AI in Production: The Agent Economy and High-Stakes AI Decisions

🤖 When AI Agents Start Spending: Trust, Identity, and the Agent Economy

AI agents are stepping into the economic spotlight, ready to negotiate, purchase, and complete transactions on our behalf. However, businesses face crucial questions before allowing these agents to spend: Who is it? Who authorized it? What is it allowed to do?

Join us for an engaging evening featuring two insightful perspectives on trust in AI:

🎤 Keynote by Raghu Bala

CEO and Founder, Synergetics.ai
MIT Sloan instructor and four-time exit founder
Raghu will delve into the trust framework surrounding agentic commerce, addressing topics like agent identity, delegated authority, verifiable registries, and payments. Leveraging insights from Synergetics’ AgentTalk protocol and real-world enterprise applications, he will illustrate how these elements foster trusted transactions among autonomous agents.

⚡ Lightning Talk by Jeffrey Wen

Founder, WenInDoubt
Jeffrey will discuss his approach to utilizing AI for high-stakes decisions, highlighting the importance of knowing when to trust AI outputs, when to question them, and how to maintain human oversight.

Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of:

• The identity and authorization challenges in agentic commerce
• Evaluating AI systems for important decision-making
• Considerations builders should have before granting agents autonomous spending capabilities

Connect with fellow Orange County engineers, founders, and product leaders who are at the forefront of AI in production. Light refreshments and soft drinks will be served.

📍 Location: Las Lomas Community Center, Irvine
🗓️ Early Bird Registration: Closes July 21 — Reserve your spot now!

This event is a private gathering and is not endorsed or sponsored by the City of Irvine.