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Long-form papers on the AI that runs on your devices: what the public evidence shows, and how to measure it on your own fleet. Read the summary here, get the PDF free.
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Shadow AI research series · 01The invisible layer.
Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
- Coding agentsNine seconds.A coding agent acts with every credential it can reach on the developer's machine. The public incidents, leak data and vulnerabilities from 2025 and 2026, and an inventory-first answer.Get the PDFendlayerWhitepaperCoding agent security series · 01Nine seconds.Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
- Shadow AIThe AI bill nobody owns.AI spend now sits across company and personal keys, seats and agents on individual laptops. Finance sees invoices, not who or what generated them.Get the PDFendlayerWhitepaperShadow AI research series · 02The AI bill nobody owns.Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
- Shadow AIThe extension in the room.Extensions, AI sidebars and agentic browsers work inside the page, where proxies, CASB and DLP see only encrypted traffic. The public evidence, and what to inventory on your devices.Get the PDFendlayerWhitepaperShadow AI research series · 03The extension in the room.Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
- Buying guideBuying guardian agents.Six scored dimensions, an RFP question bank, red flags, a four-week proof of concept and a blank scorecard. Vendor-neutral: use it on every vendor, including us.Get the PDFendlayerWhitepaperGuardian agents research series · 04Buying guardian agents.Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
- GovernanceFrom inventory to evidence.The Digital Omnibus moved the high-risk deadlines. It did not move the obligations that already apply, or the audits already in the calendar. All start from a versioned inventory.Get the PDFendlayerWhitepaperAI governance research series · 05From inventory to evidence.Surface · Monitor · GovernOct 2026
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