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We're launching the Agentic Tech movement's guiding principles and how to get involved. Check out our latest blog post for more on the human agency vs AI agent distinction: agentictech.substack.com/p/a-quiet-mo...
A quiet movement is forming: entrepreneurs building for human agency — not just agents’ sake.
Read our invitation to join the discussion around building truly agentic tech: products that preserve human agency.
agentictech.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
AI companies vacuum personal data into closed systems, creating irresistibly integrated experiences... and dangerous market concentration.

The architecture we choose for digital memory will determine which future unfolds. Co-authored with our friends at USV. buildexante.substack.com/p/you-dont-o...
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
AI agents are not 'agentic' in the way we mean. Stay tuned for more on this topic from us..😎
Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
📢 TechCrunch covers our $30M raise, @proton.me partnership, and the launch of our $99/month privacy-first open beta.

Privacy-focused mobile service isn’t the future—it’s here. We're proud to be building a network that puts users first.

Check out the full story: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/c...
Cape opens $99/month beta of its privacy-first mobile plan, inks Proton deal, raises $30M | TechCrunch
Mobile networks continue to be a major target for cybersecurity breaches, and Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon's persistent attacks on multiple carriers
techcrunch.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Announcing Builder Blueprints: a free, first-of-its-kind set of legal docs and tools that founders can use to raise the standard for users and companies alike. New standard docs for a new status quo: www.builder-blueprints.com (1/3)
Builder Blueprints
The go-to document library for building the best companies with trust. This library was created by ex/ante and the Ford Foundation for founders who want to build the best company worthy of their users...
www.builder-blueprints.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by ex/ante
“when we say that we want to build a better Web our guiding star is to improve user agency and that user agency is what the Web is for” berjon.com/user-agency/

some great folks on the same page:
👋 🦋! For our first post, we put together a starter pack to make it easier to follow some awesome founders, funders, and operators all working on technologies that produce human agency: go.bsky.app/RGc2RZg

Follow these folks to learn more about what's happening in the Agentic Tech landscape!
Tech for Human Agency
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
👋 🦋! For our first post, we put together a starter pack to make it easier to follow some awesome founders, funders, and operators all working on technologies that produce human agency: go.bsky.app/RGc2RZg

Follow these folks to learn more about what's happening in the Agentic Tech landscape!
Tech for Human Agency
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
January 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM