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Yeah, yeah. Well, OK, that's exciting. Agent takeover prevention. I like the the name. It makes it almost feel like I'm in like a James Bond film or something. But it also, it also is very relevant Nowadays we see the term AI agents sort of increasing in popularity with various headlines and not so much real world use cases just yet, but it's coming. So I'm curious, does this feature apply to every business? You know every business, most businesses nowadays, they're online in some way, shape or form. Everyone uses a smartphone, but if US use a laptop or a computer and business information is likely stored on some remote server somewhere. So I'm just curious like are there any certain industries or businesses that benefit most from your platform or could use this particular feature? A good question. Well, when we talk about autonomous endpoint management, the truth is that almost any business we're regardless of industry can benefit from it. But when you drill down the sectors that really gain are those are most frequently targeted by threat actors and ransomware attacks like healthcare, finance, retail and even government agencies. These organizations face constant. Ask her to reduce their meantime to remediation what we called the MTTR so that even a zero day. When a zero day vulnerability pops up, it's addressed as quickly as possible. And in today's fast-paced threat landscape, even a few extra minutes can make all the difference between a contained incident and a major breach. What's really exciting about autonomous endpoint management is how is being integrated into advanced employ management tools. The critical piece here is the ability to configure automation in a way that it only kicks in when certain desired success thresholds are met. What we call external and. Internal confidence scores. Essentially, you can set the system to evaluate each patch or update against a calculated confidence level that aligns with your organization's risk tolerance. That means you're not just blindly automating, you're making decisions based on hard data and predetermined criteria. And this approach is a real game changer because it addresses the long standing. Fear many organizations have of automation. There's always that gut instinct, the worry that an automated patch might cause disruptions. Think I don't like this patch? Like, do I get fired if I deployed? But you're losing control over your environment. But by using these automated data-driven confidence scores, you replace guesswork with more reliable and consistent approach. You know exactly where the system is ready to deploy patch. And that minimizes human error while speeding up the remediation process. And for everyday business scenarios, that this means IT teams can finally set aside the endless cycle of manually checking, validating and deploying updates. Instead, they can focus on higher value tasks while, you know, the let the system automate it. Then it's all about shifting the operational burden and reducing the risk exposure at the same time. And you know, whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, autonomous endpoint management offers a scalable risk adjusted approach to keeping your systems secure. Especially goes back to the question like which industry. So it's especially vital for those in industries that are high value targets for cyber criminals because it's direct directly tackles the urgency of patching vulnerabilities automatically and intelligently helping organizations. Be secure and compliant with far less effort. Right. OK. I want to pivot the conversation slightly to talk about the offer that you guys have and that's for offering free 200. Basically, you're covering the 1st 200 endpoints for businesses, right? So they can kind of get a sample for what your platform offers, how it performs. And I think this is really cool because I'm a big proponent of the phrase proof is in the pudding essentially. And I think that's relevant here because again, yeah, you're offering a free trial people and businesses. And see first hand how it works and let the benefits sort of speak for themselves. So can you just talk about this and how it offers? Helps companies sort of get started with this whole modern endpoint management system you have. Yeah, great question. I'm glad you asked about that. There's often some confusion around the free models or freemium models what they call, especially when vendors have offered limited free trials in the past or some crippled editions of the fully functional product. But our approach with them. First, free 200 points is very different if not radical. It's not a trial, it's not a a light version with restricted functionality. It's an entirely free tier that gives every organization or even an individual the full action one platform, exactly the same robust product that our large enterprise clients use for up to 200 endpoints absolutely free. Ever and there's absolutely no catch this model it's it's it's different for a variety of reasons. So for small businesses it means you get access to modern cloud based endpoint management without having to invest heavily upfront as should be basically just zero that you don't need even need a credit card to sign up you can deploy the same technology that large enterprises trust to secure and manage your endpoints and that. No cost for those initial devices. It's like it's just get rid of this huge barrier to entry, especially for companies that might be on a tight budget but still needs strong security and compliance capabilities because everybody needs those these days. For managed service providers, MSP's operating in budget limited situations, especially that small MSP startups. This. Free tier is especially valuable. It allows you to get started with a fully functional platform, prove its value to your clients, and eventually scale up as needed without incurring any initial costs. And even large enterprises can benefit from it. It's a fantastic way to try out Action One risk free to see first hand how it simplifies patch management and enhances security before