Blog
Writing on what we are building.
Notes on Starlight, edge AI, infrastructure, and the federal-grade software we ship.
Introducing Starlight
We've been quiet for a while. Mostly because we've spent the last year building. Starlight is an infrastructure platform for running VMs, containers, and AI workloads on hardware you already own.
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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 - Security→
Future of confidential infrastructure & why we're betting on Intel TDX
Most infrastructure security models assume that once an attacker gains physical access to a machine, compromise is inevitable. At the edge, where infrastructure often operates in physically exposed environments, that becomes a critical problem. Here's why we're betting on Intel TDX and what it means for confidential edge AI.
Security·May 10, 2026·Mainsail security·5 min - Security→
Starlight Secure
Federal infrastructure teams are squeezed between climbing VMware costs and the operational weight of Kubernetes. We built StarlightOS for the third option: an immutable, hardened platform smaller teams can run securely without a dedicated SRE bench.
Security·May 10, 2026·Mainsail security·5 min 
→Why peer-mesh beats hub-and-spoke at the edge
Most infrastructure software still assumes the network is reliable. At the edge, that assumption becomes a liability. Here's why peer-mesh beats hub-and-spoke once partitions are routine.
Architecture·April 22, 2026·Mainsail engineering·5 min