Readiness, verified.
Vigil verifies that your household can actually function when you cannot.
Why Vigil exists.
Most families don't have continuity. They have representations of continuity.
A will. Tidy folders. A password list. The belief the spouse knows enough.
Those are representations of readiness. A will is a document, not a system. Organization is a feeling, not a test.
The reality test is harder:
- ✓ Could your spouse reach every account without you?
- ✓ Could they name every institution holding something of yours?
- ✓ Could they tell a custodian from an advisor, a policy from an account, an owner from a beneficiary?
- ✓ Could they act, under stress, with incomplete information, against time?
The gap between what a family assumes and what it can actually do is what Vigil closes.
What Vigil does.
Not storage. Not estate planning. Not organization.
Vigil verifies.
Map.
Replace vague representation with structured reality.
Audit.
Identify where readiness is claimed but not verified.
Monitor.
Stop verified reality from decaying back into representation.
Activate.
Make the system usable under actual stress, not just legible in peacetime.
What we believe.
Read-only, always.
We never touch your money, your credentials, or your accounts.
Questions, not advice.
Every finding is a question framed for a specific professional.
Both spouses, always.
Continuity requires both partners engaged before disruption, not after.
The company behind it.
Vigil Protocol is built by Electric Solidus, Inc., a US-based team that has been building together for 5+ years and securing $1B+ in bearer assets. We care deeply about security and privacy, and believe helping families get ready for the rest of their lives is the most important need to solve now.
Who's building it.
Cory Klippsten
Co-Founder, Vigil Protocol. Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Swan.
Previously Google, McKinsey, Microsoft, and Morgan Stanley. Twelve years as angel investor and advisor to venture-backed tech companies. Partner at Bitcoiner Ventures. MBA, University of Chicago.
Jeremy Showalter
Co-Founder, Vigil Protocol. Chief Business Officer of Swan.
Former CEO of Pique AI, acquired in 2021. Thirteen years at Microsoft across marketing, sales, and operations. MBA, University of Chicago; MA Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University; BS Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Yan Pritzker
Co-Founder and CTO of Swan.
Author of Inventing Bitcoin. Previously co-founder and CTO of Reverb, acquired by Etsy. Twenty-five years building technology. Partner at Bitcoiner Ventures. BS Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.