Imagine a university campus buzzing with research breakthroughs—smart materials that could revolutionize manufacturing, green tech that could dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and other innovations capable of transforming industries. Now picture that same campus six years later, with most of those discoveries gathering dust in a patent repository, expired and forgotten. This tragic loss of opportunity is not due to a lack of ingenuity; it’s due to the immense complexity and cost of spinning an invention into a living, breathing company.

Traditional tech-transfer offices can’t keep up. They vet a handful of disclosures each year, navigate endless legal hurdles, and then try to match each project with scarce venture capital. The result? Only a fraction of patents become startups, and far fewer scale successfully. That’s why FyrstGen created Company Building as a Service (CBaaS®)—an industrial engine that ingests thousands of patents, evaluates them with AI, and spins up fully equipped companies around the most promising ideas. This model doesn’t replace human expertise; it amplifies it, turning a bottlenecked process into a high-throughput pipeline.

From the moment you hand in your patent portfolio, our platform springs into action. First, our AI-driven screening evaluates technical feasibility, shrinking months of analysis into days. Meanwhile, our legal-automation tools generate incorporation documents, governance bylaws, and IP licenses tailored to each jurisdiction. No more waiting for specialized counsel or worrying about cross-border compliance—our standardized playbook covers it all.

Once the paperwork is in place, the real magic begins. They don’t need to hire or train staff; everything from HR to accounting is provisioned through our shared services hub. This “company in a box” approach means your invention jumps straight to market-readiness in under six weeks, versus the typical 12–18 months.

But speed is only half the equation. Scale is where the economic impact truly multiplies. Companies created through CBaaS® immediately tap into a global network of suppliers, manufacturing partners, investors, and distribution channels. By embedding each startup into a ready-made ecosystem, we slash operational friction and accelerate revenue generation.

The downstream effects on national economies will be profound through direct sales, tax revenues, and job creation. These aren’t one-off wins; they’re self-reinforcing cycles. As governments and institutions see returns, they can reinvest equity stakes back into research funding, creating a virtuous loop of innovation and growth.

“Shelved IP” refers to intellectual property—often the result of significant public or institutional R&D investment—that is legally protected or patented but remains unused, unlicensed, and uncommercialized. Universities globally create innovations that never make it beyond the filing cabinet or patent database, often due to a lack of entrepreneurial capacity, funding, or strategic support. In fact, fewer than 5% of university-held patents globally are ever licensed or spun out.

One of the most persistent blind spots in global innovation ecosystems is the phenomenon of “invisible IP”— innovation that occurs outside formal IP systems and is never patented, documented, or commercially recognized. This may happen in and outside of university settings.

This mirrors a broader global pattern. Both UNESCO and UNCTAD have underscored the systemic neglect of grassroots and community-based innovation, particularly in less advanced economies. The UNCTAD notes that most innovation in low-income countries is incremental, informal, and unrecognized by traditional patent systems.

Ultimately, CBaaS® has the capability to transform thousands of patents from a dusty archive into a dynamic engine of prosperity. No longer do labs have to hire dozens of specialists or wait years for funding rounds. Instead, invention meets execution on an automated assembly line, and dormant ideas come to life as engines of jobs, revenue, and societal benefit. By industrializing company creation, FyrstGen is not just rescuing patents from oblivion—it’s building the economic backbone of tomorrow’s nations.