Aikido ships Altar-1, a 328 GB GLM-5.3 prune for on-prem pentesting

The open-weight release runs on four H200 GPUs and powers Aikido Machine, keeping code and pentest data inside customer networks.

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Why it matters

Altar-1 gives Aikido an open-weight model for regulated and air-gapped customers, turning local AI deployment into a distribution wedge for its pentesting appliance.

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Aikido Security, the application-security company co-founded by Willem Delbare, released Altar-1 on September 21st, an open-weight language model compressed to run defensive security workloads inside customer-controlled infrastructure.

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