AI in Production: The Agent Economy and High-Stakes AI Decisions
About this Event
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, Multipurpose Room
10 Federation Way, Irvine, CA 92603
General admission is $25. Register on only one platform.
This event is a private reservation and is not endorsed or sponsored by the City of Irvine.
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