Portsmouth company's open-source, private-cloud AI platform advances to the final of the competition's 20th annual edition on November 19
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kirk Tech Solutions, a Portsmouth-based AI infrastructure company, today announced that FlatClaw, its open-source private-cloud AI coworker platform, has been named a finalist for the NH Tech Alliance's 2026 Product of the Year award. FlatClaw advanced from the semi-finalist round after presenting to the competition's judging panel in Bedford in October, and will compete for the title at the final event on November 19, 2026.
Now in its 20th year, the Product of the Year competition recognizes New Hampshire technology products for innovation, performance, value and ties to the state. A panel of entrepreneurs, investors and past winners selects finalists through multiple rounds of review and live presentations.
FlatClaw addresses one of the biggest barriers to enterprise AI adoption: keeping sensitive data under the organization's control. The platform runs entirely within a customer's own private cloud, giving regulated mid-market enterprises in banking, healthcare, MedTech and industrial manufacturing access to AI agents without sending proprietary or regulated data to third parties. Because FlatClaw is open source, customers avoid vendor lock-in, while Kirk Tech provides the enterprise support, integration and security expertise needed to run it in production.
Since its launch in May 2026, FlatClaw has been adopted by several Global Fortune 500 companies, and Kirk Tech's sales pipeline has grown roughly 2,000%. All of the company's clients are Fortune 2000 organizations.
"Most enterprise AI projects don't fail because of the models. They fail on infrastructure, integration and trust in where the data goes," said Nate Tennant, founder and CEO of Kirk Tech Solutions. "We built FlatClaw so regulated companies can put AI to work inside their own walls, on their own terms. Being named a finalist alongside some of New Hampshire's best innovators is a tremendous honor for our team in Portsmouth and New Delhi, and proof that world-class enterprise technology is being built right here in the Granite State."
FlatClaw was designed by Kirk Tech AI Systems Architect Skyler Truax and is developed by an engineering team led by Head of Technology Keith Gutfreund.
At the November 19 final, each finalist will present its product live. The 2026 Product of the Year will be chosen by combining the judges' scores with the audience vote. Event and voting details are available from the NH Tech Alliance at nhtechalliance.org/product-of-the-year.
About Kirk Tech Solutions
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Kirk Tech Solutions is an AI infrastructure company that helps enterprises deploy AI securely and at scale. Its flagship product, FlatClaw, is an open-source, private-cloud AI coworker platform built for data sovereignty in regulated industries. Around FlatClaw, Kirk Tech provides the engineering that makes AI work in the real world. That includes cloud infrastructure, data engineering, enterprise integration, IoT, and secure technology deployment.
Learn more at www.kirktechsolutions.com.
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