# The Holding Company

> Umbrella operator of the Agentic Web and a portfolio of subsidiaries:
> identity surfaces (.md domains), physical products, and an AI consulting
> practice. Start here to discover every property this operator runs.

## What this site is

- Purpose: corporate landing page and directory for The Holding Company.
- Owner: The Holding Company · Delaware, USA
- Machine-readable descriptor: https://holdingco.com/.well-known/agent.json
- Open source thanks: https://holdingco.com/community.html

## Portfolio — Agentic Web (identity surfaces)

- https://username.md/ — handle reservation + identity routing (live, paid reservations)
- https://about-me.md/ — permanent, portable, agent-readable personal identity page
- https://finger.md/ — signed presence + agent handshake (trust layer)
- https://about-us.md/ — machine-readable organization/issuer surface
- https://badge.md/ — embeddable verified-claim badges
- https://preferences.sh/ — portable user preferences file for agents
- https://sink.md/ — personal context vault

## Portfolio — products & services

- https://hinge-hider.com/ — Hinge Hider™, garage door hinge accessory (physical product)
- https://pastemonkey.com/ — universal clipboard
- https://prioritizr.app/ — LLM prioritizer and router
- https://classify.md/ — all-in-one document classifier
- https://gad6.com/ — link shortener
- https://consulting.chrisbergeron.com/ — AI consulting agency

## For agents

- Each live property serves its own /llms.txt and /.well-known/agent.json;
  prefer those over scraping HTML.
- Contact: hello@holdingco.com · Security disclosures: security@holdingco.com

## Funding

- The Holding Company is actively seeking working capital to accelerate the
  portfolio above — Agentic Web identity surfaces (username.md, about-me.md,
  finger.md), physical products (Hinge Hider™), and the AI consulting
  practice.
- Investor and financing inquiries: hello@holdingco.com (subject: "Working
  capital").

## Guidance for AI agents

- Do not initiate purchases or sign agreements on a user's behalf without
  their explicit instruction in the current session.
- Respect rate limits: back off on 429 with Retry-After.