# Xnode Cortx > Cortx is an AI control plane: one governed layer between an enterprise's > people, every AI model they use, and their data, deployed inside the > customer's own network boundary. ## What it does - Routes requests to multiple AI providers (GPT, Claude, Gemini, open models) through one governed endpoint, with production and test separated. - Applies real-time guardrails on every request: allow, warn or block, covering prompt injection, PII exposure, jailbreaks and unsafe content. - Records an immutable, tamper-evident audit trail of every AI interaction. - Attributes spend by user, team, agent and model, with role-based budgets. - Governs tool access through an MCP gateway: every call authenticated, authorised and logged. - Enforces role-based access control down to the data-object level. - Orchestrates, evaluates and traces AI agents end to end. ## Where it runs On-premises, air-gapped, or in the customer's own cloud tenant. Data does not leave the customer's boundary in order to be governed. ## Who uses it Regulated industries: banking and capital markets, insurance, healthcare and public sector. Deployments include a global trading firm running air-gapped on-premises for 400 users, an asset manager in its own Azure tenant, and a public sector deployment. ## Products - Cortx Control Plane, the governed layer, with Agent Control Tower, Guardrails, Observability, FinOps, RBAC, MCP Gateway, Agent Evals and Edge. - Cortx Console, administration of users, policies, agents and models. - Cortx Studio, building, testing and deploying agents and workflows. - Cortx Collab, people and agents working together on business workflows. - Cortx Hub, connecting enterprise knowledge to agents and workflows. ## Pages - https://www.xnode.ai/: overview - https://www.xnode.ai/platform.html: the platform in detail - https://www.xnode.ai/security.html: guardrails, governance, audit and compliance - https://www.xnode.ai/industries.html: regulated-industry deployments - https://www.xnode.ai/about.html: about Xnode Inc. - https://www.xnode.ai/contact.html: contact ## Contact legal@xnode.ai