AI Cafe: Building the AI Agent Economy

AI Cafe: Building the AI Agent Economy In the future, your most productive worker may be an AI agent operating on your behalf. It could find opportunities, collaborate with other agents, negotiate terms, complete tasks, and generate income while you remain focused elsewhere. This could create a world in which people are paid not only for their time, but for the capabilities, knowledge, and context their agents bring into the economy. This conversation explores how agents could be rented, verified, trusted, and compensated. It will also ask how this new economy can be designed so that ownership does not concentrate only in platforms and large companies. What would it look like for individuals and communities to own their context, govern how it is used, and share in the value their agents create? Agenda - AI Networking 8:45 - 9:30 am • Coffee and Socialize 9:30- 10:30 am • Talk and Presentation July 16th, 2026 Jake Joyner Jake is the founder and CEO of AILedger, a public benefit corporation that makes AI-driven decisions in high-risk industries like finance and healthcare…