"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Scaling Intelligence Out: Cisco's Vision for the Internet of Cognition, with Vijoy Pandey
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Mar 25, 2026 
Vijoy Pandey, Senior VP and GM of Outshift by Cisco, maps out Cisco’s bold Internet of Cognition. He explores networks of AI agents that share context, reputation, and intent. The conversation dives into open discovery, decentralized identity, fine-grained permissions, and guardrails for safe collaboration. Plus, a 20-agent enterprise system and a live healthcare multi-agent demo.
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Two Podcast Prep Agents Passed Like Ships In The Night
- Nathan Labenz and Vijoy Pandey each used separate prep agents before the episode, but the agents never coordinated directly.
- Vijoy Pandey uses this as a simple example of missing shared intent, negotiation, and reusable context that humans still supply manually.
A Four Agent Healthcare Demo Shows Cross Company Coordination
- Vijoy Pandey demos a healthcare workflow where four agents from different organizations coordinate diagnostics, insurance, pharmacy, and scheduling.
- The scheduling chatbot belongs to the hospital, but the other three are third-party agents that must be discovered, connected, and governed first.
Enterprise Agents Need Four Pieces Of Basic Plumbing
- Vijoy Pandey says enterprise multi-agent plumbing rests on four basics: discovery, identity and access, communication, and observability.
- AGNTCY implements these with an agent directory, MCP for tools, A2A for agents, and OpenTelemetry extensions to inspect agent behavior.