SF, Tue Apr 21st: Internet of AI Agents: NANDA@MIT Media Lab

Name: SF, Tue Apr 21st: Internet of AI Agents: NANDA@MIT Media Lab
Start: 2026-04-21T17:00:00.000-07:00
End: 2026-04-21T20:00:00.000-07:00
Location: San Francisco, California

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How will trillions of AI agents discover, verify, and trust each other across the open internet? Join us for the NANDA@MIT Media Lab Summit in San Francisco to find out.

Prof. Ramesh Raskar (MIT Media Lab) brings Project NANDA to the West Coast for an evening of deep conversation and hands-on building. NANDA is the foundational infrastructure for the Internet of AI Agents, going beyond MCP and A2A to add discovery, identity, and trust at machine speed.

What to expect:

5:00 PM | Doors open, drinks and networking

5:30 PM | Keynote: Prof. Ramesh Raskar (MIT Media Lab) on the Internet of AI Agents, with a live NANDA demo

6:15 PM | Panel: Building the Open Agentic Web, moderated by Prof. Oguzhan Aygoren (UC Berkeley Haas)

7:00 PM | Break + networking

7:15 PM | Strategy Workshop: Design an agent strategy for your industry (groups of 4-6, no coding required)

8:30 PM | Pitch Showcase: Groups present 2-minute strategy pitches

9:00 PM | Closing + open networking

Who should attend: Startup founders, corporate leaders, middle managers, innovation heads, investors, and researchers exploring the business opportunity in AI agent infrastructure. No coding required.

Speakers & Organizers:

Prof. Ramesh Raskar | MIT Media Lab Architect of Project NANDA. National Academy of Inventors Award (2024), Lemelson-MIT Prize (2016), SIGGRAPH Award (2017). https://www.linkedin.com/in/raskar

Prof. Oguzhan Aygoren | UC Berkeley Haas Director, Institute for Business Innovation. Stanford Faculty Fellow. Bridging AI research and real-world outcomes.

Merve Isler | CEO of Marvelous. Runs AI Insiders (aiinsiders.us), a 15,000+ ecosystem powering curated events in San Francisco. Featured on Reuters and Business Insider.

Ipek Celiksoz | Venture Partner at 212 VC | Building cross-border dealflow across SF & London | 10K+ startups screened | Investing in healthtech, longevity, AI-driven platforms, and deeptech/robotics

About NANDA NANDA (Networked AI Agents in Decentralized Architecture) is an opensource project that originated at MIT Media Lab.

ProjectNanda, the opensource initiative, is building open infrastructure for the Internet of AI Agents. The framework enables autonomous agents to discover, authenticate, and collaborate through decentralized protocols, building on MCP and A2A with layers for discovery, identity, federation, and trust. Learn more: nanda.mit.edu | lu.ma/nanda
MIT Research: https://nanda.media.mit.edu/
OpenSource: https://projectnanda.org/

About Persona
Persona is an online identity verification platform that enables businesses of all sizes to collect, verify, and manage user identities throughout the customer lifecycle. Trusted in over 200 countries and territories. Learn more about Persona -> withpersona.com

About AI Insiders AI Insiders is a vertical AI ecosystem powered by Marvelous, connecting AI founders, investors, and enterprise leaders through curated summits and VIP dinners in San Francisco. 15,000+ community. Featured on Reuters. Learn more: aiinsiders.us

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