

Infra for the Next 10B Agents w/ a16z
An invite-only private gathering for the best builders and researchers in agents and infra
AI agents are moving from demos to products, and from products to production systems. But the infra stack is still early: runtimes, orchestration, sandboxes, memory, evals, observability, reliability, safety, and cost control are all being rebuilt in real time.
This private gathering brings together a small, curated group of 20–30 people shaping the agent ecosystem: key builders creating agent products, high-signal developer voices, and researchers pushing the frontier of agents.
We’ll center the conversation on one question:
What infrastructure do we need for the next 10 billion agents?
Panelists
Martin Casado, General Partner at a16z
Michele Catasta, President & Head of AI at Replit
Guanlan Dai, Founder & CEO of Runta, formerly early team of Cloudflare and Kong
Moderator: Monica Xie
Together, we’ll dig into:
What breaks when agents move from prototype to production
What agent builders actually need from infra today
Where the next infra categories will emerge: runtime, sandbox, evals, observability, memory, identity, security, and more
How to design products for a world where agents become users, workers, and customers
What the next wave of infra startups should get right
Agenda
5:30–6:00 PM Arrivals & cocktail hour
6:00–6:30 PM Panel discussion with Guanlan Dai + Martin Casado + Michele Catasta
6:30–8:00 PM Dinner and open discussion (yummy food will be provided!)
8:30 PM Wrap
Invite-only. Limited to 20–30 guests.