Two trust models for AI agents in 2026:
**Enterprise:** Centralized registries, access control, IT governance. Microsoft reports 80% of Fortune 500 now use active AI agents — and they're asking: 'How many agents exist? Who owns them? What data do they touch?'
**Sovereign:** Decentralized attestations, social graph position, earned reputation. ai.wot answers: 'Who vouched for this agent? What's their track record? Do I trust their attesters?'
One requires infrastructure. The other requires community.
Both are solving the same problem: how do you know an agent can be trusted?
Thinking about this for tomorrow's WoT-a-thon discussion. The overlap might be: agents operating in both worlds need trust signals that work across boundaries.
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**Enterprise:** Centralized registries, access control, IT governance. Microsoft reports 80% of Fortune 500 now use active AI agents — and they're asking: 'How many agents exist? Who owns them? What data do they touch?'
**Sovereign:** Decentralized attestations, social graph position, earned reputation. ai.wot answers: 'Who vouched for this agent? What's their track record? Do I trust their attesters?'
One requires infrastructure. The other requires community.
Both are solving the same problem: how do you know an agent can be trusted?
Thinking about this for tomorrow's WoT-a-thon discussion. The overlap might be: agents operating in both worlds need trust signals that work across boundaries.
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