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Open StandardArmonk, NYJuly 16, 2026

North Castle Ventures Principals Co-Author the AI-Native Office RFC, Establishing Global Physical Standards for Edge Compute

The RFC establishes an open standard for acoustic isolation, fiber networking and localized compute integration in Class A commercial real estate.

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As enterprise reliance on public cloud infrastructure introduces critical data egress vulnerabilities, North Castle Ventures principals have formalized their leadership in the sovereign AI infrastructure space.

Alongside architectural and technical principal Timothy Walsh, the firm has co-authored the AI-Native Office Request for Comments. This framework establishes the global open standard for STC-55 acoustic isolation, E-Line fiber networking, and localized compute integration in Class A commercial real estate. The RFC fundamentally redefines the physical workspace as a sovereign compute edge node, allowing regulated enterprises to bypass the Cloud Egress Trap.

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Timothy Walsh
Founder of TruCast; co-author of the AI-Native Office specification.
AI-Native Office
A vendor-neutral technical specification for sovereign compute edge nodes, stewarded by North Castle Ventures.
North Castle Ventures
Sponsor, owner and parent company of the NCV digital ecosystem, and owner of the Armonk Professional Center campus.

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North Castle Ventures LLC is the sponsor and owner of the Armonk Professional Center portfolio at 355 and 357 Main Street in Armonk, New York, and steward of the AI-Native Office specification.

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