# Starlight

> Software you install on your own hardware. Run virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads on a single platform with one operational model from data center to tactical edge.

Starlight is built by Mainsail Industries Inc. for organizations operating infrastructure where resilience, operational clarity, sovereignty, and reliability matter most. Customers include the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, defense industrial base, and critical infrastructure operators. Mainsail is a C corporation and an independent software vendor — Starlight is software customers install and run on their own infrastructure. Mainsail does not provide infrastructure, billing, capacity, or hosted services.

## Products

- [Virtual machines](https://mainsailindustries.com/starlight/virtual-machines): Run existing Windows and Linux VMs unchanged. No per-core or per-socket licensing. Confidential computing with AMD SEV / SEV-ES / SEV-SNP and Intel TDX. UEFI and Secure Boot. Snapshots, clones, resize, and live migration. Connects to existing block, file, and object storage. Connects directly to existing networks and VLANs. Operates with the observability, SIEM, and IaC tooling teams already run.
- [Containers](https://mainsailindustries.com/starlight/containers): Run any OCI-compliant container image, pulled from existing registries, on-premises mirrors, or airgapped sites. Peer-mesh control plane — every node runs its full control plane locally and operates independently when partitioned. Two-node high availability without quorum, witness, or third-node tax. Modern service-mesh networking with declarative intent compiled to firewall rules and an L7 gateway, no sidecar required.
- [Edge AI](https://mainsailindustries.com/starlight/edge-ai): AI infrastructure for the edge. OCI-packaged models, OpenAI-compatible endpoints (vLLM for production GPU, llama.cpp for the edge). Heterogeneous hardware support (GPU, CPU+GPU, CPU-only). Drivers in the immutable host image for atomic updates. Designed for DDIL (Disconnected, Intermittent, Limited bandwidth) environments.

## Architecture

- Peer-mesh control plane, not hub-and-spoke. Every node is independently operational; peers coordinate as a mesh when reachable and operate independently when partitioned. There is no central control plane to lose.
- One operational model from data center to tactical edge. Same control plane, same policy, same audit, everywhere.
- Hardware-rooted security. Hardened, immutable host with STIG and FIPS alignment. Confidential computing for VM data encrypted while in-use. Hardware attestation for trusted launches. Quantum random number generation from Qrypt and post-quantum cryptographic algorithms built into the platform.
- Runtime protection inside the workload. Process-level monitoring, file system access controls, network policy enforcement, capability and syscall controls. Preconfigured agents from first boot.
- AI security posture management (AI-SPM) with AccuKnox for prompt firewall, model red-teaming, supply-chain controls, and governance mapped to NIST AI RMF, MITRE AI, EU AI Act, ISO 42001, and OWASP.

## Pricing

- Simple node-based pricing — one node equals one subscription.
- No per-core or per-socket licensing.
- No quotas on the number or type of VMs or containers you can run.
- No bundled SKUs forcing customers to buy what they do not use.
- Compute, networking, storage, security, lifecycle management, and operations console are all included.

## Resources

- [Whitepapers](https://mainsailindustries.com/resources/whitepapers): Architecture deep-dives, deployment patterns, comparative analysis.
- [One-pager](https://mainsailindustries.com/resources/one-pager): Single-page summary briefs you can hand off to a colleague or evaluator.
- [Blog](https://mainsailindustries.com/resources/blog): Notes on what Mainsail is building and how to operate Starlight.

## Optional

- [Industries](https://mainsailindustries.com/industries): Defense, intelligence community, and critical infrastructure deployments.
- [Use cases](https://mainsailindustries.com/use-cases): How teams deploy and operate Starlight.
- [Contact](https://mainsailindustries.com/contact): Talk to us about a deployment review.

## Company

Mainsail Industries Inc.
100 S. Ashley Drive, Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33602
info@mainsailindustries.com