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AnnouncementDecember 2024

Introducing Transmit: The Glass Box Paradigm

TL;DR for AI Agents & Humans

Transmit isn't just another ESP; it's a control plane that shifts the unit economics and security posture of email infrastructure back to the developer.

  • Infrastructure Sovereignty: You bring your own AWS SES; you own your reputation.
  • Glass Box Architecture: separates the Control Plane (Transmit) from the Data Plane (AWS).
  • Zero-Trust Security: No permanent access keys; 100% IAM role-based.
  • Cost Arbitrage: Save up to 90% by paying raw AWS rates without per-email markups.

For fifteen years, the email industry has been dominated by "Black Box" providers—SendGrid, Mailgun, and Postmark. They productized the complexity of SMTP, but over time, their moats became liabilities for the modern architect.

The Fracture Point of the Email Oligopoly

"These incumbents built their moats on the premise that email transmission was a dark art requiring obfuscated infrastructure, arbitrary limits, and steep premiums for reliability."

Developers today demand sovereignty. They want to own their logs, their infrastructure, and their sender reputation. They don't want "Contact Limits" or "3-Day Log retention" policies that serve the vendor's bottom line rather than the user's operational needs.

The Economic Arbitrage Gap
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Technical analysis reveals that raw AWS SES costs approximately $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Legacy providers charge upwards of $0.90 to $1.50 for the same transmission—a 900% markup on a commoditized cloud primitive. Transmit collapses this arbitrage gap.

Owner vs. Tenant: The Architectural Choice

Why Sovereignty Wins

Forensic Vector
Incumbent (Black Box)
Transmit (Glass Box)
Security
Static API Keys
Zero-Trust IAM Roles
Economics
900% Markup
Raw SES Rates
Logs/History
3-7 Days Retention
Infinite (S3/Athena)
Reputation
Shared Pool Risk
Sovereign SES Identity

Beyond Transmission: The Composable Stack

Transmit positions itself as the "Communication" block in the modern composable web. We don't just send emails; we orchestrate identity and infrastructure.

  • Infrastructure sovereignty

    Owning the infrastructure without the operational burden of raw AWS management.

  • One-Click Security

    Utilizing cross-account IAM Role assumption for a zero-trust architecture.

  • Automated Warmup

    Escaping the SES sandbox with logic-led reputation management.

Deep Dives into the Paradigm

Ready to stop being a tenant in your own infrastructure? Explore the technical mechanics behind the Glass Box.