KeyGuard
API Key First Aid for Non-Technical People
Zero account Zero storage Instant protection
B2B + B2C
Team
Jillian NerhoodKaia Jaden Wing-AlpertTiana EgidiAayna Bahulkar
The Problem 02
AI adoption is outpacing digital literacy.
Millions of non-technical people are handed an API key with zero context — so it ends up everywhere it never should. Permanent. Insecure. Unrecoverable.
Google Chat
hey can you use this real quick 🙏
sk-proj-7xK9mQ2v…
Pasted in Google Chat
Lives on their servers forever
Camera Roll
sk-proj-7xK9m…
Screenshotted
Synced to iCloud, everywhere
Email
To: me
Subject: my key
sk-proj-7xK9mQ2v…
Emailed to self
Permanent on mail servers
Google Docs
Untitled document
sk-proj-7xK9m…
Saved in a Doc
Anyone with the link, no expiry
12.8M
secrets exposed on GitHub in 2024
GITGUARDIAN
#1
attack vector for data breaches: compromised credentials
IBM
$1k–25k+
unauthorized charges from one leaked key, within hours
OPENAI KEY MISUSE
72%
of organizations have adopted AI
McKINSEY 2024
KeyGuard
02 / 10
User Insight 03
The panic moment nobody is solving for.
A marketing coordinator signs up for the OpenAI API because their manager said to. The dashboard shows:  sk-proj-7xK9m…  They have no idea what it is.
What existing tools say
"Rotate this credential and store it in a vault."
What the user is thinking
"What's a vault? My app works fine. I'll just Google Chat it to my teammate."
They don't need a security audit. They need first aid.
KeyGuard
03 / 10
Market 04
A massively underserved audience.
Non-technical employees
Marketing, sales, ops, HR
Vibe coders & students
Cursor, Replit, Bolt, v0
Solo founders & creators
Building with AI
Bootcamps & schools
Teaching new coders
Agencies & AI platforms
Onboarding non-devs
1Password / Bitwarden
Built for power users & devs. Needs an account, setup, and vault know-how.
GitHub Secret Scanning
Only scans GitHub repos. Non-technical users don't use GitHub. Jargon-heavy alerts.
GitGuardian
DevSecOps & enterprise. Requires CI/CD. Assumes you know what "rotate" means.
Doppler / Infisical
Engineering secret managers, not education tools. Assumes env-var fluency.
Email / Google Chat (today's default)
What everyone actually uses. No encryption, no expiry, no audit trail — keys persist forever.
Every competitor serves developers. Nobody serves the non-technical person holding their first API key.
KeyGuard
04 / 10
Impact 05
Prevent leaks before they happen.
Prevent surprise charges
Stop unauthorized API spending before a key is ever exposed.
Kill the "Google Chat it to me" habit
A safe alternative: a link that self-destructs after one view.
Build AI literacy
Every use teaches someone what an API key is and why it matters.
Accelerate AI adoption
Removes the #1 blocker to giving employees AI tools: "they'll leak the keys."
Primary metricAPI keys handled safely vs. estimated unsafe handling
KeyGuard
05 / 10
Solution 06
KeyGuard — how it works.
1
Paste your key
"You just got an API key. Let's keep it safe." A secure field hides it as dots.
2
Instant detection
KeyGuard reads the first characters and names the service.
sk-→✳OpenAI
sk-ant-→✳Anthropic
hf_→🤗Hugging Face
ghp_→⌥GitHub
3
Plain-language education
"This key is like a password. If someone steals it, they use your account — and you get the bill."
Never do this
Google Chat  ·  Email  ·  Screenshot  ·  Google Doc
STEP 4 · THREE SAFE ACTIONS
Zero storage. The key is encrypted in your browser — we never see it in plaintext.
KeyGuard
06 / 10
Competitive Advantage 07
What makes KeyGuard different.
KeyGuard
 1PasswordGitHub
Scanning		GitGuardianDoppler
Zero account required
Zero storage of keys
Auto-detects the service
Explains risk in plain English
One-time self-destructing link
Auto-clearing clipboard
Encrypted local download
Works instantly in browser, no install
Built for non-technical people
"1Password is for developers who know what .env means. KeyGuard is for everyone else."
KeyGuard
07 / 10
Live Demo
See it live.
KeyGuard doesn't just say “don't post this anywhere” — it tells you exactly what to do with the key you were handed. Try it yourself:
Scan to open
Try it live keyguard-first-aid.capricious-supernova.workers.dev
⚡ No install·Opens in your browser·Zero storage
KeyGuard
08 / 10
Cloudflare Products 09 PresenterTiana Egidi
Eight products. One safety net.
Workers
Protected API proxy
Browser Rendering
Inspect deployed apps
Secrets Store
Protect API keys
AI Gateway
Spending & usage limits
Workers AI
Explain findings
D1
Store scan results
Workflows
Schedule rescans
Turnstile
Prevent abuse
KeyGuard
09 / 10
Risks & Reality 10 PresenterKaia Jaden Wing-Alpert
Risks we're clear-eyed about.
Existing secret scanners already cover part of the problem.
Supporting every platform is unrealistic.
Users may ignore warnings.
KeyGuard must never store detected keys.
Our differentiator
KeyGuard doesn't just detect leaks.
Explains Fixes Verifies
KeyGuard
10 / 10
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