// ALTERNATIVE · POOLBOY
VS FOUNDRIES.IOARCHITECTURAL FIT
subject: Foundries.io·candidate: Poolboy·category: Signed OTA

Foundries.io alternative

Foundries.io combines Linux platform and OTA for embedded fleets—a strong reference for signed updates and factory flows. Defense autonomy programs on Jetson often also need private mesh delivery, payload-orchestrated rollouts separate from OS cadence, and DDIL assumptions Foundries targets less explicitly. Gentle Weapons pairs GWOS signed OS updates with Poolboy payload fleet management over Poolnet—signed OTA end to end for edge AI devices without treating every rollout as a factory flash.

vs_foundries_io.session
  [PAYLOAD] weights.safetensors   128MB
     │
     ▼  manifest_signed
  [POOLBOY] ──▶ POOLNET ──▶ N x GWOS
     │
     ├─ rollout: canary → wave → fleet
     ├─ rollback: last_known_good
     └─ ack: cryptographic · per-node

    TARGET_FLEET: ROBOTS / UAS / GCV
$ poolboy rollout submit ./autonomy_v2.manifest
$ → target: UAS_FLEET_NORTH · 142 nodes
$ poolboy gate approve --operator op_07
$ → wave 1: 3/3 · wave 2: 18/18 · wave 3: 121/121
$ [ ROLLOUT: COMPLETE · ROLLBACK: ARMED ]

Platform OTA plus payload orchestration

OS updates and model or application payloads ship on different schedules. Poolboy handles canary-to-wave payload rollout with per-node ack; GWOS handles immutable OS promotion on Jetson.

  • [ OK ]Separate OS and payload rollout planes that interlock
  • [ OK ]Delivery over encrypted mesh when backhaul is absent
  • [ OK ]Human-authorized go/no-go gates for field operations
  • [ OK ]Rollback to last-known-good on telemetry breach
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