Civic Milestones & Updates: Q3 2025

Q3 2025 marked a turning point as we applied our identity expertise to the challenge of enterprise AI adoption. We launched Civic Nexus to give organizations secure AI-driven workflows, brought passkeys to Civic Auth for passwordless authentication, and achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance. Beyond product milestones, we expanded our presence across hackathons and developer conferences throughout Europe, connecting directly with the builders who face the authentication challenges we're solving.

Introducing Civic Nexus: AI-driven workflows for the enterprise

In Q3 2025, we launched Civic Nexus to solve a problem stalling AI adoption across enterprises: 95% of enterprise AI pilot programs fail to deliver ROI, according to MIT research. The core issue isn't the quality of AI models themselves. Generic tools like ChatGPT excel for individuals but stall in enterprise settings because of the way they are implemented, in that they don't learn from or adapt to existing workflows. Organizations need AI that integrates deeply with the tools teams already use.

Nexus bridges this gap by connecting AI agents to business systems through a single interface. Teams get AI-powered access to their current work tools, from data warehouses to BI platforms, without switching contexts or learning new systems. Marketing launches campaigns faster, sales sets up demos in minutes instead of weeks, and finance pulls cost reports instantly. The platform handles authentication automatically, so teams never touch credentials while AI agents work within the tools they already know.

We built Nexus on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture. The platform works through customizable "toolkits," bundles of AI tools and connectors you configure for each client, department, or project. Nexus handles authentication through a delegated system, so teams never touch customer passwords or API keys. This matters because companies spend $500K – $2M annually on BI tools like Looker and Tableau that only analysts know how to use. Nexus connects AI agents to more than a dozen Business Intelligence tools through a single URL, then adds intelligence to that data while handling all the authentication automatically.

Passkeys for Civic Auth

This summer, we also added passkeys to Civic Auth, bringing passwordless authentication to every developer. Users register for a passkey after logging in with email or any SSO option including Apple, Google, Facebook, X, Discord, and GitHub. The feature integrates with Civic Auth's existing strengths: deployment in under five minutes and integration with a single line of code. With billions of credentials breached over the past decade, passwords remain one of the most unsafe authentication methods. Passkeys represent our continued push toward a truly passwordless future.

Security milestone: SOC 2 Type 1

In Q3 2025, Civic achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, confirming our security controls meet rigorous industry standards for protecting client data. The attestation covers three critical trust service criteria, security, availability, and confidentiality, and validates the controls necessary for handling sensitive information in AI implementations. This milestone positions us to serve clients with the most stringent security requirements as they navigate AI transformation.

Our Podcast: AI, security, and the future of agents

This quarter on our podcast, we explored the intersection of compliance, security, and AI automation with leaders pushing boundaries in each domain. Stas Bojoukha, CEO of Compyl, kicked things off with insights on engineering compliance at startup speed, a conversation that resonated with builders navigating complex regulatory terrain. Stephen Ajayi from Hacken unpacked the hidden security threats in LLM systems and the importance of prompt injection awareness for anyone building with AI. Chetan Nandakumar from Fluora joined us to discuss the Model Context Protocol's role in automating workflows and the potential of Monetized MCP for seamless transactions. Across these conversations, one theme emerged: the future of identity lives at the intersection of AI agents, security, and automation. Whether you're building compliance frameworks or deploying AI agents, these episodes offer practical insights for the challenges ahead. 

Hackathon highlights: Civic Auth adoption across platforms

‍Building is what we love to do, and that’s one reason we sponsored tracks at Hack4Bengal, TAIKAI, and DoraHacks, rewarding developers who built the best integrations of Civic Auth into their projects. Teams integrated our authentication SDK to enable embedded wallets, streamline user onboarding, and add blockchain functionality to applications across multiple use cases. Each hackathon demonstrated growing developer interest in passwordless authentication and Web3 identity solutions. 

Winners showcased how quickly teams can deploy Civic Auth from initial integration to working demos in just days. The momentum we're seeing across hackathons confirms what we've been building toward: authentication that works out of the box, so developers can focus on their core products instead of wrestling with auth infrastructure.

Engaging with developer communities

This quarter, we brought Civic's authentication solutions to key conferences across Europe's tech ecosystem, and we talked with media about the intersection of identity and agentic AI. At AI_dev in Amsterdam in late August, we connected with open source AI and machine learning developers, showcasing how Civic Nexus enables secure AI-driven workflows. In early September at ETH Warsaw, we engaged with builders from across Central Europe on authentication infrastructure for Web3 applications. Later in the month at ETH Sofia, we hosted workshops and presented on simplifying identity verification for decentralized applications. These events gave us direct access to developers tackling the authentication challenges Civic solves, from AI agents needing secure data access, to Web3 apps requiring seamless user onboarding. 

Looking forward to Q4

Q3 set the foundation for enterprise AI adoption with Civic Nexus, and Q4 will expand that foundation significantly. We're adding more MCP servers to Civic Nexus and implementing more options for guardrails that give organizations even tighter control over their AI workflows. Expect to see us continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible when authentication and AI infrastructure work together seamlessly.