Axine Labs partners with CIQ to power AI-based soil analysis platform

Axine Labs, the 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 developed by the creators of Rocky Linux.

The partnership gives Axine Labs access to the same long-term support, security configurations, and direct engineering expertise 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 using high-dimensional hyperspectral satellite imagery. The system provides agricultural, industrial, and mining operators with a non-invasive, scalable alternative to physical soil sampling, replacing destructive field testing with orbital data processed through a trained inference pipeline.

Because dense geospatial and spectral datasets require significant computing power, the platform depends on an operating system designed for sustained GPU performance. RLC Pro AI provides the kernel-level optimization, validated driver stack, and stable long-term release environment that Axine-HMAS needs to run data calibration, spectral unmixing, and contamination mapping as part of 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 built in. Our infrastructure remains secure and optimized, allowing our team to focus on what matters most: scaling model performance and delivering actionable results for our customers.”

Commenting on the partnership, Bjorn Hovland, President of CIQ, said early-stage AI companies should not have to compromise between accessibility and infrastructure quality.

“Early-stage AI teams have been told they have to choose between access and infrastructure quality. The CIQ Startup Program exists to remove that choice. Teams conducting serious scientific work deserve the same infrastructure foundation that powers the world’s most demanding production environments, and that foundation begins with the operating system,” Hovland said.

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 includes FIPS 140-3 cryptographic validation, DISA STIG hardening, and CIS Benchmarks as standard configurations rather than optional add-ons.

Axine Labs now joins a global ecosystem of enterprises, government agencies, research institutions, and supercomputing centers that rely on CIQ infrastructure.

Founded by David Adeyemo, Axine Labs develops machine-learning systems focused on environmental and biomedical applications. The company’s flagship technologies include Axine-HMAS, which maps heavy-metal soil contamination using orbital imagery, and Axine-Screen, a platform for screening therapeutic drug candidates. More information is available at axinelabs.com.

CIQ is the founding support and services partner for Rocky Linux and a leading provider of enterprise Linux infrastructure. The company delivers commercially supported Linux platforms, high-performance computing solutions, and AI infrastructure to enterprises, government agencies, research institutions, and supercomputing centers worldwide.

CIQ’s product portfolio includes the Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC Pro) family of operating systems, Ascender Pro for IT automation, Fuzzball for job-based container orchestration, Warewulf for cluster provisioning, and Apptainer, the leading container platform for high-performance computing.