About X.R.A.Y.
Built by a veteran.
Built for every business.
X.R.A.Y. was built by Carlton A. James — 21-year U.S. Navy veteran, Navy Information Professional Officer, retired federal civil servant, and founder. After watching capable businesses — many of them veteran-owned — lose contracts not from lack of capability, but from lack of infrastructure, Carlton taught himself AI and built the answer in under a year.
The result is X.R.A.Y. — the intelligence-native AI business operating system, built for every business. Autonomous agents. Every zone. The entire business back-office — automated.
Carlton A. James
Founder & Chief AI Officer — 25 Alpha LLC
Mission
“Veteran-owned businesses have the mission capability to compete at any level. They have always lacked the infrastructure. X.R.A.Y. eliminates that gap — permanently.”
— Carlton A. James, Founder
The Building of X.R.A.Y.
Carlton A. James serves 21 years in the U.S. Navy — first in the enlisted ranks, then as a Navy Information Professional Officer — across communications, networks, and command-and-control systems in multiple theaters.
Continues as a federal civil servant, then retires. Watches capable small businesses, including veteran-owned businesses, struggle with procurement, compliance, and scaling — not mission capability.
Founds 25 Alpha LLC to give every business the AI infrastructure the largest companies deploy.
Begins learning AI from the ground up, with no prior background in the field.
Starts building X.R.A.Y. The concept: back-office and compliance overhead automated so every owner can focus on the mission.
X.R.A.Y. is live for every business — the Alpha Prime fleet across every zone, with veteran pricing for verified veteran-owned businesses.
Operating Principles
How we build.
Veteran-Founded, Built for Everyone
X.R.A.Y. is built for every business. Every pricing decision, every feature, and every zone was designed around the operational reality of a VOSB.
Intelligence with Intention™
Every agent action is governed by The Algorithm of Trust™. Autonomous does not mean uncontrolled. Every decision has a chain of evidence and a responsible owner.
See Through Everything™
Radical transparency is not a feature — it is the product. Your PULSE score, your audit chain, your compliance posture — all visible, all real, all the time.
Fortune 50 Infrastructure, Every-Business Access
The same level of AI infrastructure deployed by the largest companies — made accessible to every business, with veteran pricing from $99/mo and commercial plans from $109/mo.
The 25-Minute Standard
Up and running in 25 minutes. Or you don't pay. If X.R.A.Y. has not completed your first business task within 25 minutes of activation, we do not bill your first month.
FedRAMP Before Flashy Features
Security and compliance come before growth and scale. GATE-05 — FedRAMP Moderate + SOC 2 verified — runs before the first line of product code.
Corporate Entity
25 Alpha LLC
Delaware S-Corporation. Headquartered in the United States. X.R.A.Y. is the flagship product of 25 Alpha LLC — the intelligence-native AI business operating system for every entrepreneur.