Axine Labs selects RLC Pro AI to power AI-driven soil analysis from orbit

 

Axine Labs selects RLC Pro AI to power

AI-driven soil analysis from orbit

CIQ Startup Program gives early-stage AI teams access to the same Enterprise Linux foundation

used by the world's leading supercomputing centers

Axine Labs, developer of the Axine-HMAS soil contamination

analysis platform, has joined the CIQ Startup Program to build its inference infrastructure on RLC

Pro AI, the GPU-optimized Enterprise Linux distribution from the creators of Rocky Linux. The

partnership gives Axine Labs access to the same long-term support, security configuration, and

direct engineering relationship that enterprise and government customers rely on to run production

AI workloads.

Axine-HMAS (Heavy Metal Analysis Suite) is an AI framework that predicts soil heavy metal

concentrations from high-dimensional hyperspectral satellite imagery. The system gives agricultural,

industrial, and mining operators a non-invasive, scalable alternative to physical soil sampling,

replacing destructive field testing with orbital data processed through a trained inference pipeline.

Dense geospatial and spectral datasets demand an operating system built for sustained GPU

throughput. RLC Pro AI delivers the kernel-level tuning, validated driver stack, and stable long-term

release that Axine-HMAS requires to run data calibration, spectral unmixing, and final contamination

mapping as a reliable production workflow.

Multi-layered spectral data from orbit demands absolute stability at the operating system level," said

David Adeyemo, founder of Axine Labs. "RLC Pro AI gives us an Enterprise Linux foundation with

direct engineering support baked in. Our infrastructure stays secure and optimized, and our team

stays focused on what matters: scaling model performance and delivering results our customers can

act on."

"Early-stage AI teams have been told they have to choose between access and infrastructure

quality. The CIQ Startup Program exists to take that choice off the table. Teams doing serious

science deserve the same infrastructure foundation that runs the world's most demanding production

environments, and that starts at the OS," said Bjorn Hovland, President of CIQ.

Through the CIQ Startup Program, Axine Labs gains direct access to security patching, long-term

support, and the architectural stability maintained by the creators of Rocky Linux. RLC Pro AI ships

with FIPS 140-3 cryptographic validation, DISA STIG hardening, and CIS Benchmarks as standard

configurations, not optional add-ons. Axine Labs joins a global ecosystem of enterprises,

government agencies, research institutions, and supercomputing centers that build on CIQ

infrastructure.

About Axine Labs

Founded by David Adeyemo, Axine Labs develops machine learning systems focused on

environmental and biomedical applications. The company's core technology includes mapping heavy

metal soil contamination via orbital imagery (Axine-HMAS) and screening therapeutic drug

candidates (Axine-Screen). For more information, visit axinelabs.com.

About CIQ

CIQ is the founding support and services partner for Rocky Linux and a leading provider of enterprise Linux infrastructure. CIQ delivers commercially supported Linux offerings, high-performance computing solutions and AI infrastructure to enterprises, government agencies, research institutions and supercomputing centers worldwide. CIQ's products include the Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC Pro) family of operating systems, Ascender Pro for IT automation, Fuzzball job-based container orchestration, Warewulf cluster provisioning and Apptainer, the leading container system for high-performance computing. For more information, visit ciq.com. 

Media Contacts:

For Axine Labs:

David Adeyemo Founder, Axine Labs

adeyemo@axinelabs.com

axinelabs.com

For CIQ:

Cristin Connelly

Cathey.co on behalf of CIQ

ciq.com