AI-powered classification against CCL and USML, real-time denied party screening, and license tracking — all in one platform built for defence and aerospace.
⚠ A single ITAR violation: up to $1,000,000 in fines and 20 years in prison.
Export control is one of the most consequential regulatory regimes in the world — yet the industry still relies on manual classification, email-based license tracking, and periodic spot-checks against government watchlists. The gap between regulatory expectation and operational reality is enormous.
Vanthar replaces disconnected spreadsheets, manual review queues, and periodic audits with a continuous, AI-powered compliance intelligence layer.
AI-assisted classification of products, components, software, and technical data against both the USML (ITAR) and CCL (EAR). The system follows the Order of Review, flags ambiguous dual-use items, and updates automatically when DDTC or BIS publishes revised control lists — no manual re-audit required.
USML + CCL + ECCNScreen customers, suppliers, distributors, and partners in real time against the Denied Persons List, Entity List, Unverified List, SDN List, and Debarred Parties list. Continuous re-screening catches newly-added parties across existing relationships before the next transaction triggers a violation.
400K+ entries · Live syncCentralise your entire ITAR/EAR licence portfolio. Track utilisation against licence ceilings, receive automated expiry alerts, and maintain a defensible audit trail for every transaction authorised under each licence. Eliminates the spreadsheet-driven licence management that underlies most repeat violations.
DSP-5 · DSP-73 · EAR licencesDeemed exports — sharing controlled technology with foreign nationals on US soil — carry the same penalties as physical exports, yet most companies have no systematic monitoring. Vanthar integrates with HR systems to flag employees whose nationality and role combination triggers a licence requirement under ITAR §120.9.
HR integration · Nationality rulesThe USML and CCL are revised multiple times per year. Vanthar monitors Federal Register publications from DDTC and BIS, parses rulemaking in real time, and surfaces items in your product catalogue affected by new rules — before they take effect.
BIS + DDTC monitoringEvery classification decision, screening result, and licence usage event is timestamped and logged. Generate DDTC-compliant audit reports, demonstrate good-faith compliance effort, and reduce penalty exposure during enforcement actions with a complete, defensible compliance record.
Exportable · Immutable logVanthar wraps around your existing product, HR, and deal workflows — no rip-and-replace required.
Vanthar is purpose-built for organisations that design, manufacture, or broker defence and dual-use technologies subject to ITAR and EAR. Not generic trade compliance. Not customs. Export control.
Tier-1 and Tier-2 manufacturers of aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, and defence systems managing thousands of USML-controlled parts with complex multinational supply chains and DSP-5 licence portfolios.
Dual-use AI, autonomy, sensor, and communications startups navigating their first ITAR registration, Technical Assistance Agreements, and the deemed export rules that apply when foreign engineers join the team.
Federally-funded labs working on ITAR-adjacent research — hypersonics, propulsion, materials — where foreign graduate researchers create deemed-export exposure that most compliance officers manage manually at best.
Boutique ECPs and Big Four teams advising clients on ITAR programme development who need scalable classification infrastructure, denied party screening, and audit-ready reporting to deliver at enterprise scope.
"Every compliance team I've spoken with is one missed screening away from an enforcement action. The risk is structural — and the tooling hasn't caught up."
Akshat Shukla founded Vanthar after observing the same pattern across organisations in the defence supply chain: export control regimes of extraordinary legal weight, managed by people who are skilled, diligent — and completely underserved by their tools. The gap isn't capability or intent. It's infrastructure.
Before Vanthar, Akshat worked at the intersection of regulatory intelligence and applied AI, developing a deep understanding of how the ITAR/EAR framework operates in practice — not just on paper. That gap between the Federal Register and a manufacturer's shop floor is where Vanthar lives.
Vanthar is built on a simple thesis: export control is too consequential to be managed manually. The penalties are criminal. The regulatory surface is expanding. And the companies most at risk are often the ones least resourced to handle it.
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