Building an Open Agentic Future

The AI agent ecosystem is at a crossroads. Unsurprisingly, major players are chasing revenue, but in doing so they seem to have forgotten the lessons of the early internet. Instead of openness, we’re seeing a rush toward lock-in and walled gardens.x000D At Pydantic, we believe the future can be different.x000D x000D We built Pydantic AI as an open, extensible foundation for building applications powered by LLMs, focused on good engineering, clarity, and reliability rather than the next AI hype cycle. Lots of people seemed to like that idea, and Pydantic AI has grown very fast.x000D x000D But can it last? We think so.x000D x000D In this talk, I’ll share why we believe that openness in the agent ecosystem matters more than ever.