VerifyLite
A zero-knowledge age-verification API for consumer platforms that need to comply with Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and Louisiana rules without storing IDs or building a separate compliance stack.
product and trust-and-safety leads at consumer platforms (forums, AI companions, dating, social) who are now legally on the hook for age checks
- Multi-jurisdiction rules engine that auto-updates when new state laws pass, including VPN-detection guidance and reasonable age-verification standards
- Returns only yes / no / age band — no document, name, or DOB ever stored
- Drop-in widget for sign-up flows, plus a server-to-server mode for streaming or chat products
- Compliance officer dashboard with audit logs of every check and which jurisdiction applied
The source notes Paxton's win is a 'landmark precedent' for cutting off non-compliant foreign sites via writs against domain registries; platforms that still rely on self-attestation now face real shutdown risk in multiple states.
Age verification market projected to reach ~$17.6B by 2026; Paxton secured a court-ordered writ on motherless.com (May 2026) and Texas/Utah/Mississippi/Louisiana laws are actively enforced, creating real legal pressure on platforms.Top 13 Age Verification APIs - Transactionlink ↗Texas AG 'Locks' Motherless.com Domain Over AV Non-Compliance ↗
Market is crowded: Onfido, Trulioo, Jumio, Veriff, Persona, Yoti, Sumsub, iDenfy, ID.me, AgeChecked, IDScan, HyperVerge, Ondato all offer age/ID verification APIs; even in the ZKP niche, ZK-ID, Didit, Moca, and Brave research exist, leaving limited room.Top 13 Age Verification APIs - Transactionlink ↗Top 5 Age Verification Software Providers in 2025 - didit.me ↗
Proven B2B SaaS pricing in the category: Persona ~$1.50/successful verification, Veriff from ~$49/month subscriptions, and multi-billion-dollar TAM signals clear willingness to pay for compliance APIs.Persona vs Veriff 2026: Pricing, Lock-in & Migration ↗Best AI Identity Verification Tools in 2026 ↗
State laws are real and being enforced, but the Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Supreme Court case (being argued 2025/2026) could invalidate portions of these statutes, creating regulatory uncertainty for a compliance-only product.Texas Court Locks Adult Website's Domain After Company Ignores State Age-Verification Order ↗Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Age Verification: A Developer's Guide - Didit ↗
ZKP age verification is technically demonstrated by Brave Research, ZK-ID, Didit and Moca, but building a zero-knowledge wrapper that satisfies four distinct state statutes plus avoids ID storage is non-trivial and requires ongoing legal-engineering work.The limits of zero-knowledge for age-verification - Brave ↗ZK-ID · Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification ↗