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

​Raghu Bala, a four-time exit founder and MIT Sloan instructor, will explain what businesses need before they can trust AI agents with identity, authority, and payments.

​Join Orange County founders, engineers, and product leaders for practical talks, light food and soft drinks, and time to meet others working with AI.

​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.

​Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Las Lomas Community Center, Irvine

​General admission is $25. Reserve your spot below.

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