a16z podcast: Cosign rebuilds professional networking around vouches — and opens it to AI agents
a16z Podcast · rss · 2026-10-31
a16z's podcast features Cosign, a professional network built on who is willing to vouch for you, with a long-term goal of giving AI agents access to relationship and reputation data traditional networks lock away.
Key points
- a16z New Media's David Booth and Dhruv Gupta introduce the Cosign Awards, recognizing standout operators, companies and products via peer nominations
- Core idea: map people and relationships rarely visible in public data, then make that graph accessible to both humans and agents
- Future vision: your personal agent talks directly to a company's agent, assesses fit, and only surfaces opportunities when there's a genuine "coincidence of intent"
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