We changed the name because we changed our minds about what we were building. What started as a broader research project has narrowed to something we can actually ship: a governed AI operator that does two concrete jobs for businesses — email triage and browser automation — backed by memory and a full audit trail.

The name is two halves. Steel is the part you can lean on — hardened, accountable, the part that doesn't bend. Moth is the part that does the work — quiet, tireless, the one that's still going after you've gone to bed.

We wanted a name that sounded like a tool, not a brand.

We also wanted a name that sounded like a tool, not a brand. The market is full of agents with star and rocket names. Steelmoth is the one with the ledger and the small steady wings.

Why it matters that an operator have a name.

An assistant is an interface — a chat box, a sidebar, a button. An operator is a thing in the world. It has authority delegated to it, it acts on your behalf, and it leaves consequences. Things like that need names. Naming is also accountability: if you can call the thing by name, you can ask what it did, and the thing can answer.