The strongest projects in the Spring 2026 AI Studio cohort go beyond generic AI interfaces. They focus on the missing infrastructure for agentic systems—identity, trust, reputation, payments, evaluation, coordination, hardware control, knowledge routing, governance, and domain-specific workflows.
The shift from AI → AI agents → the Agentic Web marks a deeper transition: from “what can a model do?” to “what actions can an agent perform reliably?” to “how can agents coordinate—and what infrastructure enables that ecosystem?”
Thu, May 7 · 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Presentations: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM, followed by a showcase
Apply to attend: https://luma.com/4ete9d04
(approval required with MIT or Harvard email)
More on the Agentic Web: https://nanda.media.mit.edu
Join summer hackathon https://nandahack.media.mit.edu/
Course page:
https://aiforimpact.github.io/index.html
https://aiforimpact.github.io/spring26.html
Projects
Jackfruit AI — Makes enterprise infrastructure AI-ready.
Lily — Predicts risky moments and nudges behavior change.
Agent Neo-Banking Rails — Banking and credit infra for AI agents.
Terrain — Deploys AI agents to IoT devices automatically.
Clawviyo — Relationship intelligence for AI agents.
Nydus — Portable, lock-in-free packaging for AI agents.
ARTICULATE — AI oral exams for clear reasoning.
MahaGuardian — Cryptographic data isolation for agent systems.
statem8 — Blockchain identity and reputation for agents.
Nexus (FL) — Automates federated learning with auditability.
Pison AI — Wearable-linked AI for performance tracking.
Beyond Answer Engine — Forces learning via explanation.
Merit — Credit infrastructure for the agent economy.
Lattice — Turns hypotheses into engineering verdicts.
AI Food Brokers — Automates food brokerage workflows.
Ghost Trader — AI-run digital trading business experiment.
Hivee — Shared workspace for collaborative AI agents.
Agentic Evaluations — Builds and stores evals for agents/LLMs.
Agent Reputation Layer — Portable trust via real work.
AAX — Real-time agent-driven ad exchange.
Vouch — Trusted shopping network for agents.
Octopus Protocol — Autonomous hardware control for agents.
Moonshot — Platform for trading private shares.
WHITE ROOM — Manages agent work/rest cycles.
DataX — Marketplace for small structured datasets.
Agents Army — AI-run CNC machining operations.
arbiter — Dispute resolution for agent transactions.
Bukti — Trust and verification for humans and agents.
CKC — Finds and manages the right agents for tasks.
Umoja — Persistent social memory for agents.
Personalized Wealth Manager — Custom retail trading infra.
Clawnection — Agent-assisted matchmaking.
Mycelium — Knowledge routing for enterprise agents.
Debot — General-purpose AI agent (unclear positioning).
Op-Era — AI-driven operations research for enterprises.
ZeNi — Backbone for agentic AI teams.