David Bombal #544: The 5 Pillars of The Internet of Agents
Feb 20, 2026
Vijoy Pandey, a technology leader at Cisco Outshift focused on agentic systems, talks about the Internet of Agents and the AGNTCY framework donation. He covers building discovery/identity/messaging for agents, a DNS-style registry with MIT, and open-source tools like CAPE plus real-world network and hospital workflows.
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Four Pillars Of Agent Collaboration
- Agents mix probabilistic and deterministic computing to solve complex problems at machine scale.
- Discovery, identity, messaging, and observe/eval are the four pillars needed for agent collaboration.
Open-Source And Standardize Foundations
- Donate and standardize foundational projects to encourage vendor interoperability and trust.
- Converge protocols (like Google's A2A) with open projects to avoid fragmentation.
Building A DNS For Agents With MIT
- Outshift is working with MIT to build a decentralized 'DNS' for the agentic internet to enable cross-registries.
- The registry work uses 15+ universities to prototype neutral, decentralized discovery plumbing.