This panel explores why open protocols are essential to building an interoperable AI ecosystem. The conversation covers standards for agent identity, communication, payments, and memory, and how they can reduce lock-in, create open markets, and enable new forms of collaboration between humans and agents.
Panelists: Max Webster (Founder, Hivemind Ventures) · Tom Brow (Applied AI, Block) · Ilan Strauss (Economist, AI Disclosures Project) · Sam Herring (Developer, Nous Research) · Roland Bewick (Developer, Alby)
Recorded at the Open Source AI Summit, September 10–11, 2026, in San Francisco’s Presidio. The summit brought together 150 builders and advocates to explore open, private, and local AI across technology, science, policy, economics, and philosophy. opensourceaisummit.org
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