IVD-ACP | Near-term commercial engine
Broader buyer base. Bounded integration surfaces. Faster pilot path.
ACP can enter through one RAG ingestion gate, agent-tool boundary, CI/CD workflow, administrative API, or privileged automation surface without requiring carrier participation or router-policy change.
Its commercial advantage is breadth. Its competitive burden is proving that deterministic admission, authority state, durable policy, and replay are more valuable than bundled prompt screening.
IVD-N | Long-duration infrastructure asset
Narrower buyer set. Deeper infrastructure integration. Potentially stronger scarcity.
IVD-N requires more demanding network access, router validation, and operator trust, but addresses a high-consequence control-plane problem with a distinctive architecture and strategic relevance to carriers, critical infrastructure, and federal networks.
Its commercial burden is validation friction. Its potential advantage is deeper infrastructure defensibility once operationally proven.