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A third option is emerging in the fight over AI and your data

September 23, 2026 · 31 min

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The AI industry has faced a growing enterprise dilemma: companies want access to powerful proprietary AI models without risking sensitive data or intellectual property, while AI labs want to protect their model weights from being exposed to customers. Traditionally, businesses had to choose between proprietary models with potential data-leakage concerns or open-weight models that lagged behind the frontier. Vast Data co-founder Jeff Denworth argues that a new approach can address both sides of the trust problem.

Vast Data’s DataEnclave uses Nvidia’s Confidential Computing technology to let enterprises run proprietary AI models securely on their own infrastructure, while preventing either the company’s data or the AI lab’s model weights from being exposed. Denworth says the timing reflects rapidly increasing enterprise AI adoption, particularly after agentic coding tools drove demand and usage. As AI agents create new requirements at the data layer, the podcast explores how enterprises are approaching AI, the security challenges involved, and the untapped potential of enterprise data.

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