After my direct experience with Maxim AI’s paid-collaboration bait-and-switch, I dug deeper into Bifrost itself — not the marketing, but the actual architecture, company setup, GitHub reality, and how it forces solo devs into a dangerous trust model. Here is the verifiable research as of April 27, 2026. 1. Company Structure: A Classic Delaware Shell Entity Legal entity : H3 Labs Inc., registered in Delaware (the go-to state for startups that want minimal transparency and easy incorporation). Operating name : Maxim AI (getmaxim.ai). Product : Bifrost — open-source LLM/MCP gateway on GitHub under maximhq/bifrost. This is not unusual for tech startups, but it becomes relevant when the entire business model depends on you handing over your real API keys to their control plane. There is no public funding announcement, no major VC backers listed, and almost zero independent third-party audits of their security practices beyond their own SECURITY.md file. 2.…