CIQ has released Fuzzball 4.3, a sovereign AI orchestration platform that enables enterprises to deploy open-weight models on their existing GPU infrastructure with a single command. The platform helps organisations operationalise AI models and agents on premises and in the cloud whilst maintaining control and governance. Fuzzball 4.3 features a self-service model catalogue with 11 presets covering GPT-OSS, Llama 4, Gemma 4, Qwen3-Coder, Mistral, and Nemotron 3 families. Models autoscale behind stable endpoints and can scale to zero when idle to free GPU capacity. The platform automatically connects agents to models through gateways without manual integration. The system supports heterogeneous GPU fleets across NVIDIA and AMD, with built-in governance features including authentication controls and rootless workloads. Fuzzball 4.3 deploys to major cloud providers and on-premises clusters.

Gregory Kurtzer, founder of Rocky Linux and CentOS, has launched OpenWALDO, an open source project building a shared corpus of AI training data. Sponsored by CIQ, the project aims to provide a transparent foundation for AI development, addressing issues like model collapse and unclear data provenance. OpenWALDO offers an AI Bill of Materials that traces sources, licences, and training runs, allowing developers to verify and build upon a common baseline. The project addresses the industry's problem of duplicated foundational work, where each AI team assembles training material independently. The community-governed initiative is open to individuals, researchers, and companies. CIQ, founded by Kurtzer in 2020, supports the project whilst the community maintains governance. Contributors can join via Slack and GitHub to participate in developing the public corpus.

CIQ, the founding commercial sponsor of Rocky Linux, has launched CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM), a fleet management tool included in all RLC Pro subscriptions. ELM allows enterprise Linux teams to control which updates reach their systems by requiring explicit approval before deployment. The platform enables teams to review, test, and approve security patches and software updates through a single checkpoint. Updates can be rolled forward or back as needed. Unlike traditional fleet management tools sold separately, ELM comes standard with RLC Pro and operates on customers' own infrastructure, including fully disconnected environments. ELM integrates with Ascender Pro, CIQ's configuration management system, synchronising vulnerability and inventory data across platforms. The system can prepare update sets significantly faster than legacy tools whilst maintaining thorough review processes. CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager is now generally available for RLC Pro customers.