MTÜ). Founder roles symbolic; technical work performed by volunteer contributors and advisors.