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  "@id": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/insights/articles/hyperize-receives-bsfz-seal.json",
  "type": "Article",
  "pageType": "Article",
  "articleType": "CompanyNews",
  "title": "Hyperize receives the BSFZ seal for in-house R&D.",
  "url": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/insights/articles/hyperize-receives-bsfz-seal",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-20",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-20",
  "nextReview": "2027-02-20",
  "evidenceTier": "primary",
  "tier": "A",
  "confidence": "A",
  "confidenceNote": "Primary source: the BSFZ Bescheid issued to MING Labs GmbH (2026-08-10), on file. External claims sourced from BSFZ pages and FZulG.",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://www.hyperize.ai/#organization",
    "name": "Hyperize",
    "url": "https://www.hyperize.ai",
    "parentOrganization": "MING Labs"
  },
  "hook": "In August 2026, MING Labs GmbH, the company behind Hyperize, received the red BSFZ seal [S4]. In plain English: an official assessment concluded that the work behind Hyperize is not a content playbook dressed up as innovation. It qualifies as research and development [S1]. Hyperize started with a research question: how do AI agents decide which brands they trust? That research became the Agent Success Score, the measurement fleet, and the Evidence Layer.",
  "standout": "The R&D project behind the Hyperize platform qualifies as research and development under Germany's Research Allowance Act.",
  "keyFacts": [
    "The BSFZ carries out the formal R&D assessment under Germany's Research Allowance Act (FZulG) and operates under the legal and technical supervision of the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space.",
    "Projects are assessed against three criteria: novelty, scientific or technical uncertainty, and a systematic plan.",
    "The underlying BSFZ decision is project-specific (§ 6 FZulG); the seal shows a company has received at least one positive BSFZ decision.",
    "The red seal variant recognizes R&D carried out at least partly in-house; it was issued to MING Labs GmbH, the company behind Hyperize, in August 2026.",
    "The credential is also represented in structured data on the Hyperize About page (issuer, holder, certified project), while the seal links to the official BSFZ explanation."
  ],
  "credential": {
    "name": "BSFZ Seal 2026 (in-house R&D)",
    "issuedTo": "MING Labs GmbH",
    "certifiedProject": "The R&D project behind the Hyperize platform",
    "recognizedBy": "Bescheinigungsstelle Forschungszulage (BSFZ)",
    "sealInfoUrl": "https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/forschung-und-entwicklung-im-rampenlicht",
    "liveImplementation": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/about"
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "publisher": "BSFZ",
      "title": "Das BSFZ-Siegel",
      "url": "https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/bsfz-siegel",
      "type": "external"
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "BSFZ",
      "title": "Über uns / assessment criteria",
      "url": "https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/ueber-uns",
      "type": "external"
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "gesetze-im-internet.de",
      "title": "§ 6 Forschungszulagengesetz (FZulG)",
      "url": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzulg/__6.html",
      "type": "external"
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "BSFZ / DLR Projektträger",
      "title": "Bescheid issued to MING Labs GmbH (2026-08-10), on file",
      "type": "primary"
    }
  ],
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    "about": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/about",
    "methodology": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/methodology",
    "dax40Index": "https://www.hyperize.ai/en/dax40-index",
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