Mark R. Hinkle

The best conversations about AI don't always happen at conferences. Sometimes they happen over a drink. Join me tomorrow at Boxyard RTP as we get together to talk about what's happening in AI, what people are actually building, and where things might be headed. There's plenty of AI news to keep up with, but I always find it more interesting to hear what people are trying firsthand. What's working, what's not, and what they've learned along the way. If you're in the Triangle area and interested in AI, come join us. Whether you're building with it, using it at work, or just curious about where it's going, there's always something to learn from the people in the room. 📅 Tomorrow, October 29 📍 Boxyard RTP Come out, meet some interesting people, and join the conversation. I'd love to see you there. Register here: cstu.io/d109a2?_gl=1*1y7849n…..

It's been a week since All Things Open, and we're still talking about it. What a great few days of conversations, connections, and ideas. From catching up with familiar faces to meeting new people who share our passion for open source and AI, it was a reminder of why we love bringing this community together. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by, shared their insights, and helped make All Things Open such a great experience. But that was just the beginning. We're keeping the momentum going, and we'd love to see you at All Things AI in April 2027. More conversations. More ideas. More opportunities to connect with the people shaping what's next in AI. Here are a few moments from All Things Open. Thanks for being part of it The next chapter starts at All Things AI 2027. Mark your calendars for April, bring your ideas, and get ready to be part of what's next. We can't wait to see you there! Get updates on All Things AI 2027 here: allthingsai.org/ #AllThingsOpen #AllThingsAI #OpenSource #ArtificialIntelligence #AICommunity

🚨 3 DAYS TO GO, CHARLOTTE! Who’s joining us at Boxyard RTP? AI is changing how we work, but figuring out how to actually use it in your business is where things get interesting. This Thursday, October 29, we’re bringing the conversation to Boxyard for our AI meetup. Come meet people exploring AI, swap ideas, share what’s working (and what isn’t), and connect with others figuring out what comes next. No need to have all the answers. Just bring your curiosity. 💡 📅 Thursday, October 29 at 6pm EST 📍 Boxyard RTP 🔥 Three days left — make plans to join us! 👇 Who’s coming? Tag a friend or colleague who should be there with you. #AI #AIForBusiness #RTP #Networking #ArtificialIntelligence #NorthCarolina

What if your next software user isn’t a person, but an AI agent? 🤔🤖 For decades, product teams have designed around what people see, click, and navigate. But as AI agents increasingly act on our behalf, that assumption is changing. Software needs to be designed for both human users and the agents working for them. On November 6, Mark Hinkle, Co-Founder of All Things AI, will speak at ProductCampRTP about Agent-Native Apps: Rethinking What We Build. He’ll explore why we need a deliberate AI/UX layer for agents and demonstrate the approach using ConferenceOS as a working example. If you're building products for an AI-driven world, this is a conversation worth joining. 📅 November 6 at 12PM EST ⏳ Registration closes October 28. 👉 Explore the session and secure your spot: cstu.io/d265a2 #AI #ProductManagement #AgenticAI #UXDesign #ProductCampRTP

No slides. No sales pitches. Just good food, a cold drink, and people learning AI together. All Things AI (@allthingsailive) is leaving the conference room and heading to Boxyard RTP, the shipping-container village in the heart of Research Triangle Park. 📅 Thu, Oct 29 | 6:30 PM EDT 📍 Boxyard RTP, 900 Park Offices Dr, Durham, NC Never opened ChatGPT? Ship agents for a living? You belong here. 👉 RSVP: cstu.io/764d53 #AllThingsAI #RTP #TriangleTech #Networking #NorthCarolina #TechEvents

Catch me at @AllThingsOpen next week. See you all there. Grab your tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/19903172434…

AI can write the code. But can you design the system? Join us on October 20 at 12 PM EST for our Lunch & Learn with Byron Mackay, Director of Learning at Gauntlet AI, on why system design matters more than ever in the age of AI. AI can generate functions, build features, and speed up development. But what happens when your system needs to scale, handle failures, or adapt to changing requirements? That’s where architectural judgment comes in. In this session, we’ll explore: ✅ Why system design is becoming an even more valuable engineering skill ✅ How to think through load, scale, failure, and long-term change ✅ How to build stronger design instincts with Claude as a tutor Byron brings 16+ years of engineering experience and now trains hundreds of engineers to work AI-first. If you’re a software engineer looking to move beyond writing code and toward making better technical decisions, this session is for you. 📅 October 20 at 12 PM EST 👉 Save your spot today: cstu.io/da4ee0

