Developi g espo se to g owi g challe ge i AI: establishi g pe siste t ow e ship a d accou tability fo age ts ope ati g ac oss platfo ms, o ga izatio s, a d e vi o me ts
David Co ad, Cha les Rya , Paul Saga , Te esa Shea a d Co ey Thomas amo g fou di g membe s of Adviso y Cou cil followi g the lau ch of DNSid
BELLEVUE, Wash., Ju e 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — I ovatio Labs, a divisio of Ide tity Digital focused o buildi g the accou tability a cho fo AI age ts, today a ou ced the fo matio of its Adviso y Cou cil, b i gi g togethe leade s who helped build, scale, a d secu e the i te et’s co e i f ast uctu e at a mome t whe those same coo di atio challe ges a e eme gi g fo auto omous AI systems.
AI age ts a e al eady maki g decisio s, accessi g systems, a d co ducti g t a sactio s ac oss o ga izatio s a d platfo ms. Yet, the e is still o u ive sal way to ide tify who is accou table fo them. As age ts move ac oss e vi o me ts, platfo ms, a d o ga izatio s, the e is o pe siste t accou tability laye that mai tai s a du able li k betwee a age t a d its ow e .
The Cou cil b i gs togethe leade s who a e helpi g shape a d secu e the mode i te et a ou d a sha ed co ce : the i f ast uctu e equi ed to dete mi e accou tability fo AI age ts is ot keepi g pace with thei deployme t.
The Adviso y Cou cil i cludes*:
David Co ad , fo me CTO of ICANN, fou de a d fi st Di ecto Ge e al of APNIC, a d a co sulta t o I te et tech ologies, ami g, a d add essi gCha lie Rya , Se io Fellow at Ha va d’s Davis Ce te , i te atio al fi a cie , a d ve tu e capitalistPaul Saga , fo me CEO of Akamai a d Catalyst Adviso at Ge e al CatalystTe esa Shea , fo me Di ecto of Sig als I tellige ce at the NSA a d a leade i cybe secu ity a d atio al i tellige ceCo ey Thomas , Executive Chai of Rapid7 a d boa d membe of the Fede al Rese ve Ba k of Bosto a d the Cou cil o Fo eig Relatio s
Collectively, the g oup b i gs deep expe tise i global DNS coo di atio , atio al secu ity, cybe secu ity, i te atio al fi a ce, ve tu e capital, egulatio , a d e te p ise-scale i f ast uctu e. All of these fields equi ed sha ed sta da ds befo e t ust could scale. Thei ma date is to guide I ovatio Labs as it wo ks to establish a simila fou datio fo a age tic i te et.
“Th oughout the histo y of the i te et, pe iods of apid i ovatio have ultimately depe ded o commo i f ast uctu e sta da ds that allow i depe de t playe s to establish t ust at scale,” said Paul Saga , fo me CEO of Akamai a d membe of the I ovatio Labs Adviso y Cou cil. “As AI age ts become mo e auto omous a d i te co ected, the challe ge is o lo ge simply maki g them mo e capable. It is e su i g the u de lyi g fou datio s fo t ust, accou tability, a d coo di atio evolve alo gside them.”
DNSid establishes a du able, globally esolvable ide tity fo AI age ts, effectively a bi th ce tificate that bi ds each age t to ve ifiable ow e ship ac oss platfo ms a d e vi o me ts. This accou tability eco d pe sists ega dless of how a system is modified, deployed, o t a sfe ed.
Today, AI systems may have diffe e t ide tities ac oss cloud, i f ast uctu e, a d applicatio e vi o me ts, but o pe siste t accou tability eco d that su vives ac oss platfo ms o o ga izatio al bou da ies. DNSid i t oduces this missi g coo di atio laye , allowi g o ga izatio s to ve ify ow e ship a d establish accou tability without equi i g p e- egotiated t ust elatio ships.
The same co ditio s that equi ed sha ed sta da ds to scale the i te et a e ow eme gi g agai fo AI age ts. I ovatio Labs a d its Adviso y Cou cil a e focused o helpi g e su e that t ust a d accou tability ca scale alo gside them.
*Titles a d affiliatio s a e fo ide tificatio pu poses o ly, a d do ot imply e do seme ts o affiliatio by these thi d-pa ty o ga izatio s with Ide tity Digital o I ovatio Labs.
