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2 posts tagged “BYOK”.
Comparison · 2026-05-01
Managed AI agents vs your-own-agent on a workstation
Two product shapes have emerged. Vendor-managed agents (Devin, Manus) where the platform owns the agent and the runtime, and bring-your-own-agent runtimes where the platform owns the runtime and you bring your CLI. A breakdown of cost, lock-in, and when each is right.
Security · 2026-05-01
Zero-knowledge BYOK: keys the platform can't see
Most BYOK products store your API key encrypted at rest, decrypt it on use, and trust their own infrastructure. Zero-knowledge BYOK removes the trust step entirely. The platform stores ciphertext only, the key is encrypted client-side with a passkey-derived secret, and the server never has plaintext access to the key. The pattern, the cryptographic primitives, the limits.