When AI Agents Start Spending: Trust, Identity, and the Agent Economy
Raghu Bala will unpack identity, authorization, and payments for AI agents.
Join them Tuesday, July 28 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Las Lomas Community Park, 10 Federation Way, Irvine, CA 92603.
AI agents are becoming economic actors. They will negotiate, purchase, and settle transactions on their behalf. Before an agent can spend money, businesses must answer three questions: Who is it? Who authorized it? What is it allowed to do?
This evening brings together two practical perspectives on using AI when trust matters.
Keynote: Raghu Bala CEO and Founder, Synergetics.ai MIT Sloan instructor and four-time exit founder
Raghu will explain the trust layer behind agentic commerce: agent identity, delegated authority, verifiable registries, and payments. Drawing on Synergetics’ AgentTalk protocol and enterprise deployments, he will show how these pieces can support trusted transactions between autonomous agents.
Lightning talk: Jeffrey Wen Founder, WenInDoubt
Jeffrey will share how he uses AI for high-stakes decisions, where a wrong answer is costly. He will discuss when to trust AI output, when to challenge it, and where human judgment must remain in control.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of:
The identity and authorization problems behind agentic commerce
How AI systems can be evaluated in consequential decisions
What builders should consider before allowing agents to act or spend independently
Meet Orange County engineers, founders, and product leaders working on AI in production. Light refreshments and soft drinks will be provided.
Early bird registration closes July 21. Reserve your spot below.
This event is a private reservation and is not endorsed or sponsored by the City of Irvine.
Please register here to attend.
Thanks to Ascend GenAI for offering this local startup event, the details, and the graphic!