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- HP and EdgeRunner AI are evaluating on-device AI configurations
- EdgeRunner AI’s military-tuned models center on defense use cases
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EdgeRunner AI has collaborated with HP to bring its domain-specific artificial intelligence software and agents to HP’s AI personal computers and workstations used by the military, federal agencies and other critical industries.
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What Does the EdgeRunner AI-HP Collaboration Cover?
EdgeRunner AI said Tuesday the effort involves adapting its software to run on HP hardware and linking it with systems warfighters already use. The work covers bringing EdgeRunner AI’s specialized AI models, agents and edge harness to compatible HP AI PCs and HP Z Workstations. The software handles tasks such as conversational AI, language translation, document analysis and agent-based workflows.
HP and EdgeRunner AI are still determining which systems, configurations and use cases to validate. The companies plan to announce specific features, purchasing options and availability once validation is complete.
What Did EdgeRunner AI & HP Officials Say About the Collaboration?
Tyler Saltsman, co-founder and CEO of EdgeRunner AI, said demand is rising for AI that understands how specialized users work and can operate wherever they are.
“Our military-tuned models are designed around defense-oriented use cases and local execution. Working with HP gives us an opportunity to bring those capabilities to high-performance computing platforms used across demanding environments,” he added.
Todd Gustafson, president of HP Federal and head of U.S. public sector at HP, described the effort as a way to move high-performance, domain-specific AI closer to the edge for critical industries.
“By combining HP’s high-performance computing platforms with EdgeRunner AI’s domain-specific intelligence, we aim to identify validated configurations that can support local AI workloads in demanding customer environments,” Gustafson said.
What Has HP Done in the Federal Market?
The EdgeRunner collaboration builds on HP’s work in the federal market. In June 2024, HP completed its acquisition of CyberCore Technologies, a Maryland-based company, for an undisclosed sum.
Matt Barry, chief operating officer at HP Federal, has also stressed the importance of endpoint security by design for government and contractor systems. Barry said threat actors can use endpoints to infiltrate networks and pointed to tools such as HP Wolf Security and HP Sure Admin to help agencies reduce their attack surface.
How Is EdgeRunner AI Working With the Government?
The HP collaboration adds to EdgeRunner AI’s government work. In 2025, Carahsoft agreed to offer the company’s Athena platform to government agencies.
This year, EdgeRunner released WarClaw, an agentic orchestration layer, and won a Space Force contract to develop AI agents for acquisition modernization. The company also formed a strategic advisory board led by retired Gen. Andrew Poppas and former House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The Navy later granted EdgeRunner OS an Impact Level 6 Authority to Operate, and the company teamed up with the Army’s Artificial Intelligence Integration Center to develop EdgeRunner-Camo, an Army-specific large language model.
