What we're thinking, building, and shipping.
Notes from the team — short pieces on AI governance, security, auditability, and how we build Steelmoth.
What is an AI audit trail, and why should it be tamper-evident?
An AI audit trail is a permanent record of every action an AI assistant takes. Here's what belongs in one, and why 'tamper-evident' is the word that matters.
AI governance for small businesses: what it actually means
A plain-language guide to AI governance for SMEs — what it is, why it matters, and the three controls worth asking any AI vendor about.
On naming an operator.
We changed the name because we changed our minds about what we were building. A note on why "Steelmoth" — and why it matters that an operator have a name at all.
Authority is not cleverness.
A short piece on the architectural decision behind everything else: the part of Steelmoth that's clever is never the part that grants permission.
Invites open: wave one.
Steelmoth is now opening to a first wave of operators. A note on who we're working with first and why the cadence is deliberate.
Memory that can't be turned against you.
A remembering assistant is only an asset if its memory can't be quietly rewritten by something it happened to read. Here's how Steelmoth's memory layer is built.