As organizations increasingly integrate AI agents across diverse roles and functions by 2026, a critical, often overlooked, challenge emerges: robust governance and seamless inter-agent collaboration. IDC’s recent enterprise technology predictions highlight a stark reality: by 2030, a significant portion of Global 1000 companies could face substantial legal repercussions, hefty fines, and even dismissals of Chief Information Officers due to inadequate controls and governance of their AI agents.
This looming threat underscores the necessity of establishing clear guardrails and ensuring that these intelligent agents can not only function effectively but also transact with each other. Patrick Tobler, founder and CEO of blockchain infrastructure platform NMKR, is at the forefront of addressing this challenge through an innovative fusion of agentic AI and decentralization.
The Masumi Network, a collaborative effort between NMKR and Serviceplan Group, launched in late 2024. It operates as a framework-agnostic infrastructure designed to empower developers in building autonomous agents capable of collaboration, service monetization, and verifiable trust.
Tobler articulates the core vision: “The future will witness billions of AI agents from disparate companies interacting. The current hurdle lies in enabling agents from different organizations to communicate and exchange value securely and efficiently.”
Consider a scenario in the travel industry: your personal AI agent could seamlessly book a flight with an airline’s AI agent for an upcoming industry conference, all while managing your hotel reservations. Such an experience hinges on an implicit, yet crucial, layer of trust.
“Masumi operates as a decentralized network of agents, obviating reliance on any single, centralized payment infrastructure,” Tobler explains. “Agents are equipped with integrated wallets, enabling direct, trustless stablecoin transactions between them. This facilitates secure and seamless interaction.”
Tobler, with extensive experience in the cryptocurrency space, observed that the solutions developed for human adoption of blockchain technology might be ideally suited for AI agents. “We’ve solved many complex issues in crypto for humans, but I realized these solutions might be better targeted,” he notes. “For humans, navigating crypto wallets and blockchains presents a steep learning curve. AI agents, however, are unburdened by user experience challenges; these decentralized mechanisms are native to their operational paradigm.”
He posits that the very problems arising from the interaction of millions, or even billions, of AI agents have already been addressed and solved within the realm of cryptocurrency.
Tobler is attending the AI & Big Data Expo Global as part of Discover Cardano. NMKR’s origins lie on the Cardano blockchain, and Masumi is built entirely upon it. He expresses keen interest in engaging with businesses that, while aware of AI’s potential, primarily utilize it through interfaces like ChatGPT, seeking to understand their current AI adoption and identify how Masumi’s infrastructure can provide tangible value.
“Often, traditional tech startups build in isolation,” Tobler observes. “The missing piece is direct engagement with the end-users who will interact with these technologies daily. Our focus is on bridging that gap.”
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