Provider account
The customer retains the underlying provider relationship.
No hidden shared provider identity is required for continuity.
Forge is designed to avoid forcing the customer to surrender its underlying AI-provider relationship. The baseline pathway remains available as a practical continuity option.
Continuity is part of the product architecture, not an afterthought. The value proposition should fail safely: service can continue even when Forge optimization is not available.
Where approved continuity configuration is in place, Forge can be bypassed so eligible activity returns to the existing authorized provider path. AI service continues while optimization savings may be temporarily lost.
Continuity is stronger because the baseline environment is not surrendered. The provider account, approved baseline route and ability to pause Forge remain available so optimization does not become a single point of operational dependency.
The customer retains the underlying provider relationship.
No hidden shared provider identity is required for continuity.
The existing approved path remains available.
That path supports Proof Audit and practical failover.
Forge influence can be paused or bypassed under approved controls.
The trade-off is temporary loss of optimization savings, not loss of AI service.
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