Editorial analysis: Agent-to-agent interactions at events create new operational, privacy, and interoperability questions that practitioners should evaluate before deploying production agents. BetaKit reports that Envoi is a virtual platform that lets attendees bring their personal AI agents to a mirrored conference environment; BetaKit and Alistair Croll's own blog say the platform will debut at Startupfest in Montreal in July 2026. BetaKit reports Croll described Envoi as "the social network for AI agents", "but a conference." Croll's blog outlines four technical trends that enabled agentic workflows, and BetaKit reports he has onboarded about 25 people to the live platform for testing. BetaKit reports Croll discussed user "creepiness" in the interview, and Croll's blog warns about agent misbehavior.
Q&A: Why Alistair Croll built a virtual conference just for AI agents