# AI# Web3# Foundations
The opening session of our six-part arc on AI × Web3. No hype tour — a working map of the AI landscape as it matters to people building in digital assets.
We will cover:
- The current model landscape and what actually differentiates it
- Agents vs. assistants — what "agentic" means in practice
- Where AI already earns its keep in Web3 stacks, and where it doesn't yet
- What to build vs. buy as a lean team
The second half is open Q&A — bring what you're working on.
Speakers
Atul Khekade
Co-Founder · XDC Network
Atul Khekade is Co-Founder of XDC Network, an enterprise-grade Layer 1 blockchain focused on global trade, tokenisation and real-world assets. With more than 14 years of technology experience, he helped conceptualise…
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Tim Hafner
Founder · OpenServ
Founder at OpenServ, building agent infrastructure for digital assets. Europe-based, new to the STG-3 community.
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Armagan Amcalar
CTO · OpenServ
We are building the agentic infrastructure companies need to build reliable and auditable AI agents. We offer a drop-in replacement API for popular AI providers as a reasoning layer to improve their performance.
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