​The Open Integration Layer for Agents during SF a16z TechWeek

​Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Time to be confirmed

​JOE & THE JUICE
301 Howard Street, San Francisco

​Hosted by Open Future Forum
Sponsored by Agentic Fabriq

​Short description

​Building an interoperable connectivity layer around MCP, open standards, and reusable connectors rather than proprietary integration silos.

​Full description

​AI agents need access to applications, APIs, tools, and data—but rebuilding those connections inside every platform creates fragmentation, duplicated work, and long-term lock-in.

​There is another path: an open integration layer built around MCP, shared standards, and reusable connectors.

​Join Open Future Forum during SF a16z TechWeek for a developer-focused discussion about the infrastructure required to make agent integrations portable, interoperable, and reusable across models, frameworks, and applications.

​We’ll examine how open connectivity can give developers greater flexibility while allowing the ecosystem to build on shared interfaces instead of creating another generation of proprietary silos.

​Topics will include:

• ​Architecting an open integration layer around MCP and APIs

• ​Reusable connectors, tool discovery, and capability schemas

• ​Portability across models, agents, and application frameworks

• ​Authentication, permissions, and policy without unnecessary lock-in

• ​Open standards for context, actions, and system interoperability

• ​Reliability, observability, governance, and production operations

• ​Where shared infrastructure can replace duplicated integrations

​This session is for AI engineers, platform teams, API builders, open-source contributors, developer-tool leaders, technical founders, and anyone shaping how agents connect to the software ecosystem.

​Come meet the builders working toward an open, interoperable foundation for agent connectivity.

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