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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-043802"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHAZ"
cik: "0002068385"
company_name: "SharonAI Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-23T11:15:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-23T11:20:13.547996+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SharonAI partners with VAST Data to bring confidential AI enclave to onshore customers

## Summary
- Collaboration brings VAST DataEnclave to AI Factory; hardware-isolated secure runtime with cryptographic attestation for onshore AI model execution.
- Targets regulated orgs (banks, government) in Australia and Asia-Pacific; supports fully air-gapped deployments; operator cannot access data or model weights.
- Uses NVIDIA GPUs in Confidential Compute mode; Bring Your Own KMS keeps customer and model keys in separate trust domains; tamper-proof audit trail records all attestation events.
- Expands SharonAI's sovereign AI Factory to attested confidential workloads; CEO James Manning says customers gain demonstrated, not just declared, sovereignty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-043802
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHAZ
- cik: 0002068385
- company_name: SharonAI Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-23T11:15:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2068385/000149315226043802/0001493152-26-043802-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2068385/000149315226043802/form8-k.htm

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