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July 30, 2026

Observer or governor? Why your AI control plane needs identity-first controls

Your API gateway can tell you an agent made a call. Your directory can tell you the agent authenticated. Neither can tell you what the agent did once it was …

July 30, 2026

The two-door problem: splitting governance across an MCP gateway and an LLM gateway leaves a gap

An agent does two things that need governing: it calls models and it invokes tools. Most enterprises end up buying one vendor to watch the model calls and another to …

July 30, 2026

Is your AI control plane Kubernetes-native or Kubernetes-compatible? What the difference costs you

Most AI platforms claim to work with Kubernetes. Far fewer are actually built out of it, and the gap between those two claims shows up in your operating bill, your …

July 30, 2026

Who actually needs a self-hosted AI control plane?

Every enterprise rolling out AI agents eventually asks the same question: where does the control plane run? The answer depends on your data, your regulators, and how much of your …

July 27, 2026

What retail enterprises should demand from an AI control plane

AI agents are already repricing products, replenishing inventory, and triaging contact center queues in production, and many are touching customer purchase history and pricing engines before any policy exists to …

July 27, 2026

What financial services firms should demand from an AI control plane

AI agents are already in production at financial services firms, and many are touching customer data and regulated records before any governance policy exists to control them. Our new AI …