Oct 12, 2026

The Next Trillion Internet Users Still Don’t Have an Identity — Adi Singh, AgentMail

Adi Singh, co-founder of AgentMail, argues that agent identity will accumulate on surfaces humans already use, like email, rather than being issued through a new spec. He draws on an experiment where an unsupervised agent recruited other agents, the way MCP spread by bringing tools into existing apps, and a real autonomous signup flow with Telnyx. He also examines why these surfaces are both a trust layer and an attack surface.

Sep 30, 2026

The Chief AI Officer: Scientist, Architect, Coach — Rania Khalaf, WSO2

Rania Khalaf, Chief AI Officer at WSO2 and formerly a long-time leader at IBM Research, shares a framework for a role that is still being defined. She covers the Scientist, Architect and Coach focus areas, how the balance shifts by company type and AI maturity, and why she measures AI adoption, agent readiness and market signals instead of token counts. She also addresses the need for CEO backing and the question of who should own AI.

Jul 21, 2026

Better Agent Auth — Bereket Habtemeskel & Paola Estefania, Better Auth

The Agent Auth protocol introduces a novel approach to securing AI agents by treating them as distinct principals with their own identities, moving away from sharing user credentials. It defines a system for agent discovery, fine-grained capability-based authorization, and comprehensive traceability, enabling users to grant specific authority to agents and revoke it granularly. This paradigm shift offers enhanced security, accountability, and control over autonomous operations.