--- title: "Hyperize receives the BSFZ seal for in-house R&D. — Hyperize Insights" description: "Hyperize started with a research question: how do AI agents decide which brands they trust? In August 2026, Germany's BSFZ formally recognized the work behind the Hyperize platform as in-house research and development." canonical: https://www.hyperize.ai/en/insights/articles/hyperize-receives-bsfz-seal lang: en last-updated: 2026-08-20 --- # Hyperize receives the BSFZ seal for in-house R&D. [Home](/en/) [Insights](/en/insights) Hyperize receives the BSFZ seal for in-house R&D. Company News Hyperize started with a research question: how do AI agents decide which brands they trust? Germany's BSFZ has now formally recognized the work behind our platform as in-house research and development. Marc Seefelder 2 min read ![](/bsfz-siegel-2026.svg) State-certified R&D · 2026 In August 2026, MING Labs GmbH, the company behind Hyperize, received the red BSFZ seal [\[S4\]](#source-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 [\[S1\]](#source-s1). We have spent the past years studying how AI agents find, evaluate, and use brand information. That research became the Agent Success Score, our measurement fleet, and the Evidence Layer we build for clients. For our clients, the seal answers a simple question: is there real research behind this methodology? Yes. The BSFZ assesses projects for novelty, scientific or technical uncertainty, and a systematic approach [\[S2\]](#source-s2). Its work is supervised by Germany's Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space. We made the seal [machine-readable](/en/about) too, because a credential for the agentic internet should be understandable by agents as well as people. [What the BSFZ seal certifies ↗](https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/forschung-und-entwicklung-im-rampenlicht) [See our credential →](/en/about) Related ## The research. The method. The receipts. [ Credential ### About Hyperize. The seal, the team, and the credential record agents can read. See it](/en/about)[ Methodology ### The Agent Success Score. The methodology that came out of the certified research. Read](/en/methodology)[ Receipts ### DAX 40 Agent Success Index. The research applied: Germany's largest brands, measured. Browse](/en/dax40-index) Sources ## Evidence and provenance. S1 external Das BSFZ-Siegel (official seal page) Bescheinigungsstelle Forschungszulage (BSFZ) · 2026 https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/bsfz-siegel - Seal variants (red = R&D at least partly in-house) and eligibility: at least one positive BSFZ decision. S2 external Über uns / assessment criteria BSFZ · 2026 https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/ueber-uns - The BSFZ operates under legal and technical supervision of the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space; assessment criteria: novelty, scientific or technical uncertainty, systematic plan. S3 external § 6 Forschungszulagengesetz (FZulG) Bundesministerium der Justiz (gesetze-im-internet.de) · in force since 2020 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzulg/\_\_6.html - The certification decision is issued per R&D project. S4 primary Bescheid for the R&D project behind the Hyperize platform, issued to MING Labs GmbH BSFZ / DLR Projektträger · 2026-08-10 Official administrative decision, on file. - Holder, project, date, and the positive certification. Page type · Article (Company News) Published2026-08-20 Updated2026-08-20 Next review2027-02-20 [Machine-readable record](https://www.hyperize.ai/en/insights/articles/hyperize-receives-bsfz-seal.json) [All insights](/en/insights) --- Canonical: https://www.hyperize.ai/en/insights/articles/hyperize-receives-bsfz-seal Machine-readable index: https://www.hyperize.ai/llms.txt