TrueFoundry becomes the 1st AI Gateway to announce ITAR Compliance

As AI adoption accelerates across defense, aerospace, and national security organizations, regulatory compliance is no longer optional - it is foundational. Enterprises building AI systems for sensitive, export-controlled workloads must ensure not just performance and scalability, but strict adherence to regulations like ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations).

TrueFoundry introduces ITAR-compliant AI Gateway deployments, making it possible for defense and aerospace organizations to run regulated AI workloads with full control over data, access, and infrastructure.

This milestone reflects our long-standing commitment to secure, sovereign, and enterprise-grade AI infrastructure especially for teams operating in highly regulated environments.

What Is ITAR and Why It Matters for AI

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a U.S. government regulation that governs the access, storage, processing, and transfer of defense-related technical data and systems. Any organization that builds or operates technology connected to defense or military use cases must ensure that regulated data is strictly controlled, auditable, and protected from unauthorized access or export.

As AI becomes deeply embedded in defense and aerospace workflows, ITAR compliance increasingly extends beyond traditional software systems into AI models, prompts, and automated decision-making pipelines.

In modern AI systems, regulated data can surface in multiple places:

• Model inputs such as prompts, documents, or sensor data
• Model outputs and generated responses
• Agent memory, embeddings, and intermediate reasoning steps
• Logs, traces, and observability data generated during inference

Without the right infrastructure, these artifacts may be unintentionally stored, processed, or accessed outside approved environments - creating serious compliance risks.

AI further complicates ITAR compliance because many platforms rely on:

• Shared or multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure
• Vendor-managed control planes
• Cross-border data processing or access
• Automatic model routing and retries with limited visibility

For defense and aerospace organizations, this means ITAR compliance cannot be addressed at the application layer alone. It requires governance at the AI infrastructure and gateway layer, where every model request, response, and agent action can be controlled, audited, and constrained.

As a result, ITAR is no longer just a legal consideration - it has become a core architectural requirement for production AI systems in regulated environments.

The Gap in Existing AI Platforms

Most AI platforms today are optimized for rapid experimentation and developer convenience, not for operating under strict regulatory frameworks like ITAR. While these platforms work well for general-purpose applications, they introduce significant gaps when used for regulated defense and aerospace workloads.

Common limitations include:

• Limited control over where prompts, model outputs, and logs are stored
• Reliance on shared or multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure
• Opaque data flows and vendor-managed control planes
• Inability to enforce access restrictions at the model and gateway level
• Lack of end-to-end auditability across AI requests and agent workflows

In AI-driven systems, regulated data does not live in a single database. It moves through prompts, models, agents, tools, retries, and logs often across multiple services. Without centralized governance, organizations are left to manage compliance through fragmented application-level controls, which are difficult to enforce and even harder to audit.

For ITAR-regulated teams, these gaps create unacceptable risk. Compliance depends on having full visibility, control, and enforcement at the AI infrastructure layer, not just within individual applications.

How TrueFoundry Enables ITAR-Compliant AI Gateways

TrueFoundry’s AI Gateway was designed from the ground up for enterprise control, deployment flexibility, and governance, making ITAR compliance achievable without compromising on modern AI capabilities.

1. Fully Isolated, Customer-Controlled Deployment

TrueFoundry supports on-premises and private VPC deployments, ensuring:

• All AI traffic stays within ITAR-approved infrastructure
• No data leaves customer-controlled environments
• No shared SaaS control planes or multi-tenant data paths

This is critical for ITAR, where data sovereignty and physical control are mandatory.

2. Centralized AI Gateway for All Model Traffic

With TrueFoundry, every AI request flows through a single, governed gateway:

• Prompts
• Model responses
• Agent tool calls
• Retries and fallbacks
• Logs and telemetry

This allows organizations to enforce ITAR policies at the gateway level, rather than relying on fragmented application-level controls.

3. Strict Access Controls and Identity Enforcement

TrueFoundry integrates with enterprise IAM systems to enable:

• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Environment-level isolation
• Controlled access to models, prompts, and agents
• Alignment with citizenship-based access policies (as required by ITAR)

This ensures that only authorized personnel can access regulated AI workflows.

4. Auditability, Logging, and Traceability

ITAR compliance requires provable controls, not just promises.

TrueFoundry provides:

• End-to-end audit logs for AI requests
• Traceability across prompts, agents, and workflows
• Clear attribution of usage and access
• Support for compliance audits and internal reviews

Every AI interaction becomes observable, traceable, and reviewable.

5. Model-Agnostic, Policy-Driven Routing

Organizations can enforce strict policies such as:

• Which models are allowed for ITAR workloads
• Disabling external SaaS models if required
• Routing only to self-hosted or approved providers
• Preventing fallback to non-compliant models

This avoids accidental violations caused by hidden retries or default routing behavior.

Why This Matters for Defense and Aerospace Teams

By supporting ITAR-compliant AI Gateways, TrueFoundry enables teams to:

• Deploy AI safely for defense R&D and operations
• Use modern LLMs and agentic workflows without regulatory risk
• Maintain full control over data, models, and infrastructure
• Pass compliance reviews with confidence
• Future-proof AI systems as regulations evolve

This is especially important as AI agents, tool-calling, and autonomous workflows become central to mission-critical systems.

Beyond ITAR: A Broader Vision for Regulated AI

ITAR compliance is not a one-off feature, it’s part of a broader strategy.

TrueFoundry already supports enterprise-grade compliance requirements including:

• SOC 2
• HIPAA
• Data residency & geopatriation requirements
• Private cloud and air-gapped deployments

The goal is simple: make regulated, production-grade AI accessible without compromise.

What’s Next

As AI systems move closer to mission-critical operations, compliance can no longer be treated as a secondary concern. Infrastructure choices made early will determine whether AI deployments remain governable as they scale.

By supporting ITAR-compliant AI Gateways, TrueFoundry enables organizations to build AI systems that meet today’s regulatory requirements while remaining adaptable to future standards and controls.