RSAC 2026 crowned an agentic security startup as its most innovative, but the harder problems, securing MCP protocols, tracking agent behavior post-authentication, and scaling governance beyond "human in the loop," remain unsolved.
Swivel and Olyzon launched live agent-to-agent CTV transactions via AdCP, bypassing DSP/SSP infrastructure entirely. The same week, Basis shipped agentic planning tools and Horizon Media revealed an orchestration layer above the entire stack. Three architectural bets on programmatic's future landed in 72 hours.
Publicis audited The Trade Desk and rivals rushed to pitch alternatives. Four agency buyers surveyed said they changed nothing. The real fight is over margin and infrastructure control, not transparency.
MCP is the open standard Anthropic released in late 2024 for connecting AI models to external tools and data. In roughly 16 months it went from zero to 97 million installs. Here is what it actually is, why adoption took off, and how to build your first server today.
Paperclip is the open-source orchestrator that treats AI agents like employees — with org charts, budgets, goals, and governance. Here is a technical deep dive into how it works and whether you should use it.
AI agents are everywhere in 2026, but getting started still feels intimidating. Here is the no-jargon guide to building your first working agent, from zero to running code in under 30 minutes.
Forty-four thousand practitioners in San Francisco watched the security industry ship autonomous AI agents for both offense and defense in a single week. The real story isn't AI in security. It's an arms race nobody controls.
MCP is the de facto standard for connecting AI agents to tools. Most tutorials stop at local setup. Here is what it takes to wire up MCP servers to a Claude agent and run them in production without burning your token budget.
RSAC 2026 opened with a clear message: AI agents are the new enterprise attack surface. Microsoft, Straiker, and SOCRadar all launched agent security products in the first 24 hours. Here is what happened, who is affected, and what your security team should do this week.
Claude Computer Use lands in Cowork and Claude Code today. Mac-only for now, but the implications are real: an AI that can navigate your desktop, file your work, and keep projects moving when you step away.
GitAgent introduces a file-based open standard for defining AI agents in Git repositories, with export adapters for eight frameworks. The portability story is real but has clear boundaries.
Zuckerberg is building an AI agent to help him run Meta by cutting through organizational layers for faster answers. It's a prototype, but the pattern it represents is the enterprise AI category to watch.
MCP connects agents to tools. A2A connects agents to each other. Here's how to decide which protocol your project actually needs, with architecture details and a decision framework that skips the hype.