deciding to integrate it fully or scale beyond the 200. Points threshold because because they they even if you're super large like 100,200 thousand points, you can deploy it in a smaller in your branch office just to give it a give it a run, see how it operates and and then then scale it. In essence, this free for the 1st 200 endpoints model is designed to let you experience the modern endpoint management in its full capacity. You're not being limited. We're demo or restricted feature set. You're getting the complete package this. Approach, I think it not only builds trust in our platform, but also it helps organizations start their journey toward more efficient, secure and automated input management without a hefty initial investment. And as you grow, as your needs evolve, you'll already have a solid foundation in place. And we, we so strongly believe in our product that the when you, when you sign up for action 1, you just go to the website. You don't even have to talk to a live person. You just you just get in pretty much instantly put in your e-mail address. And and you're in and, and if you want to use it for up to 200 employees, that's it. You're on your own. You again, we want everyone to use it. That's why we made it so, so simple. Yeah, no, I love, I, I wish every service had an offering like this because I, you know, trials are one thing. I, I mentioned it's sort of like a trial, but it's really not because a trial indicates a, it expires at after a certain period of time. And this is a little bit more freeing in the sense if you get 200 endpoints, you can really get a full experience of like how this works for you and your needs. And yeah, I just think it's great. So I'm very supportive of this. Them. I wanna say, I wanna kind of also talk about again like the autonomous aspects that's a big buzzword for your company or for your for autonomous endpoint management. This kind of gets us into the world of artificial intelligence and what's coming down the pipeline. So I'm just curious and you have mentioned agent takeover prevention is sort of this sort of a newer feature product offering of yours. What upcoming features do you have in the works for customers? Um, looking ahead, we're, uh, we're really excited about what's coming next for, for action One. This one of the biggest innovations with, you know, that the one that I've already mentioned is the agent takeover prevention. And it's a, it's a huge step forward to that. It's a, it's an, that assurance that even if our cloud infrastructure were ever compromised, the agents in your. Environment would simply refuse to execute any unauthorized commands. This extra layer of protection is something we're particularly proud of and it sets the stage for a much more resilient security model. But that's just the beginning where we're expanding our platforms across platform capabilities. One of the of our key priorities is to support Linux, which is a significant win for organizations running diverse. Environments that have the mix like Windows, Mac, Linux, beyond that, we're adding more enterprise grade features. Well, when I say enterprise grade, yeah, that those are being asked by larger enterprises. But any business like when we start looking like when we introduce something that we think would only be used by by a larger enterprise, we then we find out it's actually, it's actually, this could be an essential feature for for much smaller companies as well. And it's because they they just make the platform even more robust and, you know, think about things like roles based access controls that to allow for more granular permissions management so that every user in your organization gets exactly the access they need without any unnecessary risk. And integration is another big focus. We're working on tighter integrations with systems like Service now. Which can streamline workflows and help bring endpoint management into the broader IT ecosystem. Additionally, we're looking at integrations with vulnerability management tools like Rapid 7 and Tenable. Well, what's interesting is that we do have, even without our knowledge, without any cooperation from our end, some of some of these companies like Rapid 7 just recently created an integration with Action One. Because I think one of their, I think it's not just one, it's multitude of their customers who wanted this. And another one a few months before was Axonius, another company that just like just out of the blue, just we find out, ohh, there's, there's an, our customer tells us that the Action 1 is already integrated with Axonius. It's like, wow, wonderful. You know, by connecting these dots because we you have, you can't like live on your own island, we aim to create a more holistic security solution that not only patches and protects you, but also give you gives you deeper insights into your overall security posture. And I think what's really important is. Our road map is driven by a real user feedback so much that our public road map lists nearly 500 hundred features directly related to patching. And that number isn't just a metric, it's a testament to our commitment to addressing the real world challenges our customers face. We use a very data-driven approach to prioritize the what we work on next. And to make sure that every feature we developed delivers tangible value without spreading ourselves too thin. We remain laser focused on patching because we know that effective patch management is at the heart of keeping systems. Secure and compliant, that's pretty much what we do. Yeah, it's very true. Well, that's, that's a lot of, there's a lot of exciting developments there. I appreciate you kind of breaking that down. And then just sort of it sheds a light on the future of where this space is going, which I always find it interesting from an industry perspective to try to predict the future, especially with all these, yeah, autonomous developments. Now if for all the IT people listening to this podcast maybe looking to modernize how they manage company devices, what should they do? Where should they start? What? Is there any solution or advice that comes to mind?