Alpha Compute Corp. (Nasdaq: ALP) has joined the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC) as a Premier member, effective Oct. 1, 2026, gaining a voting seat on the Governing Board and the Technical Advisory Council. CEO Brittany Kaiser will represent the company on the CCC Governing Board. The CCC is a Linux Foundation project with more than 40 member organizations that develops open standards and software for confidential computing, which keeps data encrypted and private even during processing. Lead AI Researcher Allen Roush is scheduled to join a panel at NVIDIA GTC Berlin on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at 5:30 PM CEST.
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