SOC 2 Type 1 Compliance

Section I: Independent Service Auditor's Report Provided by Laika Compliance LLC

To: Intrepid Fox Project Limited and Technologies LLM Europe ("Intrepid Fox" or "the Company")

Scope

We have examined Intrepid Fox's accompanying description of its Intrepid Fox Platform found in Section 3 titled “Intrepid Fox's Description of its Intrepid Fox Platform as of November 30, 2024” (description), based on the criteria for a description of a service organization’s system set forth in DC Section 200, 2018 Description Criteria for a Description of a Service Organization’s System in a SOC 2® Report (AICPA, Description Criteria), (description criteria) and the suitability of the design of controls stated in the description as of November 30, 2024, to provide reasonable assurance that Intrepid Fox's service commitments and system requirements were achieved based on the trust services criteria relevant to Security (applicable trust services criteria) set forth in TSP Section 100, 2017 Trust Services Criteria for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy (AICPA, Trust Services Criteria).

The description indicates that certain complementary user entity controls that are suitably designed and operating effectively are necessary, along with controls at Intrepid Fox, to achieve Intrepid Fox's service commitments and system requirements based on the applicable trust services criteria. The description presents Intrepid Fox's controls, the applicable trust services criteria, and the complementary user entity controls assumed in the design of Intrepid Fox's controls. Our examination did not include such complementary user entity controls and we have not evaluated the suitability of the design or operating effectiveness of such controls.

Intrepid Fox uses a subservice organization for data center colocation services. The description indicates that complementary subservice organization controls that are suitably designed and operating effectively are necessary, along with controls at Intrepid Fox to achieve Intrepid Fox's service commitments and system requirements based on the applicable trust services criteria. The description presents Intrepid Fox's controls, the applicable trust services criteria, and the types of complementary subservice organization controls assumed in the design of Intrepid Fox's controls. The description does not disclose the actual controls at the subservice organization. Our examination did not include the services provided by the subservice organization, and we have not evaluated the suitability of the design or operating effectiveness of such complementary subservice organization controls.

Service Organization’s Responsibilities

Intrepid Fox is responsible for its service commitments and system requirements and for designing, implementing, and operating effective controls within the system to provide reasonable assurance that Intrepid Fox's service commitments and system requirements were achieved. In Section 2, Intrepid Fox has provided the accompanying assertion titled “Assertion of Intrepid Fox Project Limited and Technologies LLM Europe's Management” (assertion) about the description and the suitability of design of controls stated therein. Intrepid Fox is also responsible for preparing the description and assertion, including the completeness, accuracy, and method of presentation of the description and assertion; providing the services covered by the description; selecting the applicable trust services criteria and stating the related controls in the description; and identifying the risks that threaten the achievement of the service organization’s service commitments and system requirements.

Service Auditor’s Responsibilities

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the description and on the suitability of design of controls stated in the description based on our examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform our examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether, in all material respects, the description is presented in accordance with the description criteria and the controls stated therein were suitably designed to provide reasonable assurance that the service organization’s service commitments and system requirements were achieved based on the applicable trust services criteria. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Inherent Limitations

The description is prepared to meet the common needs of a broad range of report users and may not, therefore, include every aspect of the system that individual users may consider important to meet their informational needs. There are inherent limitations in any system of internal control, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of controls. The projection to the future of any conclusions about the suitability of the design of controls is subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, in all material respects—

  1. 1. The description presents the Intrepid Fox Platform that was designed and implemented as of November 30, 2024, in accordance with the description criteria.
  2. 2. The controls stated in the description were suitably designed as of November 30, 2024, to provide reasonable assurance that Intrepid Fox's service commitments and system requirements would be achieved based on the applicable trust services criteria, if its controls operated effectively as of that date and if the subservice organization and user entities applied the complementary controls assumed in the design of Intrepid Fox’s controls as of that date.

Restricted Use

This report is intended solely for the information and use of Intrepid Fox; user entities of the Intrepid Fox Platform as of November 30, 2024, business partners of Intrepid Fox subject to risks arising from interactions with the Intrepid Fox Platform, practitioners providing services to such user entities and business partners, prospective user entities and business partners, and regulators who have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the following:

  • The nature of the service provided by the service organization.
  • How the service organization’s system interacts with user entities, business partners, subservice organizations, and other parties.
  • Internal control and its limitations.
  • Complementary user entity controls and complementary subservice organization controls and how those controls interact with the controls at the service organization to achieve the service organization’s service commitments and system requirements.
  • User entity responsibilities and how they may affect the user entity’s ability to effectively use the service organization’s services.
  • The applicable trust services criteria.
  • The risks that may threaten the achievement of the service organization’s service commitments and system requirements and how controls address those risks.

This report is not intended to be, and should not be, used by anyone other than these specified parties.

Laika Compliance LLC
Arlington, Virginia
December 17, 2024