The Order Book for
Human Innovation
Every year, more than $1 trillion of ideas crosses borders as IP payments — yet the open, brokered market for those ideas is only $158 million. That is a 6,000× liquidity gap. IEM is the first AI-agent-run innovation exchange built to close it: a global order book where companies post innovation needs, and innovators sell through fixed price, auction, or license slots — with instant AI valuation, agentic due diligence, and escrowed settlement built in. Global-first. No home market.
Two Pillars. One Exchange.
Every prior IP marketplace died selling patents to buyers who never showed up. IEM inverts the model: demand comes first through the order book, and supply sells through three purpose-built venues — all with published fees.
List free. Get an AI price band on day one. Then pick the venue that fits the asset — you only pay when the deal closes.
Fixed-price sale for standardizable IP, with a displayed AI price band so both sides negotiate from the same number.
An auction opens only when the matching engine surfaces 3+ verified buyers — no empty rooms, no unsold theater.
Licensing as standardized SKUs — one exclusive or N non-exclusive slots per field-of-use and territory, on template contracts with benchmarked royalty bands.
Companies post what they need. Six AI agents find, verify, price, and close — or scope a commissioned build when nothing on earth matches.
Post a need free. Agents scan IEM inventory plus global patents and papers, then route standardized proposals back — pay only on success.
If no existing solution clears diligence, agents auto-scope a development SOW and match it to qualified builders.
A dedicated, confidential order book for enterprise R&D and procurement — your needs, your vetted supply, our agents.
One Order. Six Agents.
Human brokers take months and 20–40% of the deal. IEM runs every order through a six-agent pipeline that does the same work in hours to days — at published, single-digit-to-teens fees.
Built So Strangers Can Trade Ideas
Marketplaces for lemons die. Every asset and every deal on IEM carries the same four pieces of trust infrastructure — included, not upsold.
IEM vs. the Alternatives
Brokers charge 20–40% and sell about a fifth of what they list. Challenge platforms add premiums of up to 40%. AI IP tools like Tradespace and Patlytics find and draft — but don't run a market. Legacy auctions burned ~25% in friction and still cleared 7% of lots. We built the exchange none of them became.
| Capability | IEM | Patent Brokers | Challenge Platforms | AI IP Tools | Legacy IP Auctions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-in fees | 10–18%, published | 20–40% + $5–15K upfront | Posting fees + up to 40% award premium | SaaS license — no market | ~25% combined friction |
| Sell-through | Liquidity-gated — auctions open only at 3+ verified buyers | ~21% of brokered packages ever sell | Awards solvers; assets don't transact | n/a — nothing is sold | 7% at peak (6 of 81 lots) |
| Demand-side order book | ✓ The core of the exchange | ✗ | ◑ Per-challenge only | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI valuation on every asset | ✓ IEM Score — free, transparent | ✗ Opaque, manual | ✗ | ◑ Paid tool output | ✗ Seller-set reserves |
| Due diligence | ✓ Agentic — minutes, bundled | ◑ Manual, weeks, billed | ✗ | ◑ Workflow software only | ◑ Per event |
| Built for buyer AI agents (API/MCP) | ✓ Machine-readable listings | ✗ | ✗ | ◑ Internal tooling | ✗ |
| Closes the transaction | ✓ Escrowed, 0.9–3% | ◑ Sometimes, slowly | ◑ Award payout only | ✗ Tools stop short of market | ◑ Model abandoned |
The Founding Team
A founding team from capital markets, IP law, and technology transfer — building the exchange those worlds never had.
Global Advisors
The Two-Pillar Rollout
Demand first, supply second, agents throughout. Five phases from order book to global venues — every milestone below is a target, and we publish our gates.
Get in Touch
Whether you want to post an order, sell an innovation, or partner on a vertical — we want to hear from you.