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Haiphen

Techstars '22

The Bronx, US · 1 known investors

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Haiphenai provides algorithmic trading signals and API-based trading tools, serving traders and investors in the cryptocurrency and financial markets.

Also known as Haiphen AI · haiphenAI

Founders & leadership

JSJude Safo
Jude SafoFounder

Investors · 1

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Haiphen, operating at haiphenai.com, presents itself as an "Edge Protocol Intelligence Platform" organized around the tagline "API Everything." Its public site is structured around product motivation and downloadable documentation sections and advertises performance figures for its signal output, including total returns, a win rate, a Sharpe ratio and a daily signal volume.

Third-party company listings describe Haiphen in cybersecurity terms: blockchain-enabled cyber security threat detection for enterprises, with industry classifications spanning Cyber Security, Enterprise Software and Software. An earlier public project description from the company frames its core asset as a patented "digital copyright" intended to make code sharing more secure and easier to monetize for hobbyists, weekend developers and small business owners, giving owners legally enforceable ownership to track and manage their API traffic, delivered through a Chrome extension, with the same tooling offered to enterprises for securing their technology stack. The company's GitHub organization states an ambition to build "the first Universal Turing Machine" in the form of simple API tools for a community of innovators.

Business model

Haiphen offers API-based tools and a Chrome extension through which code owners can track and manage API traffic under a patented digital-copyright mechanism, with the same tooling positioned for enterprise customers seeking to secure their technology stack.

Traction

The company website advertises more than $223K in total returns, a 67% win rate, a 1.54 Sharpe ratio and 478K signals per day. The GitHub organization has a small follower base and pins a fork of the atomic-red-team detection-test repository.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Listed on the Techstars job board and The Org as a 1-10 employee company in the Cyber Security, Enterprise Software and Software categories.

Technology

A patented digital-copyright mechanism applied to code, surfaced through API tooling and a Chrome extension for tracking and managing API traffic; company listings additionally characterize the offering as blockchain-enabled threat detection. The public site markets an edge protocol intelligence platform producing high-volume trading-style signals.

Go-to-market

Individual developers, hobbyists and small business owners who share or monetize code, alongside enterprise organizations with cybersecurity and technology-stack protection needs.

Geography

Headquartered in the Bronx, New York, United States, with locations listed in Throggs Neck and Bronx County as well as Union Square, New York.

History

The company's digital-copyright project was publicly showcased in a Filecoin community application in December 2021, and third-party listings give a founding year of 2022.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
EmployeesJan 20261-10
GitHub followersJan 20266 followers
Sharpe ratioJan 20261.5
Signals per dayJan 2026478,000 signals/day
Total returnsJan 2026$223K
Win rateJan 202667%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Dec 2021
Haiphen showcases patented digital-copyright API tool and Chrome extension

In a Filecoin community Project Showcase post, Haiphen described a patented digital copyright for securing and monetizing shared code, delivered via a Chrome extension that lets owners track and manage API traffic, and offered to enterprises for securing their tech stack.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Haiphen do?
Haiphen is a Bronx-based company building API-centric tooling for trading signals and blockchain-enabled enterprise threat detection.
Who founded Haiphen?
Haiphen was founded by Jude Safo.
Who are Haiphen's investors?
Haiphen's investors include Techstars.
Where is Haiphen headquartered?
Haiphen is headquartered in The Bronx, US.