The Rollup Iron Claw & the Future of Privacy-First AI Agents with NEAR, Dash & Starkware
Feb 11, 2026
Illia Polosukhin, NEAR co-founder focused on privacy-preserving AI and agent marketplaces. Eli Ben-Sasson, StarkWare co-founder and ZK/post-quantum crypto expert. Joel Valenzuela, Dash executive on privacy and payments. They unveil Iron Claw's credential-isolating framework. They debate agent-to-agent commerce, chain abstraction, post-quantum security, and internet-native micropayments.
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Credentials Leaked Within Days
- Kevin Niwaki observed credential leaks from an agent within days, prompting IronClaw development.
- Illia framed this as learning the internet's adversarial landscape the hard way, similar to blockchain security lessons.
Security-First Agent Framework
- IronClaw isolates credentials from LLMs and domain-binds them so keys never leak to unrelated domains.
- It runs tools in WebAssembly sandboxes and leverages NEAR private/confidential inference to protect data.
Run Agents In Secure Enclaves
- Host agent code inside secure enclaves and use private inference so operators cannot view user interactions.
- Harden open-source agent frameworks to prevent prompt injection and manipulation.