Why We Built GLACIS on Cloudflare: Global Latency, Edge Compute & Security

GLACIS is proud to be part of the Cloudflare Workers Launchpad program. When we set out to build continuous attestation for AI systems, we knew infrastructure would be critical. AI assurance can't add hundreds of milliseconds to every inference. It needs to be invisible—and that meant building on the edge.

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The Latency Problem in AI Compliance

Traditional compliance infrastructure wasn't built for AI. Security questionnaires, annual audits, and policy documents work fine when you're evaluating software that ships quarterly. But AI systems make thousands of decisions per second, each one potentially subject to regulatory scrutiny.

If your attestation layer adds 200ms to every API call, you've just made your AI unusable in production. Healthcare providers won't wait. Financial traders definitely won't. We needed infrastructure that could generate cryptographic proof in single-digit milliseconds.

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Global attestation latency

300+

Edge locations worldwide

99.99%

Uptime SLA

Why Edge Computing Changes Everything

Cloudflare Workers run on every continent, in over 300 cities. When an AI system in São Paulo needs attestation, we generate it in São Paulo—not in a data center in Virginia. When a hospital in Singapore queries our API, the response comes from Singapore.

Traditional Cloud

Centralized data centers
100-300ms latency globally
Cold starts on serverless
Regional compliance complexity

Cloudflare Edge

300+ global locations
Sub-50ms latency everywhere
Zero cold starts
Data stays in-region

This architecture isn't just faster—it's fundamentally better for regulated industries. When European healthcare data never leaves the EU, GDPR compliance gets simpler. When attestation happens at the edge, audit trails are more reliable.

Security at the Infrastructure Level

Building on Cloudflare means inheriting world-class security infrastructure. Our attestation endpoints are protected by the same systems that defend some of the largest websites on the internet:

DDoS Protection

Cloudflare mitigates over 140 billion cyber threats daily. Our attestation APIs are protected by the same network that handles attacks measured in terabits per second. For regulated industries where availability is critical, this matters.

Web Application Firewall

Every request to GLACIS passes through Cloudflare's WAF, blocking SQL injection, XSS, and other OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities before they reach our code. Healthcare and financial services clients expect this level of protection.

Zero Trust Security

Cloudflare Access provides identity-aware access controls. Combined with our cryptographic attestation, we can prove not just what happened, but who authorized it—essential for audit trails in regulated environments.

What This Means for AI Teams

When you integrate GLACIS for continuous attestation, you're not adding a slow compliance layer to your AI stack. You're adding:

Invisible latency: Attestation that doesn't slow down inference
Global reliability: 99.99% uptime backed by Cloudflare's infrastructure
Data residency: Processing that stays in-region for compliance
Enterprise security: DDoS protection, WAF, and bot management included
Cryptographic proof: Hardware-backed attestation at edge locations

For healthcare AI vendors: HIPAA requires audit controls (§164.312(b)). With GLACIS on Cloudflare, you get tamper-evident logs generated within milliseconds of every AI decision—without degrading the clinical experience.

The Launchpad Advantage

Being part of Cloudflare's Workers Launchpad program means more than infrastructure access. We work directly with Cloudflare's engineering teams, get early access to new capabilities, and benefit from their expertise in building systems that operate at global scale.

For our customers, this translates to:

Confidence that our infrastructure scales with your AI deployment
Access to emerging edge computing capabilities as they launch
A partner invested in making AI attestation faster and more reliable

Building the Future of AI Compliance

Regulatory frameworks for AI are evolving rapidly. The EU AI Act is now in force. State-level laws in Colorado and elsewhere are creating new requirements. Healthcare, financial services, and enterprise buyers are demanding proof—not just promises.

Traditional compliance infrastructure can't keep up. Annual audits don't work when AI systems make millions of decisions between reviews. Documentation doesn't prove that guardrails actually executed.

We built GLACIS on Cloudflare because we believe AI compliance needs to be continuous, cryptographic, and fast enough to be invisible. The edge is where that becomes possible.