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Vantio AI

Vantio is infrastructure-level security for autonomous AI.

Vantio AI is a Pittsburgh-based cybersecurity company founded in 2026. We build infrastructure-level security and governance for autonomous AI agents and large language models, using operating-system and host controls rather than software-only application layers.

Vantio provides infrastructure-level enforcement for autonomous AI, keeping agent actions inside the boundaries an organization defines.

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Present

Available today

These are the three products a team can start with today. Gate is not a current product.

Observe

Vantio Optics

Free, forever

Optics is Vantio’s free observability product for teams beginning to understand autonomous-agent activity. It shows where supported agents connect and provides process and trace context without storing prompts or completions. Optics makes activity visible. It does not claim to enforce paths it cannot control.

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Observe · Enforce · Control

Vantio Phantom Engine

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Phantom Engine is the infrastructure enforcement layer for autonomous AI. It observes agent activity, enforces policy on supported application paths, and maintains host-level authority on enrolled Linux infrastructure when application controls are bypassed. A node is one enrolled Linux worker node, virtual machine, or host running Phantom Engine, counted during each billing period. It is not a user seat or a general endpoint license.

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Govern

Vantio Enterprise

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Phantom Engine answers what an agent is allowed to do. Vantio Enterprise governs who may authorize that authority and preserves evidence of what happened. Vantio Enterprise is optional. It does not create a certification by itself.

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Roadmap

Not yet available

These are not live products today.

  • Windows and macOS host control are not available. Phantom Engine host protection is for enrolled Linux.
  • Certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 42001, and FedRAMP are not held. We map evidence to those programs. That is not the same as holding a certification.
  • An independent install on infrastructure Vantio does not operate is still open, not passed. Company-operated evidence does not replace that walk.
  • Robotics, drone, industrial, and vehicle protection are not shipped products. Vantio does not control motors, flight, or braking.
  • Gate is not a current SKU. Enforce is a technical plane inside Phantom Engine. Do not treat Gate as a product you can buy today.
  • Vantio does not claim universal endpoint protection, protection of machines that have not been enrolled, or the ability to reverse an action that has already completed outside the host.

Coverage detail lives on Architecture and Docs.

Software rules only work while the software follows them.

AI agents increasingly operate tools, access credentials, move information, and execute commands. Most safeguards live inside the same application path the agent is expected to follow.

Phantom Engine adds an independent enforcement layer on the infrastructure where the agent operates.

One product. Three enforcement planes.

  1. Observe

  2. Enforce

  3. Control

Phantom Engine

Observe

Observe

Establish attributable visibility into supported agent activity without creating a warehouse of prompts and completions.

Enforce

Enforce

Apply destination, sensitive-data, and spending policies before information leaves a supported application path.

Control

Control

Maintain authority on enrolled Linux hosts. Detect bypass activity, contain affected processes, revoke authority, and preserve verifiable evidence within validated coverage.

Observe, Enforce, and Control operate together as Phantom Engine. They are not separate products.

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Common questions

What is Vantio?
Vantio AI is a Pittsburgh-based cybersecurity company founded in 2026. We build infrastructure-level security and governance for autonomous AI agents and large language models, using operating-system and host controls rather than software-only application layers. Vantio provides infrastructure-level enforcement for autonomous AI, keeping agent actions inside the boundaries an organization defines.
What Vantio products are available today?
Three products are available today. Optics is free forever and shows supported AI-agent activity without storing prompts or completions; it does not block. For Phantom Engine, contact Vantio. It observes agent activity, enforces policy on supported application paths, and maintains host-level authority on enrolled Linux. Vantio Enterprise is optional governance and evidence on Phantom Engine. Contact Vantio.
What is not yet available from Vantio?
Windows and macOS host control are not available. Certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 42001, and FedRAMP are not held. An independent install on infrastructure Vantio does not operate is still open, not passed. Robotics, drone, industrial, and vehicle protection are not shipped products. Gate is not a current SKU. Enforce is a technical plane inside Phantom Engine. Vantio does not claim universal endpoint protection.
Does Optics read prompts or conversations?
No. Optics records egress telemetry — host, size, process, and trace — and does not store prompts or completions.
How is this different from an AI gateway or an endpoint tool?
Prompt logs keep the words. Gateways add another hop. Endpoint suites hunt malware. Optics observes supported agent traffic without storing prompts. Phantom Engine applies customer-defined destination, sensitive-data, and spending policies on supported application paths. Enforcement records identify which rule was applied and why. Phantom Engine maintains host-level authority on enrolled Linux infrastructure when application controls are bypassed. Prompt-injection detectors and provider routers still do jobs we do not.
Do you hold SOC 2 or FedRAMP today?
No. Framework mapping and evidence support an assessment. Formal certifications are a separate program. Detail lives on /compliance.
What is the Stranger Host Standard, and is it complete?
The Stranger Host Standard is an Open external acceptance test: a qualified Linux customer completes Optics and Phantom Engine using public docs and the customer package, with no Vantio SSH. Company-operated hosts are ineligible. A completed pass has not been recorded. No design partners are enrolled. The install walk is on /docs/install. Gate is not a current SKU. Enforce is a technical plane inside Phantom Engine.

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