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Get a High-Performance WAF With Better Rules: Benchmarks on Rules vs. Engine

Jun 5, 2026

Tokens Are the New Unit of Spend. Can You Prove the Return?

Tokens are the fastest-growing line in enterprise tech budgets. The Linux Foundation named the problem; measuring token ROI is still on you. Here's how.

Parameter-Level Authorization for AI Agents: Enforcing Policy on Live MCP Tool Calls

Agent Router Enterprise

Jun 3, 2026

Parameter-Level Authorization for AI Agents: Enforcing Policy on Live MCP Tool Calls

Tetrate Agent Router Enterprise and Ory enforce dynamic, parameter-level authorization on live MCP tool calls, with step-up approval for high-risk agent actions.

Is Your AI Spend Producing Anything? A Manager's Guide

Agent Router Enterprise

May 19, 2026

Is Your AI Spend Producing Anything? A Manager's Guide

Your AI budget doubled. Someone is going to ask you whether it's producing anything. Most managers don't have a great answer. Here are the two levers you actually have, and a three-question Monday-morning diagnostic.

Stop Asking People to Tag Their AI Spend

Agent Router Enterprise

May 19, 2026

Stop Asking People to Tag Their AI Spend

About half our AI spend last week was on API keys with no team tag, no workload tag, no owner. That's not a discipline problem, it's a product problem — and the fix isn't a better tagging UI.

What is an AI gateway, and why every LLM team needs one

Agent Router Enterprise

Apr 23, 2026

What is an AI gateway, and why every LLM team needs one

An AI Gateway handles routing to one or more AI models, fallback, authentication, cost control, and observability.

SR 11-7 Just Wrote Itself Out of the GenAI Conversation

Agent Router Enterprise

Apr 22, 2026

SR 11-7 Just Wrote Itself Out of the GenAI Conversation

The April 17, 2026 interagency MRM rewrite explicitly carves generative and agentic AI out of scope. That's not a retreat — it's an RFI window, and it's the firms with deployed controls that will shape what comes next.

Agent Security: What NIST Wants You to Think About Before Your Agent Calls a Tool

Agent Router Enterprise

Apr 21, 2026

Agent Security: What NIST Wants You to Think About Before Your Agent Calls a Tool

Your agent has AWS credentials. It can execute cloud CLI commands. NIST has opinions about this. Here's what tool-calling security looks like in practice.

Making Agents Reliable: Auto-Save, Stable IDs, and the Context Window Problem

Agent Router Enterprise

Apr 15, 2026

Making Agents Reliable: Auto-Save, Stable IDs, and the Context Window Problem

When your agent crashes at tool call 142 out of 150, you'd better hope the first 141 findings aren't lost. Here are the patterns that made our cost agents production-ready.

Not Everything Needs an LLM: When to Remove the AI from Your AI Agent

Agent Router Enterprise

Apr 7, 2026

Not Everything Needs an LLM: When to Remove the AI from Your AI Agent

We built an agent to sync compliance data. Then we built a version without the LLM that runs faster, costs less, and produces identical results. Knowing when to remove the AI is an underrated skill.

Announcing Envoy AI Gateway 1.0: A Stable Foundation for Enterprise AI Traffic

Tetrate Blog

Get a High-Performance WAF With Better Rules: Benchmarks on Rules vs. Engine

Tokens Are the New Unit of Spend. Can You Prove the Return?

Parameter-Level Authorization for AI Agents: Enforcing Policy on Live MCP Tool Calls

Is Your AI Spend Producing Anything? A Manager's Guide

Stop Asking People to Tag Their AI Spend

What is an AI gateway, and why every LLM team needs one

SR 11-7 Just Wrote Itself Out of the GenAI Conversation

Agent Security: What NIST Wants You to Think About Before Your Agent Calls a Tool

Making Agents Reliable: Auto-Save, Stable IDs, and the Context Window Problem

Not Everything Needs an LLM: When to Remove the AI from Your AI Agent

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Announcing Envoy AI Gateway 1.0: A Stable Foundation for Enterprise AI Traffic

Tetrate Blog

Get a High-Performance WAF With Better Rules: Benchmarks on Rules vs. Engine

Tokens Are the New Unit of Spend. Can You Prove the Return?

Parameter-Level Authorization for AI Agents: Enforcing Policy on Live MCP Tool Calls

Is Your AI Spend Producing Anything? A Manager's Guide

Stop Asking People to Tag Their AI Spend

What is an AI gateway, and why every LLM team needs one

SR 11-7 Just Wrote Itself Out of the GenAI Conversation

Agent Security: What NIST Wants You to Think About Before Your Agent Calls a Tool

Making Agents Reliable: Auto-Save, Stable IDs, and the Context Window Problem

Not Everything Needs an LLM: When to Remove the AI from Your AI Agent

Ready to enhance your network with more intelligence?

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