# Interkey Brain

> The complete industrial PLC. AI-native control system in one cabinet — controller, I/O, HMI, vision, and AI agent. EU AI Act-aligned. Forever license from €2,500. Replaces SCADA, HMI vendors, and integration projects.

Interkey Brain is a vertically integrated industrial control platform combining hardware (controller, I/O modules, status display, NVIDIA Jetson AI co-processor) and software (Brain OS, IEC 61131-3 PLC engine, HMI builder, AI agent, vision system) in a single cabinet.

The user describes a machine in plain language — heaters, sensors, PID targets, safety limits — and Brain's AI agent generates the control program, builds HMI screens, configures alarms, and runs simulations.

Direct competitors: Siemens TIA Portal + Eigen, Rockwell FactoryTalk + Studio Copilot, Beckhoff TwinCAT + CoAgent, CODESYS + MCP, Schneider EcoStruxure.

Differentiators: forever license (€2,500 / €5,000) instead of annual maintenance; air-gapped capable; 5-tier AI safety model; Python plugin SDK and MCP server; EU AI Act-aligned with full audit trail.

Industries: food & beverage (freeze dryers, breweries), building automation (HVAC), manufacturing (packaging, conveyors), pharma & defense (air-gapped). Launch customer: WAVE Trockensysteme (Austria, freeze dryers).

## Product

- [Pricing](https://www.interkey.com/pricing.md): Brain Core €2,500, Brain Pro €5,000, Brain Vision Pack €990. Forever license, no recurring fees.
- [Brain vs incumbents](https://www.interkey.com/vs.md): Honest comparison vs Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff, CODESYS, Schneider.
- [AI Agents](https://www.interkey.com/agents.md): Five agents — Engineering, Commissioning, Watchdog, Responder, Optimizer — under one safety model and audit trail.
- [Safety](https://www.interkey.com/safety.md): 5-tier authorization model (Read / Inform / Configure / Control / Safety-Critical), auto-lock, emergency stop, audit trail.
- [Reliability](https://www.interkey.com/reliability.md): Hardware watchdogs on every I/O board, immutable audit trail, degraded-mode operation when AI/network/backend fails.
- [Local AI](https://www.interkey.com/local-ai.md): Three sovereignty levels — cloud-enabled BYOK, local-first, fully air-gapped.
- [Brain Gateway](https://www.interkey.com/gateway.md): AI for existing Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff PLCs. 9 protocols. Coming 2027.
- [Sensors (Interkey Sense)](https://www.interkey.com/sensors.md): PoE industrial cameras, microphones, vibration sensors. IP67.
- [Fleet](https://www.interkey.com/fleet.md): Multi-site PLC fleet management with auto-discovery, OTA, peer-to-peer coordination.

## Developers

- [Developers / SDK](https://www.interkey.com/developers.md): Python plugin SDK, MCP server, 100+ REST endpoints. The only industrial PLC with a real plugin SDK.
- [Product specs (technical)](https://product.interkey.com): Full Brain v4.0 technical specifications.

## Case Studies

- [WAVE Trockensysteme](https://www.interkey.com/case-study/wave.md): Freeze dryer commissioning cut from 12 weeks to 2.

## Industry Analysis (Blog)

- [Siemens Eigen Engineering Agent — what April 2026 GA means](https://www.interkey.com/blog/siemens-eigen-engineering-agent-2026.md): Honest analysis of Siemens' April 20, 2026 launch of autonomous AI for TIA Portal. What is genuinely new, what is constrained, and what it means for buyers.
- [Rockwell + NVIDIA Nemotron — first edge-AI industrial Copilot](https://www.interkey.com/blog/rockwell-factorytalk-nemotron-edge-ai-2026.md): Rockwell shipped a domain-specific 9B SLM (Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2) fine-tuned on FactoryTalk that runs on edge appliances and air-gapped servers. The most technically interesting incumbent move of the cycle.
- [Beckhoff TwinCAT CoAgent — MCP-native physical AI](https://www.interkey.com/blog/beckhoff-twincat-coagent-mcp-2026.md): Beckhoff's Hannover Messe 2026 announcement of a multi-agent MCP-native architecture. The most philosophically aligned competitor to Brain.

## About

- [Mission / Investment Case](https://www.interkey.com/mission.md): Why the $300B industrial automation market is ripe for AI-native disruption.
- [Changelog & Roadmap](https://www.interkey.com/changelog.md): Public release notes and roadmap.
- [Pre-order](https://www.interkey.com/preorder.md): Reserve a Brain cabinet.

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