Zenprexi Bio-Risk™ · Worker Readiness Platform

The third signal in workforce risk — and the first one insurance can underwrite.

Zenprexi Bio-Risk™ scores worker physiological readiness — the missing layer between vehicle telematics and ergonomic telemetry — turning continuous biometric signals into a privacy-preserving 0–100 score that carriers can underwrite and platforms can act on in real time.

How the architecture works
The void

Carriers already measure two of the three signals that determine risk.

A complete operator-state picture has three components. The industry has mature instrumentation for two of them. The third — physiological readiness during the work period — has been structurally invisible to underwriting and dispatch decisions until now.

Signal one · Vehicle behavior

Telematics

Speed, braking, cornering, lane discipline. Captured at the vehicle. Mature ecosystem; carriers have integrated this for over a decade.

What it reveals: how the vehicle is being driven.
What it cannot reveal: whether the operator should be driving.
Signal two · Body movement

Ergonomic telemetry

Posture, lift mechanics, repetitive-motion patterns. Captured by wearables and video. Established loss-control category, especially in workers’ compensation.

What it reveals: how the body is moving.
What it cannot reveal: whether the body has the capacity to keep moving safely.
Signal three · Physiological readiness

Zenprexi Bio-Risk™

Continuous fusion of heart-rate variability, cardiovascular load, movement coordination, and sleep debt — resolved into a banded readiness state on a normalized 0–100 scale.

What it reveals: whether the operator is ready right now.
And critically: the confidence in that estimate, before any intervention is dispatched.
Architecture

One score answers the wrong question. Two scores answer the right one.

Every existing safety system asks: is this person likely to fail? Zenprexi Bio-Risk™ asks two questions in parallel — likelihood and certainty — and only intervenes when both clear threshold. That is the dual-score architecture disclosed in the filed patent specification.

1.  Risk Score (RS)

A continuous likelihood estimate drawn from static and contextual factors — environmental conditions, task characteristics, time-on-task, and equipment context, among other inputs.

2.  CARI™ (Cognitive Adherence Risk Index)

A statistical-confidence layer that measures how much trust to place in the current Risk Score, derived from the quality and consistency of the underlying behavioral and physiological telemetry.

3.  Graduated, confidence-gated response

The two scores are evaluated together rather than in isolation. The system produces three categories of response — from passive monitoring, to a supervisor-facing data-verification request, to a Direct Intervention PANT™ reaching the operator — calibrated so that the strongest action requires the strongest combined evidence.

The result is a system that escalates carefully. False positives don’t reach the operator, and supervisor attention is reserved for events the platform is confident enough to stand behind.

RS Risk Score Likelihood signal CARI™ Reliability Confidence signal Joint Evaluation Confidence-gated synthesis Monitor Passive logging No worker contact Verify Data PANT™ Supervisor-facing Direct Intervention PANT™ Reaches the operator Escalation strength
Two parallel scores. One joint evaluation. Three graduated outcomes — calibrated so the strongest action requires the strongest combined evidence.
The credential

ZBR Verified™ turns the readiness state into something the workforce earns.

The same dual-score engine that powers underwriting analytics produces a subject-authorized, time-bounded credential. Workers opt in. Platforms see a banded operational signal — green, amber, or red. Carriers see an aggregate risk profile. No party ever sees raw biometrics.

Subject-authorized

The credential is voluntarily issued and revocable. Authorization propagates within fifteen minutes per the subject-controlled interface disclosed in Provisional #3.

Banded signals only

Platform partners receive Green / Yellow / Red readiness states, never numeric scores and never raw HRV. The banding architecture is covered by U.S. 64/064,692.

Time-bounded

Verification is calculated and refreshed continuously throughout the work period — not a static record. The credential expires by design.

Platform-neutral

A credential earned on one partner platform travels with the worker. The architecture is designed for a credentialed workforce model, not a single-platform feature.

ZBR Verified seal — Worker Readiness Certified, issued by Zenprexi Bio-Risk
Issued by Zenprexi Bio-Risk™
Privacy is the architecture

Three tiers of separation, built into the system — not bolted on.

The privacy guarantees are structural: raw biometrics never leave the edge device, only normalized scores cross the trust boundary, and platform partners receive banded operational signals rather than continuous data. Each tier is disclosed in US 63/976,499 and US 64/064,692.

