Today, Known (formerly Innovation Labs) launches as an independent company focused on establishing accountability for AI agents. We’re proud to support the Known team and the DNSid framework as they build the accountability layer for an increasingly agentic internet.
AI agents are becoming actors in the digital economy. They need accountability. Agents can already transact, exchange information, and operate across companies, platforms, and systems. But as they cross organizational boundaries, a fundamental question remains: Who is accountable for this agent? Today, we launch Known to help answer that question. Known is building the accountability infrastructure for autonomous AI. At the center of our work is DNSid, an open, neutral framework that gives every AI agent a persistent identity tied to the organization responsible for them, making ownership and accountability verifiable wherever they operate. Built on DNS, PKI, and an immutable log, DNSid works across organizational boundaries without requiring every organization to establish direct trust with every other organization its agents may encounter. Autonomy requires accountability. As agents move across organizational boundaries, who they are and who is responsible for them remain verifiable. The agentic economy requires open, interoperable infrastructure that makes it possible without every organization having to establish direct trust with every other organization. Known launches today as an independent company, spun out of Identity Digital, with substantial work already underway across enterprises, standards organizations, the open-source ecosystem, and policymakers. This is day one. We’re Known. And we’re building for a world where every agent is accountable. https://lnkd.in/gYRvM3Nc #AgenticAI #AI #AIInfrastructure #DNSid #AgenticAccountability
