Reston – September 14, 2026 -- Seekr and SEMPRE have signed a strategic partnership to run sovereign, explainable AI directly on SEMPRE's hardened edge infrastructure, hardening U.S. critical infrastructure against cyberattacks and grid loss.
Seekr's AI models will execute locally on SEMPRE Total Infrastructure Devices without touching the public internet
Under the agreement, Seekr's sovereign AI platform, SeekrFlow, will operate as a supported workload inside SEMPRE's environment. Models are built, tuned, and executed on each Device's own compute, with no model call and no production data crossing the public internet. The reasoning behind every AI output is recorded on site, remaining accessible to the operator.
SEMPRE's decentralized network lets each Device operate independently or mesh nationally
Each SEMPRE Total Infrastructure Device can function as a standalone node or connect with other Devices as part of a national decentralized network, extending a single digital environment across locations. The system combines connectivity, compute, and cybersecurity, letting operators run applications and move mission data without assembling separate infrastructure components.
Executives frame the deal as closing the gap between AI capability and battlefield deployment
"SEMPRE gives technology companies like Seekr a way to bring their capabilities to places they could not typically reach," said Rob Spalding, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SEMPRE. Rob Clark, President of Seekr, said the partnership delivers "a complete all-in-one survivable edge network that combines the networking, AI compute, and edge-optimized AI layer all in one hardened and resilient package, deployable as a single node or mesh network."
Domain-specific models and vision-language agents will run at the point of operational need
The joint offering will let customers deploy domain-specific large language models, vision-language models, and AI agents directly into operational environments to analyze local data, support decisions, and automate workflows without routing proprietary data through the public internet. Seekr and SEMPRE state the arrangement sustains AI-enabled operations through connectivity disruptions while keeping mission data and model reasoning under operator control.