The Valen Systems foundation
Software for efficient execution, dependable operation and a better way for people and agents to work with machines.
Arcturus is the product. Rubian and Kestowv are the deeper foundation.
The operating problem
People need understandable tools. Agents need programmable interfaces and separate working spaces. The machine needs efficient execution, sensible resource use and a recoverable operating state. These are connected engineering problems.
Commands, files, projects, workspaces, job control and collaboration for people and agents.
The underlying systems work, with supplied pilot interfaces for service operation and repeatable workload evaluation.
Machine reliability and management informed by health, history, service behavior and recovery.
Rubian documents accounts, groups, file permissions, SSH/SCP, TCP/UDP checks and socket observations. Forge makes compatible Ruby libraries accessible from the environment.
Not separate checkboxes. A faster execution path isn’t useful if it loses correctness. A recoverable service isn’t useful if nobody can operate it. Our work joins those responsibilities.
Read the company thesisMachine state, operating history and recovery.
The working environmentRubianCommands, workspaces, jobs and services.
The systems foundationKestowvExecution, resources and workload evaluation.
Rubian is more than a command wrapper. Its manuals connect persistent working environments, programmable controls and the machine execution underneath them.
Identities, files, projects and running work stay associated with their user space. The agent VMOS provides a machine-facing place for agents to work alongside people: separate contexts on shared computing resources.
Agent workspacesReadable commands let people and agents direct work. Background jobs preserve an inspectable lifecycle; Forge makes compatible Ruby libraries available from the environment.
Background jobsCapability referenceAccounts, groups and file permissions define access. SSH/SCP, TCP/UDP checks and socket observations connect the environment to the systems around it. Follow the documented command and permission contracts.
Accounts & permissionsNetworkingThe Kestowv pilot documents service-operation interfaces and repeatable workload evaluation. Correctness, resource use and useful output belong in the same comparison.
Pilot interfacesWorkload evaluationThe public library includes product manuals, systems research, study records and upstream deployment stories. They answer different questions; use the one that matches yours.
Find the capability and commands associated with the problem you’re trying to solve, rather than reading an entire architecture introduction first.
Problems We SolveRead the test conditions and limits. An upstream adoption record, a workload result and a product demonstration are distinct kinds of evidence.
Research & studiesBenchmark recordsWork with Valen Systems
Tell us which system you’re responsible for, what’s changing and what a useful result would look like.
