Donovan Vanderbilt
Donovan Vanderbilt is the founder and lead analyst of Stealth Cloud, covering AI privacy, cloud infrastructure, cryptography, digital identity, and the economics of privacy-preserving technology.
Stealth Cloud applies the same editorial discipline used across Donovan Vanderbilt’s intelligence work: primary-source review, clear separation between architecture and marketing claims, visible methodology for data pages, and correction handling when evidence changes.
Coverage Areas
- AI privacy — provider data retention, model-training consent, enterprise AI risk, prompt logging, and regulatory exposure
- Cloud infrastructure — public cloud, sovereign cloud, confidential computing, control-plane risk, and zero-persistence architecture
- Cryptography — encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, post-quantum security, private computation, and key management
- Digital identity — decentralized identifiers, wallet authentication, verifiable credentials, and zero-KYC access models
- Privacy economics — vendor strategy, funding trends, compliance cost, market structure, and adoption data
Editorial Position
The editorial standard is evidence-first. Provider claims are not treated as guarantees unless the architecture, documentation, legal terms, or public record supports them. Technical claims are checked against standards, implementation documentation, and security research where available.
The public author role sits with Donovan Vanderbilt. Stealth Cloud Intelligence remains the research desk responsible for source review, article maintenance, correction handling, and taxonomy structure.
Read the Editorial Policy for sourcing standards, AI-assistance disclosure, correction handling, and independence rules.