Alitheon is attending the IDGA Defense Logistics & Energy Summit next week to discuss contested logistics.

Every physical object has a unique surface — a microscopic structure as distinctive as a human fingerprint. Alitheon's FeaturePrint turns that surface into the object's identity...with a standard off-the-shelf camera. For decades, people identified physical products the way we once identified people: with proxies. Serial numbers, barcodes, RFID tags, stickers, holograms — labels attached to a thing, standing in for the thing itself. But a proxy can be damaged, fall off, copied, swapped, removed, or forged. Just as biometrics replaced the ID card by identifying the person rather than what they carry, FeaturePrint identifies the object itself. No tags. No chips. No modifications. Just a standard camera. That unlocks two things proxies never could: Provenance, traceability, inventory management — confirm that the part, product, or component in your hand is the exact one that left the factory, at every step of the supply chain. Brand protection & anti-counterfeiting — separate authentic from fraudulent instantly, even when the counterfeit is a perfect visual replica, because no two physical surfaces are identical. FeaturePrint is patented (>55 issued patents) , camera-based, and already deployed across multiple industries — wherever knowing exactly what something is, and proving it, actually matters. In 2026, FeaturePrint was named Overall Authentication Solution of the Year at the AI Breakthrough Awards. Biometrics for Things. Identity that can't be faked or removed — because it was never attached in the first place.

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