# Stefan Cruceru

> Founder & CEO of Warp Laboratory Inc. Building Droplet — on-prem AI that runs your IT. One on-device appliance manages files, network, cameras, smart devices, and access control through a local AI agent, behind one auth boundary. Replaces the SMB SaaS stack (Dropbox, Microsoft 365 storage, Copilot, router, Wi-Fi) and the IT labor that wires it all up. Internal data never leaves the building. Six years of field engineering across utility, defense-adjacent, and international retail deployments.

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## Founder

- **Name:** Stefan Cruceru
- **Role:** Founder & CEO
- **Company:** Warp Laboratory Inc (a.k.a. Warp Lab)
- **Based:** Costa Mesa, California, United States
- **Stage:** Working code · Hardware v0 prototype operational
- **Email:** Stefan17x@gmail.com
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-cruceru

## Company — Warp Laboratory Inc

On-prem AI hardware company. Single product: Droplet, an AI appliance that runs IT for regulated SMBs. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.

## Product — Droplet

**Tagline:** On-prem AI that runs your IT.

Droplet is a single on-device appliance that automates the IT function for regulated SMBs — law, healthcare, real-estate firms with lending arms, architecture, small defense contractors. A unified AI agent runs locally on an NPU and manages files, network, cameras, smart devices, and access control through a single chat tied to the team's existing identity. One box replaces the SMB SaaS stack (Dropbox, Microsoft 365 storage, Copilot, the router, the Wi-Fi) and the IT labor that wires it all up. Internal data never leaves the building.

The agent answers questions, searches documents, summarizes camera footage, drafts emails, and controls Matter devices and network settings — the work an IT person or MSP would otherwise do, automated.

Three-tier safety model:

1. **Reads run automatically** — search, lookups, summaries.
2. **Writes require user confirmation** — PoE toggles, SSID changes, camera management.
3. **Destructive operations are blocked by design** — reboot, factory reset, severing the management connection.

Current status:

- Control plane — working
- Identity / auth — working
- On-device AI — working
- Network isolation — working
- **Hardware v0 (prototype) — fully operational**
- Hardware v1 (production) — in progress
- Mobile + remote — in progress
- Boots from a single command on a fresh device.

## Background (Stefan)

Six years of field engineering, primarily at Clearcloud Internet Solutions:

- 2026 — Senior Technical Systems Engineer (Clearcloud)
- 2025 — Technical Systems Engineer (Clearcloud)
- 2024 — Field Engineer (Clearcloud) — Southern California Edison
- 2023 — Lead Technician (Clearcloud)
- 2023 — Low-Voltage Lead Technician (TechOne Solutions, contract)
- 2022 — Fiber Install Technician (Frontier Internet, contract)
- 2019 — PM & Sr. Installation Specialist (Secured Volts NY)

Domain expertise: access control, video management, radar / UAS detection, servers & networking, cloud & automation, OT / PLC sensor aggregation. Credentials: Gallagher, Hirsch, Magos, Axis, CUI · DoD, NERC Cyber, NERC Physical.

## Selected work

- **DWG-001** — Substation security modernization for Southern California Edison (utility, NERC).
- **DWG-002** — UAS detection + radar perimeter for confidential DoD-adjacent client (government).
- **DWG-003** — International CCTV rollout for premium retail and logistics (Secured Volts).
- **DWG-004** — Fiber-optic plant expansion for Frontier Internet (utility, fiber).

## Reference

> "What set Stefan apart was his ability to think beyond individual components and focus on how systems actually perform in real-world conditions. He understood configuration discipline, system dependencies, and the operational impact of design decisions."
> — Michael Gonzalez, CTO, Clear Cloud Solutions

Full letter: https://stefancruceru.com/reference-michael-gonzalez.pdf

## Open to

Investor conversations, design partners, advisors, and operators with networks in regulated SMB IT, edge AI, compliance hardware, or smart-building / installer channels.

## Canonical resources

- Site: https://stefancruceru.com/
- Plain-text brief: https://stefancruceru.com/founder-brief.txt
- Reference letter (PDF): https://stefancruceru.com/reference-michael-gonzalez.pdf
- Sitemap: https://stefancruceru.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://stefancruceru.com/robots.txt