Tier 01 · Edge

Raw biometrics never leave the device

HRV, heart-rate, accelerometer data, and behavioral telemetry are processed on-device. The transmission boundary is downstream of calculation.

  • 14–30 day individual baseline calibration
  • On-device CARI™ computation
  • BIPA, GDPR, HIPAA-aligned architecture
Tier 02 · Subject-authorized

Federated learning with privacy budget

Model improvement occurs through encrypted gradients with a per-transmission privacy budget ε ≤ 1.0. The training set never centralizes.

  • Hash-chain audit logging for integrity
  • Subject-controlled revocation (15-min propagation)
  • Shadow Mode validation protocol
Tier 03 · Carrier & platform

Banded signals only, never raw data

Platform partners receive Green / Yellow / Red operational signals. Carriers receive aggregate risk profiles. Neither sees underlying biometric values.

  • Prospective firewall architecture
  • Subject-authorized disclosure
  • SOC 2 Type II in preparation
Patent canon

Four filed U.S. provisional applications. Consolidated non-provisional in preparation.

The IP estate is the defensibility story. Each provisional covers a distinct architectural layer — the engine, the privacy hierarchy, the banded disclosure framework, and the multi-signal fusion subsystems. Consolidation for the statutory November 2026 deadline is in progress.

US 63/919,896
Filed Nov 18, 2025
The core Bio-OS engine, including the CARI™ reliability layer, the PANT™ intervention output, and the underlying behavioral and physiological telemetry.
US 63/976,499
Filed Feb 5, 2026
The privacy and edge architecture, including federated learning with a bounded privacy budget, audit-integrity mechanisms, and the carrier integration layer.
US 64/064,692
Filed May 13, 2026
The banded disclosure framework that governs how operational signals are surfaced to platforms while keeping subject data structurally separated.
US 64/065,722
Filed May 14, 2026
Additional embodiments extending the underlying signal architecture. Details disclosed in the consolidated non-provisional.
Proven leadership & technology expertise

Three co-founders with executed agreements. Two senior advisors with equity.

Michael Peck

Founder & CEO

Extensive enterprise sales and business development. Built the demonstration system. Strategy, fundraising, partnership relationships.

Suja Mott

Co-Founder & COO

20+ years risk intelligence and technology delivery. Founded profitable government contracting firm. Operational discipline for regulated environments. Executed employment agreement.

Marion Newman III

Co-Founder & CTO

25+ years enterprise IT. Scales MVP to production. Engineering leadership and enterprise security. Executed employment agreement.

Strategic advisors

Dr. Mark Dean

Senior Strategic Advisor

IBM PC co-inventor. 45+ U.S. patents. National Inventors Hall of Fame. Provides IP strategy, technical validation, and enterprise architecture guidance. Executed advisor agreement with equity.

Brad Boberski

Strategic Advisor

Insurance industry veteran with deep expertise in the captive insurance market. Holds the CRIS (Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist) designation. Advises on insurance industry strategy, alternative risk transfer structures, and go-to-market positioning for the carrier segment. Executed advisor agreement with equity.

Two ways to engage.

Deployment partners and investors enter through different doors. Either path starts with a 30-minute discovery conversation.

mpeck@zenprexi.com  ·  Charlotte, NC

Sources cited

  1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Drowsy Driving. Estimated $109 billion annual societal cost of fatigue-related injury or fatal crashes. nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drowsy-driving
  2. Tefft, B.C. (2024). Drowsy Driving in Fatal Crashes, United States, 2017–2021. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Research brief estimating 17.6% of all U.S. fatal crashes (29,834 fatalities) involved a drowsy driver.
  3. AM Best & S&P Global Market Intelligence (2024). Commercial Auto Liability combined ratio of 113.0% in 2024 — the 14th consecutive year of underwriting losses for the line.
  4. Zenprexi, Inc. U.S. Provisional Patent Application 63/919,896 (filed November 18, 2025). Describes the Risk Score (RS) construct as part of the Bio-OS prognostic engine.
  5. Zenprexi, Inc. Patent filings under US 63/919,896 et seq. Describe the Cognitive Adherence Risk Index (CARI™) and the Prioritized Actionable Next Task (PANT™) outputs.