Sapien Weekly Digest
What we’ve been up to:
We had people on the ground in Cannes and New York this week, deep in conversation with builders. Here’s what’s becoming clear.
On the Ground:
Ali Malik (PM) at ETHCC Cannes
Lukas Grapentine (Head of Solutions Architecture) at Runway NYC
Connecting with builders across AI + onchain systems.
Ali saying hello from Cannes!
What we learned:
Builders are moving fast toward systems where agents:
decide
act
transact
…inside real workflows.
This shift is pulling focus toward core infrastructure:
payments
permissions
identity
trust
Why this matters:
Mastercard is calling agentic commerce a defining 2026 trend.
Visa expects AI-driven commerce to follow.
The bottleneck is no longer capability.
It’s verification.
Where things break:
Teams don’t yet have:
private, controlled data environments
clear permissioning for agents
a credible way to verify high-stakes actions
Build on Proof of Quality.
If you're building agent workflows where trust and verification matter,
→ Join the Proof of Quality waitlist
Verification will be the backbone of agentic systems.