When you consult, you know it won’t last forever. So I picture how it ends. My clients ringing the NASDAQ bell. Or maybe an acquisition. It's not my company, so the best I can hope for is that one day we all look back and agree I had some small part in their success. Today I got my wish. I’ve known @Roebot for more than 20 years. Today he announced that @opaquesys next leg of the journey is with Anthropic. Aaron and Opaque’s founders took one of AI's most important privacy techniques, confidential computing, and made it work. You can run AI on your most sensitive data without exposing that data to anyone, including the people who run the infrastructure. Don’t take my word for it: “Confidential Computing is super important.” – Jensen Huang, NVIDIA GTC 2026 That’s what it takes for enterprises to trust AI with the data that matters. Now @AnthropicAI helps carry that work forward. Aaron, thank you for letting me tailgate on your road trip. I’m proud of you, and grateful I got to ride along for some of it. And to @mosiddi , it’s been a lot of fun working with you, and I learned a lot from you. I wish you both the best in the next chapter. I can’t wait to see what you do next. P.S. If you’re building something with AI and could use some help, I can’t guarantee a bell at the NASDAQ. But I’d love to help you out. Send me a DM

🚨 Join us Monday, October 12, at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT! Explore how we can verify what happens when AI runs on a machine we don’t control. When an AI request runs on someone else’s machine, how do you know what actually happened? This Monday, we’re bringing together three people working on different pieces of the AI trust puzzle to explore how evidence can make distributed AI systems more verifiable. 🎙️ Meet the speakers: 🔹 Michael Neale, founder and creator of Mesh-LLM, an open-source framework for connecting and orchestrating AI models and agents. 🔹 Steven Mih, founder of Action State, building infrastructure and tools to make AI agents more reliable, observable, and accountable. 🔹 Imran Siddique, founder of agentrust-io and contributor to TRACE, an open specification for portable, verifiable records of AI agent runs. Here’s what we’ll explore: 🔹How Mesh-LLM records and shares signed, hash-chained evidence 🔹What two-sided confirmation looks like in a demo 🔹How TRACE records can complement exchange evidence 🔹What runtime and hardware evidence can establish — and what it cannot This is a practical look at an important question for the future of AI: How do we move from trusting what an agent tells us to checking the evidence ourselves? 📅 Monday, October 12 at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT Join us for the discussion! 🎟️ Register now and save your seat: cstu.io/524587

Would you trust an AI request handled by a machine you’ve never seen before? That’s one of the harder questions we’ll tackle next week! 🚨 Join us Monday, October 12 at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT for Mesh-LLM & Trusting a Stranger’s Machine, Part 2: Evidence You Can Check. When an AI request runs on someone else’s machine, simply being told “it worked” isn’t enough. So what if you could actually check the evidence? 🔗 Mesh-LLM’s Evidence plugin records signed, hash-chained evidence on each node and sends the signed records to both sides of the exchange. We’ll walk through a demo showing: → Two-sided confirmation → A paid Lightning exchange → How the exchange can be represented alongside a TRACE record → What additional runtime and hardware evidence can tell us → And, importantly, where the limits of this approach are Joining us are: Michael Neale — Mesh-LLM Steven Mih — Action State Imran Siddique — agentrust-io / TRACE If AI agents are going to work across machines we don’t control, evidence matters. Register today: cstu.io/1fa78a

⏰ Less than 3 weeks until All Things Open 2026! If it's been sitting on your “maybe” list, now is the time to make a plan — especially because limited free passes are available for eligible community members. October 19–20 in Raleigh brings together: 🤖 AI & agentic technology 💻 Open source ☁️ Cloud & infrastructure ⚙️ DevOps 🔐 Security 📊 Data 🧑‍💻 Developer tools 🤝 Community Plus 100+ speakers, 100+ sessions, workshops, Deep Dives, co-located events, networking, and plenty of opportunities to connect with people working across the ecosystem. 🎟️ Free Tuesday passes are available for the All Things AI community, and RTP DevOps members have limited free pass options for Monday and Tuesday. Passes are limited, so claim yours if you can attend. 📍 Raleigh Convention Center 📅 October 19–20, 2026 👉 Register here and check the available free-pass options: cstu.io/9593a6