Solana Foundation launches Confidential Compute with TryNitoAI
The Solana Foundation and private AI startup TryNitoAI have launched Solana Confidential Compute, an open-source toolkit for verifying private hardware on-chain.
On November 13, 2026, the Solana Foundation and private AI startup TryNitoAI (Nito) launched Solana Confidential Compute, an open-source toolkit for building private AI and trading agents. Currently running as an unaudited beta on Solana's devnet, the tools allow developers to verify hardware attestations directly on the blockchain.
How it works
The launch consists of an open-source SDK and an on-chain verification program. Together, they enable developers to check hardware attestations from Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) on Solana. A TEE is an isolated processor section where code can run privately, while an attestation is the hardware's signed statement about what's running inside that section.
Normally, these verifications happen off-chain, but Solana's system moves them onto the blockchain where anyone can see if hardware passes the check. Currently, the system supports Intel's TDX and AMD's SEV-SNP attestations, with NVIDIA GPU support still in development.
First application
Nito is the first platform built on this infrastructure. The company runs open-weight AI models inside attested hardware, enabling end-to-end encrypted interactions. Its private AI chat is live at trynito.ai, and the company is developing a confidential assistant with a waitlist now open.
The team behind Nito is made up of engineers formerly associated with Switchboard.
Future plans
The Solana Foundation sees several use cases for the technology, including private AI applications, personal assistants, agents handling sensitive business information, and private trading strategies. A mainnet release is expected after a security audit, though no timeline has been provided.
This launch fits into Solana's broader ambition to serve as the base layer for AI applications, following the recent release of Solana Privacy Rings on mainnet on November 10, 2026. The core idea is to replace trust with proof, allowing applications to demonstrate proper data handling through on-chain attestations.
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