Re: Introducing AIR - Open Trust Infrastructure for AI Agents

Greetings,
It's very encouraging to see the AIR work gaining visibility. I simply
wanted to flag a relevant thread unfolding in the Credentials Community
Group. Perhaps the shared expertise across groups can help unlock insights
for the broader community.

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2026Apr/0146.html

All the best,

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 6:16 AM Peter Ahn <peter@agentidentityregistry.org>
wrote:

> Hi Gaowei,
>
> Thank you for the warm response and for sharing the group's work. It's
> encouraging to hear that the community group has been exploring agent trust
> layers and that your design also uses W3C DIDs — that's a direct alignment
> with what we've built at AIR.
>
> I'm currently overseas and will be back in Vancouver in a couple of weeks.
> I'd love to present AIR to the community group once I'm settled — we have a
> live API and published specification that I think would be useful to
> discuss.
>
> In the meantime, I'd like to introduce my co-founder Kenny Bahia (CC'd),
> who is based in Vancouver. Kenny is our technical lead and can engage with
> the group right away if there's anything time-sensitive.
>
> Would you be able to share any recent meeting notes or specs from the
> group? We'd like to review them before presenting so we can focus on where
> AIR complements your existing work rather than covering ground you've
> already explored.
>
> Looking forward to collaborating.
> Best,
>
> Peter Ahn
> Co-Founder, Agent Identity Registry (AIR)
> peter@agentidentityregistry.org
> https://agentidentityregistry.org
>
> ------------------------------
>
> CC: kenny@agentidentityregistry.org
>
> Want me to adjust anything?
>
>
>
> Dear Peter,
>
> Thank you for your thoughtful sharing — the trust layer for agents is
> indeed a critical topic. We have also discussed this extensively in our
> community meetings.
>
> In our current design, agent identity is built on top of W3C DIDs as well,
> so I believe there is a strong natural alignment and many complementary
> aspects between our work. Your approach to trust scoring and verifiable
> identity is particularly interesting and relevant to the challenges we are
> addressing.
>
> If you are open to it, we would be happy to invite you to one of our
> community group meetings to give a short introduction of AIR and share your
> insights with the group.
>
> Looking forward to further discussion and potential collaboration.
>
> Best regards,
> Gaowei
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 9:10 PM Kwang Wook Ahn <ahnkwangwook@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>>
>> I'd like to introduce the Agent Identity Registry (AIR) — an open-source
>> project building neutral identity and trust scoring infrastructure for AI
>> agents, natively on W3C DIDs and Verifiable Credentials.
>>
>> We see our work as complementary to this group's efforts on agent
>> discovery and communication protocols. AIR addresses the trust layer: given
>> that agents can find each other, should they trust each other? Our registry
>> provides verifiable identity (AIR IDs linked to W3C DIDs) and a transparent
>> five-component trust score (Provenance, Behavioral, Transparency, Security,
>> Peer Attestations) scored 0-1000.
>>
>> What's live today:
>>
>>    - Working registry API with agent registration and trust scoring:
>>    https://agentidentityregistry.org
>>    - Full specification, trust methodology, and governance docs:
>>    https://github.com/ahnkwangwook-oss/agent-identity-registry
>>    - Recent public comment submitted to NIST CAISI on AI agent identity
>>
>> We’d be glad to share more detail, answer questions, or discuss alignment
>> opportunities via email.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Kwangwook (Peter) Ahn
>>
>> Agent Identity Registry Foundation
>>
>> ahnkwangwook@gmail.com | foundation@agentidentityregistry.org
>> https://agentidentityregistry.org
>>
>>
>
>

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