AI is moving fast — so you have to move faster. And it all comes down to trust. At RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna, I spoke with Toby from OmniTrust about how the company helps organizations build an ecosystem around visibility, control and transparency — so that AI speeds up innovation instead of slowing it down.
Trust Is the Bottleneck for AI Adoption
The pitch from OmniTrust is simple but pointed: the thing slowing organizations down with AI is not raw capability — it is confidence. Teams hesitate to deploy AI into anything important when they cannot see what the systems are doing or prove they stay within bounds. OmniTrust’s answer is to make trust an explicit part of the stack rather than an afterthought.
Visibility, Control, and Transparency
The approach rests on three pillars:
- Visibility — knowing what is actually happening inside your AI systems, not guessing.
- Control — keeping teams in the driver’s seat, with the ability to steer and constrain behavior.
- Transparency — keeping everything accountable and auditable, so decisions can be explained and trusted.
Put together, these give teams the confidence to move quickly. When you can see, control, and explain what your AI is doing, you can adopt it aggressively instead of cautiously.
Why It Fits the RISC-V Story
Hearing this pitch at a RISC-V Summit is fitting. The open-hardware movement is, at its core, also about trust — being able to inspect, verify and control the silicon you depend on rather than treating it as a black box. The same principle that drives European technological sovereignty in hardware applies to AI systems: accountability and control matter as much as performance. Trust infrastructure for AI is the software-layer counterpart to open, auditable hardware.
The Bottom Line
As AI accelerates, the organizations that win will be the ones that can move fast and stay accountable. OmniTrust is betting that visibility, control and transparency are what unlock that — turning trust from a brake into an accelerator. Great to catch up with Toby in Bologna. Learn more at omnitrust.com.
Interview recorded at RISC-V Summit Europe 2026, Bologna, Italy, 8–12 June 2026. Part of my RISC-V series — see also the Summit highlights and EPIC Semi’s RISC-V AI server.
