In Today’s Issue
- From the Executive Director
- Outreach
- Upcoming Events
- From the TAC
- Recent News
Hello Community Member,
This month’s newsletter highlights the CCC’s strong presence at the AI Infrastructure Summit in Santa Clara, where members engaged end-users and ecosystem partners through panels, podcasts, and booth activities. Looking ahead, the big focus is the upcoming “Designing AI-Ready Data Safeguards with Confidential Computing” workshop on October 20 in San Francisco, led by Intel, Nvidia, and TikTok, which will explore practical strategies for securing AI data pipelines. We’re also gearing up for OSFF New York (Oct 21–22) with a dedicated Confidential Computing track. Plus, check out recent member news, the new compliance resource hub, and the latest from Google Cloud expanding Confidential Computing with Intel TDX.
From the Executive Director
This month saw the CCC sponsoring the AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, California, with a number of activities including a panel and a podcast. We also had a booth in the exhibition hall, staffed by members of the Consortium, with over a dozen different staff from a variety of member companies taking the time to talk about the CCC – and their companies’ work – to visitors. One of the key features of the AI Infra Summit is that it included a large number of end-users, with the conference attracting not just supply-side but also demand-side attendees. This mix was reflected in the interest and interactions we had at the booth, with a good number of both end-users and ecosystem partners coming to find out more about Confidential Computing and the Consortium.
In fact, one aspect of the ecosystem that has changed significantly over the past nearly six years since the founding of the Consortium is awareness of Confidential Computing as a technology, mirrored by availability both for cloud and in-house deployments. As we work on our strategy for the next year, we are considering how to build on these changes in awareness and availability to help promote use, considering activities such as stronger engagement with regulators, creation of reference architectures and publication of more white papers. Now is a good time to get involved to ensure that your priorities around Confidential Computing are reflected in the work we do: I look forward to seeing you at our meetings.
Outreach
Outreach continued its engagement efforts this month, connecting with the community at the AI Infrastructure Summit. Special thanks to members Anjuna, Hushmesh, Invary, and Mainsail for their leadership, and to TikTok, Intel, IBM, Google, and many others for their participation. Hushmesh led the Enterprise AI Panel and joined the TechArena podcast, Mainsail hosted the Pre-Show Online Seminar, and Invary led both the At-Show Live Session and the podcast. The CCC booth staffed by ~12 member representatives over three days drew strong traffic, and fostered meaningful engagement with attendees. The event was a great example of the member collaboration that drives our community forward.
Looking ahead, Outreach has been preparing for several exciting upcoming events:
- Workshop: Designing AI-Ready Data Safeguards with Confidential ComputingOctober 20, 2025 | Hilton Canopy San Francisco SOMA, San Francisco, CAThis workshop, led by Intel, Nvidia and Tiktok, will bring together experts and customers from industry and academia to explore how confidential computing can enable stronger safeguards for AI-ready data, with a focus on practical strategies for building privacy-preserving and secure data pipelines.
- Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) New YorkOctober 21–22, 2025 | Convene, 225 Liberty St., New York, NYOSFF New York brings together leaders across financial services, open source, and technology to discuss the future of innovation in finance. Outreach will feature six dedicated talks in the Confidential Computing track, with participation from organizations such as Google, Red Hat, Symphony, Fr0ntierX, and Super Protocol. In addition, the broader OSFF program will spotlight major financial institutions including BNY Mellon, Morgan Stanley, and Citi, showcasing how confidential computing and open source are transforming the financial services landscape.
We look forward to sharing highlights and outcomes from these events in the next newsletter!
Upcoming Events
- Workshop: Designing AI Ready Data Safeguards with Confidential Computing Oct 20, 2025 | Hilton Canopy San Francisco SOMA, San Francisco, CA
- OSFF New York Oct 21–22, 2025 | Convene, 225 Liberty St., New York, NY
From the TAC
There are no new updates to share this month, as the TAC did not convene during this period. We look forward to providing the latest TAC news and progress in next month’s newsletter.
Recent News
Google Cloud has made Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) generally available across its confidential VMs, GKE nodes, and GPU offerings. The update lets organizations protect data in use with simple console settings, adds support for secure AI/ML workloads on NVIDIA H100 GPUs, and introduces Intel’s Tiber Trust Authority attestation service with a free tier.
We’re proud to highlight CCC members Manu Fontaine (Hushmesh Inc.) and Jason Rogers (Invary) for representing the Confidential Computing Consortium on the Tech Arena podcast!
Recorded live as part of our activation at the AI Infrastructure Summit this week in Santa Clara, they did a fantastic job showcasing the benefits of Confidential Computing and advocating for the mission of the CCC. Listen to the full episode here.
This page is a resource hub to help organizations and practitioners navigate governance, security, and regulatory considerations in Confidential Computing.
Explore guidance on: Workload governance, Verifier responsibilities, Ecosystem expectations, GDPR compliance in the AI era.
Best regards,
The Confidential Computing Consortium
