Shield
Profit protection for megaprojects
Built on NovaOS
MENA-first
Sovereign
Alexandre Cela · August 2026
Opening slide. Keep it simple. Let the name and subtitle land.
The problem today
What changes with Shield
Before
- Claims arrive as a surprise
- Evidence scattered across 6+ systems
- Deadlines buried in unread documents
- Owners pay claims they could have defended
After — with Shield
- Claims detected before they arrive
- Evidence assembled automatically with citations
- Deadline changes caught and flagged
- Owner always prepared — $30-80M protected per project
33% of capex ends in dispute (HKA CRUX, 2,200 projects). Average ME dispute: $91M, takes 12.5 months (Arcadis). The pain is procedural — missed deadlines, scattered evidence. These are reading problems.
The evidence
Why we're confident
89%
of ME projects over budget
EY, 2024
33%
of capex ends in dispute
HKA CRUX, 2,200 projects
$91M
avg Middle East dispute
Arcadis, 2023
~2x
contractors claim vs settlement
IPA benchmark
The pain is procedural — missed deadlines and scattered evidence. Reading problems that AI solves.
Dream outcome
$30-80M protected per project
HKA + Arcadis modeled
High confidence
FlowNova + ComplyNova already handle messy enterprise data
60-90% faster decisions
Low effort
Plugs into your existing systems. Nothing to replace. Working in days.
Aconex, P6, SAP exports
Zero sacrifice
In-region. Your data stays yours. Sovereignty guaranteed.
Weights, not wrappers
Dream Outcome: $5B capex x 20% disputed (conservative haircut from HKA's 33%) x 3-8% value protected = $30-80M. Floor case clears 10-15X ROI on a $2M license. The average ME dispute is $91M and takes 12.5 months.
High Confidence: FlowNova already delivers 60-90% reduction in time-to-decision and 5-15% supply chain cost reduction across live deployments. ComplyNova handles third-party risk, audit automation, and case management. The agents exist. Shield composes them for a new domain.
Low Effort: Shield reads from existing systems (Aconex, P6, SAP) via read-only export. No re-platforming, no integration project. First results within days of ingestion, not months of setup.
Zero Sacrifice: Sovereign deployment from day one. In-region VPC, full audit trail, data never leaves. "Weights, not wrappers" philosophy. The customer keeps their alpha.
Live demo
Four steps. One agent.
1
Detect
Spots incoming claims in site reports, letters, and schedule changes
2
Assess
Pulls evidence and finds weaknesses in the contractor's position
3
Draft
Writes the defense response with source citations
4
Approve
A named human reviews and signs off. Nothing leaves without approval.
Open live prototype
Walk through the $42.3M contractor claim scenario. Shield found 3 weaknesses in the contractor's position before the claim even arrived. 6 days before deadline.
The numbers
What Shield delivers
$30-80M
protected per project
Modeled: HKA + Arcadis
Days
to first value
Read-only ingestion from existing systems
100%
recall
Never miss a real threat
$30-80M = $5B capex x 20% disputed (HKA CRUX haircut from 33%) x 3-8% value protected. Conservative. Floor case still clears 10-15X ROI on a $2M license.
Architecture
How Shield works
Inputs (read-only)
Contracts + amendments
Correspondence
P6 schedule files
Site reports
→
Governance kernel
Scope check
Action allowlist
Audit log
Sovereignty tag
→
LLMDetect threats
Read documents, find incoming claims
LLMLink evidence
Connect documents to build the case
CodeCompute deadlines
Date math, never LLM
CodeVerify citations
Every reference checked
LLMDraft response
Write defense letter with sources
→
Human gate
Named approver
Nothing leaves without sign-off
Sovereignty: in-region, full audit trail. Data never leaves.
Design rule: LLM for language. Code for deadlines and citations.
Governance is the runtime, not a review step. LLM where language is the problem. Code where being wrong is unrecoverable. Sovereignty guaranteed via NovaOS.
Self-improving
Gets smarter on your project
1
Agent flags
Detection, evidence, draft notice
→
2
Human reviews
Approve, edit, or dismiss
→
3
Decision logged
Stored as labeled example
→
4
Agent retunes
Better thresholds, sharper drafts
Repeats daily. Gets better on YOUR project. Data never leaves your environment.
Dismissals reduce noise, edits sharpen drafts, approvals build the test suite. All learning stays in-region. No shared model.
Next steps
Three phases to production
Phase 0 — Backtest
Run on closed projects
Weeks 0-6
Phase 1 — Pilot
Live on 1-2 active projects
Months 2-6
Phase 2 — Program
Expand to all active projects
Months 6-12
Outcome
Shield runs across every project. Avoided costs compound with each one.
Year 1+
Start with a backtest on a closed project.
No live risk. Results in weeks.
Phase 0 is risk-free — closed project, expert audit, produces the "here's what you missed" artifact. Also serves as the sales demo for the next customer.
Shield protects profits by saving on avoidable costs.
$30-80M
protected per project
Modeled: HKA + Arcadis
Days
to first value
Read-only ingestion
100%
recall
Never miss a real threat
Alexandre Cela · August 2026
The data exists. The reading capacity exists. The platform exists. The market is the most painful on Earth — and it's Orbitron's home turf.