Foundation
v0.5 · Feb – Mar 2026
Core platform proven with 4 design partners
- Vector ingestion pipeline
- Single-tenant workspace
- Telemetry baseline
exit criteria 3/3
Commercial Readiness
Executive Committee / Office of the CFO · Period 08 — August 2026
Hero view · work completed vs work planned
Goal
100%
Commercially Viable Product
V1 GA · 31 Jan 2027
Plan at this date
54% complete
Where the plan says we should be today
Actual today
46% complete
8 percentage points behind plan
Start · 0%
Program kickoff · Feb 2026
Schedule variance
12 days
behind schedule
8 percentage points behind plan (46% actual vs 54% planned)
Estimated 12 working days (17 calendar days) behind, derived from actual progress vs planned progress.
Movement since last period
+7 pts
39% → 46% complete in August
Fallback SAML path decides 5 Sep and buys back 9 of the 12 days inside Beta.
Release checkpoints on the path to 100%
Foundation v0.5
Plan gate 27 Mar 2026 · actual 24 Mar 2026
Pilot v0.7
Plan gate 19 Jun 2026 · actual 19 Jun 2026
Beta v0.9
Plan gate 30 Sep 2026 · forecast 17 Oct 2026
V1 v1.0
Plan gate 31 Jan 2027 · forecast 12 Feb 2027
Beyond the goal: Commercial Release (v1.2) · Feb – May 2027 · scale motion after commercial viability.
Stepping stones
v0.5 · Feb – Mar 2026
Core platform proven with 4 design partners
exit criteria 3/3
v0.7 · Apr – Jun 2026
11 paying pilots · first evidence of willingness to pay
exit criteria 3/3
v0.9 · Jul – Sep 2026
Enterprise hardening — procurement-ready security posture
exit criteria 2/4
v1.0 · Oct 26 – Jan 27
Commercial GA — SLA-backed contracts and unassisted onboarding
exit criteria 0/4
v1.2 · Feb – May 2027
Scale motion — expansion revenue and partner distribution
exit criteria 0/3
Gate scorecard
Security & Compliance is the only gate materially behind plan (-14 pts).
Exposure register
SOC 2 Type I evidence window
HighR-014 · Beta · $1.1M ARR gated · S. Okafor · Stable
SSO/SCIM vendor dependency slip
HighR-021 · Beta · -9 days schedule · L. Moreau · Improving
24/7 support staffing for GA SLA
MediumR-027 · V1 · $420K opex · P. Grant · Stable
Inference unit cost above margin model
MediumR-031 · V1 · 6 pts gross margin · D. Barnett · Improving
Critical path
Identity vendor (SSO/SCIM)
External · due 05 Sep 2026
SOC 2 auditor engagement
External · due 08 Sep 2026
Billing platform migration
Finance Systems · due 26 Sep 2026
EU data residency region
Infrastructure · due 14 Nov 2026
Partner marketplace listing
External · due 09 Dec 2026