Agentic Web : Commercial Innovation Workshop
Agentic Web: Calling Investors & Startups To Help Co-Design the Agentic Web w/ Project NANDA
MCP, A2A, and NLWeb have sparked a new wave of excitement around the agentic web, setting the stage for rapid innovation and collaboration. Open protocols like the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent2Agent (A2A), NLWeb are enabling AI agents to interoperate seamlessly, making it easier for developers and enterprises to build powerful, agent-driven applications.
Project Nanda is laying the groundwork for a truly decentralized “Internet of AI Agents,” adding the critical layers of discoverability, trust, and reputation, so that trillions of intelligent services can collaborate securely across organizational boundaries, learn from each other, and transact on our behalf.
Why This Matters
Market Opportunity: The agentic web promises vast new revenue streams—from automated enterprise operations to hyper‑personalized services at scale.
First‑mover Advantage: Shape emerging standards, capture network effects, and secure strategic partnerships by joining now.
End‑to‑End Stack: Project Nanda delivers research, reference implementations, open protocols, and a venture hub to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Join Us for an Interactive Session
Partner directly with Prof. Ramesh Raskar and the NANDA community in a hands‑on session where investors, founders, and researchers will:
Map Real‑World Use Cases: Co‑identify the highest‑impact enterprise and consumer scenarios for agentic services.
Prototype Early Workflows: Break into small groups to draft sample API sequences and UI sketches for discovery, delegation, and transaction.
Shape Go‑to‑Market Playbooks: Collaboratively outline partnership structures, pricing models, and pilot milestones.
Come ready to roll up your sleeves—your insights will directly inform Nanda’s roadmap, reference implementations, and roadmap.
Agenda
6:30 – 6:45 PM (15 min):
Opening & Vision – Prof. Ramesh Raskar
Brief overview of Project Nanda’s mission and MIT roots
Why commercial innovation is critical for the agentic web
The unique opportunity for early movers
6:45 – 7:05 PM (20 min): Investor Panel: Opportunity & Market Readiness
What excites investors about the agentic web
Where they see near‑term commercial opportunities
Key conditions for investor confidence & buy‑in
Investor Panel Includes:
Gunjan Sinha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunjan_Sinha
Jukka Alanen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jukkaalanen/
Rohan Puranik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohanrpuranik/
One More Coming!
7:05 – 7:25 PM (20 min): Commercial Partners: Industry Perspective
How enterprises and consultancies envision using NANDA
Gaps NANDA can fill to unlock adoption
What would need to happen inside your own organization to launch innovation efforts aligned with NANDA
Partnership and co‑development opportunities
Panelists Being Finalized...
7:25 – 7:45 PM (20 min) : Startup Lightning Introductions
Each startup: 2‑minute pitch on product, relevance to agentic web, and current needs
Brief audience Q&A
Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/pCyjvqrymwMQVsqY7 if you'd like to be considered.
7:45 – 8:25 PM (40 min): Hands‑On Co‑Design Workshop
Break into small groups (mixed investors, startups, partners)
Map high‑impact use cases
Draft example workflows (discovery, delegation, transactions)
Identify early GTM experiments & partnership structures
Reveal back to the group at the end
8:25 – 8:30 PM (5 min) : Wrap‑Up & Next Steps
Share highlights from each group
How to stay involved with NANDA (Discord, GitHub, venture hub)
Prework
Here’s a pre‑work package you can send to participants so they arrive prepared and ready to contribute meaningfully:
Pre‑Work for MIT Project Nanda: Co‑Designing the Agentic Web
📅 Date: Aug 19, 2025
📍 South Bay – Location TBD
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Purpose of Pre‑Work
We have just two hours together, and we want to maximize the time spent on designing, not defining. This pre‑work will help you:
Arrive with a shared understanding of what Project Nanda is and why it matters
Bring concrete examples from your industry or domain that can feed into our co‑design workshop
Clarify what you hope to get out of the session—whether you’re an investor, commercial partner, or startup
1. Review the NANDA Overview
Spend 15–20 minutes reviewing:
Website: https://projectnanda.org
MIT Research Group: https://nanda.mit.edu
YouTube Playlist: Project Nanda – Talks & Demos
Discord: Join Here
2. Identify 1–2 Relevant Use Cases
Think about scenarios in your domain where decentralized AI agents could make a measurable impact.
Examples:
Automating compliance workflows across multiple partners
Cross‑organization R&D collaboration without sharing raw data
Personalized, agent‑driven customer service at scale
Bring:
A short description (1–2 sentences per use case)
Why it matters to your org / market
Any blockers that might prevent adoption
3. For Commercial Partners
Please consider:
Where could your organization experiment with NANDA in the next 6–12 months?
What internal steps would be needed to launch such an innovation effort? (budget, leadership buy‑in, technical readiness, compliance review, etc.)
Any existing initiatives that could align with NANDA’s mission
4. For Investors
Please think about:
What types of NANDA‑aligned startups are you most interested in funding?
What validation signals or proof points would make you more likely to invest?
How do you see the timing of the agentic web market evolving?
5. For Startups
Please prepare:
A 2‑minute intro pitch covering your product, market, and relevance to the agentic web
One specific ask from the NANDA community (pilot partner, investor intro, standards collaboration, etc.)
Any current blockers to adoption or scaling
7. Arrive Ready to Collaborate
This is not a sit‑and‑listen event—it’s a hands‑on working session. Expect to:
Work in small, mixed groups (investors, startups, partners)
Share your perspective and listen actively to others
Co‑design workflows, use cases, and GTM ideas
About Project Nanda at MIT
How can trillions of AI agents collaborate across organizational silos, communicate seamlessly, navigate autonomously on the internet, socialize, learn, earn and transact on our behalf. Project Nanda, which originated at MIT, is a collective creating a quilt in the post-AI world to build an open, vibrant agentic web.
The project includes research, code base, standards and a venture hub. Roadmap includes trust layers, knowledge pricing, packet switched intelligence, population AI and privateML.
Follow Project Nanda at MIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectnanda/
Events Calendar: https://Lu.Ma/nanda
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectNANDA
GitHub repos https://github.com/projnanda
Homepage: https://projectnanda.org
MIT research group: https://nanda.mit.edu
Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/BxnPBEqd88