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Notes on Starlight, edge AI, infrastructure, and the federal-grade software we ship.
A lighter foundation for Kubernetes
Bare metal ties Kubernetes to physical servers. Traditional VMs put another platform underneath it. x0, Starlight's Kubernetes microVM orchestrator, makes the node itself lightweight: isolated, schedulable infrastructure without a heavyweight virtualization layer.
→The agent is the computer
Why microVMs are the right isolation boundary for AI agents, why the model driving them belongs on your own hardware, and what we are building underneath Starlight.
Engineering·August 7, 2026·Mainsail engineering·11 min
→Grace Blackwell at the edge: adding the Dell Pro Max GB10 to Starlight
Starlight now treats the Dell Pro Max with GB10, NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell developer system, as a first-class cluster node. The Blackwell GPU and the local models that run on it are now part of the platform — managed, governed, and secured the same way every other Starlight node is.
Announcement·June 25, 2026·Mainsail engineering·4 min
→Confidential compute, made simple
Confidential compute closes the third gap — data in use, the one most platforms leave unguarded. The capability has shipped on enormous amounts of hardware in the field and sits switched off because the on-ramp is too steep. Starlight detects it for you and turns it into a deployment decision rather than an infrastructure project.
Security·June 25, 2026·Mainsail security·7 min- Security→
What the 2026 post-quantum mandates require, and where Starlight already fits
This spring the federal government turned post-quantum cryptography from a planning topic into a set of dated obligations. The Department of War strategy and two White House executive orders together commit defense, the federal civilian estate, and their contractors to a migration that must be done by the end of 2031. Here is the short version of why the mandates matter and where Starlight already lines up.
Security·June 25, 2026·Mainsail security·6 min - Security→
Governed AI infrastructure requires more than visibility
AI is moving into operational environments where dashboards and reporting layers are not enough. Starlight pairs AccuKnox AI-SPM with KubeArmor runtime enforcement to govern AI workloads as operational infrastructure, even when connectivity does not hold.
Security·May 12, 2026·Mainsail security·6 min