01 Government AI Challenges
Government Agencies Face a Multitude of Production AI Roadblocks.
According to the recent Carahsoft paper, “Mission-Ready AI,” infrastructure is the missing layer in Federal AI planning. However, challenges and limitations extend far beyond that. Since January 2025, there have been 15 Executive Orders, Companion Orders, Memorandums and OMB Directives issued that pertain to AI, its governance and proliferation.
With 80% unstructured data, legacy IT, talent gaps and slow procurement processes, most Federal agencies face an uphill battle to get pilots off the ground let alone production use cases that advance the mission.
A recent Booz Allen/Market Connections survey cited only 7% of Federal leaders with AI agents in production.
List of Orders, Memorandums & Directives
EO 14110, EO 14179, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” EO 14277, EO 14319, Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Promoting the Export of American AI Technologies, EO 14355, EO 14363, EO 14365, EO 14409, NSPM-11, M-25-21, M-25-22, and M-26-04.
Let’s look at the most common Government AI challenges and how Eminence Grey helps agencies like yours overcome them.
Challenge
Solution
PrivacyZero tolerance for data leaks
Isolated Federal workloads and data that never touches the public internet
GovernanceCan’t verify isolation, residency
Whitehorse enables customer-verifiable isolation/residency in real-time
ProcurementCan’t get to market due to slow process, scarcity and lack of compliant suppliers
US-based, just-in-time inventory plus reduced lead times via strategic partner supply chains, SCIF and cleared options available
ComplexityCan’t align all internal stakeholders across the full AI requirement
Streamlined procurement: one contract for every infrastructure component
ComplianceExisting vendors are not configured for critical use case, violation
Sovereign/Verifiable isolation across the full data lifecycle, auditable, custom compliance solution available upon request
Readiness gapsTalent/skills, unstructured data, governance and oversight, legacy IT
Turnkey Federal solution provides cleared, skilled personnel, modern AI nodes and hardware, post-quantum security, and abundant storage space.
Forward-deployed sovereign AIMaintaining data governance and sovereignty
Turnkey Defense solutions with modular and edge capabilities maintain air-gapped AI environment for Department of War and specific Defense agencies.
It’s time to execute a deep dive for full documentation on your solutions. We encourage you to schedule a discovery call with an Eminence Grey technical expert.
02 Federal Agencies
Purpose-Built to Address Federal, Defense-Grade Requirements
Our founders include high-ranking former military leaders and special forces who designed Eminence Sovereign infrastructure systems to meet FedRAMP to Top Secret/SCI/SCIF requirements for Intelligence and Defense agencies. Eminence Grey is US based and provides all-American, local, private, secure and high-performance sovereign infrastructure environments that are designed to comply with TA and CMMC.
With infrastructure you can trust, your agency can move past the pilot, commanding your respective battlefields with production AI excellence.
Defense and Intelligence
DoD/DoW (all branches and agencies including CDAO), CIA, NSA, DIA, NGA, NRO
Health and Human Services (HHS), Veterans
HHS (CDC, NIH, FDA, CMS), VA
Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
DHS, CISA, TSA, FEMA, CBP, DOJ, FBI, DEA, ATF
Science, Energy and Space
DOE, National Labs, NASA, NSF, NOAA, USGS
Infrastructure and Transportation
DOT, FAA, Interior, USDA, EPA
Diplomacy and International Affairs
State Department, USAID
Civilian Administrative and Independent Agencies
GSA, OPM, SBA, SEC, FCC, FDIC
Prime Contractors and Systems Integrators
03 Offering
Defense-Grade, Sovereign AI Infrastructure Systems
Eminence Grey provides defense-grade, sovereign AI infrastructure systems that Federal agencies can trust with critical workloads, intelligence, valuable resources, and sensitive data (classified and unclassified).
Eminence Sovereign
Our core offering, Eminence Sovereign is a turnkey, managed infrastructure system that combines AI nodes, dedicated GPU clusters, private network, Whitehorse command and control plane, Outrider secure-access appliances, and post-quantum security on a single agreement. Agencies and primes reserve each system for a flat, monthly rate over a defined period. Deploy at a single AI node or across multiple locations creating a nationwide, distributed, sovereign AI infrastructure fabric. SCIF and on-prem options are available. Hardware scale can range from a single cluster, container, and dedicated AI nodes of capacity.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is Eminence Grey’s proprietary, patent-pending command and control plane (C2). Unlimited licensing of the innovative tool is included in every customer sovereign AI infrastructure system. Whitehorse provides the industry’s first “ephemeral networking” capability where one-time-use workload network paths are automatically spun up at runtime and removed upon completion reducing overall attack surface. Customers also benefit from the ability to verify workload isolation in real time for auditing purposes. Whitehorse is the orchestration engine that powers sovereign infrastructure distribution across the secure, nationwide network of Eminence Grey AI nodes.
Outrider
Outriders are proprietary Eminence Grey appliances that offer secure access to approved customer personnel at the edge. The customer-dedicated endpoints integrate with each infrastructure system via NVIDIA BlueField DPU or similar connection. Outriders are not connected to the public internet and ensure no unauthorized access to customer environments.
Compliance Program
The Eminence Grey compliance program features foundational controls and audits with the ability to add custom compliance upon request. This includes regulations such as FedRAMP (all levels), ITAR, IL4, IL5, IL6, SECRET, and Top Secret / SCI. There is no guarantee of compliance and custom engagements take extended periods of time to achieve and may require upfront payment and/or government sponsor as part of the engagement.
Listing agency names, Executive Orders, regulatory and compliance frameworks does not imply endorsement, progress, or outcomes of any kind. They are listed as informational, design capabilities, example use-case, and for aspirational purposes.
04 Validation
Lumen Chose Eminence Grey as National Sovereign AI Infrastructure Partner
“Sovereign AI isn’t just about where data lives. It’s about how data moves. Lumen’s programmable network provides the connectivity and control needed to connect those environments while maintaining security, performance, and operational visibility. Together with Eminence Grey, we’re helping organizations build a foundation for sovereign AI that keeps critical data protected while enabling innovation at scale.”
Jim Fowler, Chief Technology and Product Officer, Lumen Technologies
05 Next Steps
Ready for Next Steps? We Move Fast.
We know Federal AI demand comes with urgent timelines and executive-level mandates. The entire process from discovery to go-live can be executed quickly. Eminence Grey provides an efficient contracting process spearheaded by in-house counsel and Federal go-to-market partners. If you are ready to move fast, so are we.