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CIQ’s Fuzzball 4.3 runs validated open-weight models on a customer’s own GPUs with one command
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CIQ’s Fuzzball 4.3 runs validated open-weight models on a customer’s own GPUs with one command

Open models deploy from a catalog with validated presets, and in-cluster agents discover them automatically, across heterogeneous GPU fleets on-premises and in major clouds. RENO, Nev., October 8,…

Oct 8, 2026
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CIQ announces Apptainer Pro for production AI and HPC containers with enterprise control
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CIQ announces Apptainer Pro for production AI and HPC containers with enterprise control

Long-term support, preflight compatibility checks, execution records and cluster image distribution give platform teams a supported path from the open source Apptainer runtime to production. RENO,…

Oct 8, 2026
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CIQ challenges 20 teams to scale real AI across a full cluster before SC26
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CIQ challenges 20 teams to scale real AI across a full cluster before SC26

Teams will use Lenovo ThinkStation PGX systems powered by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, orchestrated by CIQ Fuzzball, to train, serve, and benchmark AI workloads in Chicago from November…

Oct 7, 2026
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Arcee AI selects Fuzzball for portable workload orchestration at frontier scale
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Arcee AI selects Fuzzball for portable workload orchestration at frontier scale

Fuzzball will help Arcee coordinate compute-intensive model-development workflows across cloud and on-premises environments while Arcee retains control of its models, data, and training and inference…

Sep 15, 2026
Fuzzball
CIQ ships RLC Pro AI on the newest long-term Linux kernel and converts accelerator capability into production throughput
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CIQ ships RLC Pro AI on the newest long-term Linux kernel and converts accelerator capability into production throughput

RLC Pro AI runs the latest long-term Linux kernel, 6.18, with the GPU stack tuned and validated at first boot, and now ships as container images that run anywhere an enterprise puts an AI workload.…

Sep 10, 2026
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Fuzzball 4.2 gives enterprises one platform to build, train, and serve their own AI
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Fuzzball 4.2 gives enterprises one platform to build, train, and serve their own AI

CIQ announces Fuzzball 4.2, a sovereign AI and HPC orchestration platform with an MCP server for AI agents, health-aware scheduling, and AMD ROCm GPU support.

Sep 3, 2026
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CIQ takes a leap forward in partner enablement for the age of AI
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CIQ takes a leap forward in partner enablement for the age of AI

The CIQ partner portal gives resellers, distributors, cloud, technology and hardware partners a defined engagement route, registered deal protection, and self-service access to pricing, material and…

Aug 27, 2026
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CIQ opens direct purchase of Enterprise Linux and removes procurement from the path to production
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CIQ opens direct purchase of Enterprise Linux and removes procurement from the path to production

CIQ's commercial software is easier to discover, purchase, and deploy, and none of it requires companies to navigate a traditional enterprise sales process. RENO, Nev., August 18, 2026 — CIQ, the…

Aug 18, 2026
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Rocky Linux founder Gregory Kurtzer builds OpenWALDO as a true collaborative open source community for AI
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Rocky Linux founder Gregory Kurtzer builds OpenWALDO as a true collaborative open source community for AI

OpenWALDO gives AI a community maintained, independently verifiable foundation that frees every builder to innovate and compete above it, sponsored by CIQ. RENO, Nev., August 11, 2026 — Gregory…

Aug 11, 2026
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CIQ launches CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM), the premier lifecycle solution for RLC Pro
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CIQ launches CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM), the premier lifecycle solution for RLC Pro

Enterprises now control content, patching, and rollout for their fleet, built standard into RLC Pro at no added cost. RENO, Nev. – August 6, 2026 – CIQ, the founding commercial sponsor of Rocky…

Aug 6, 2026
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CIQ arms federal agencies and contractors with kernel-level detection and BOD 26-04-compliant remediation
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CIQ arms federal agencies and contractors with kernel-level detection and BOD 26-04-compliant remediation

RLC Pro Hardened and Ascender Pro together give federal teams kernel exploitation detection as it happens and CVE remediation before it wipes out an entire fleet RENO, Nev., July 23, 2026 — CIQ, the…

Jul 23, 2026
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CIQ expands Ascender Pro with automated remediation tools

Jul 10, 2026Sean Mitchell
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