{"slug":"agent-passports-not-platforms","title":"Stop building agent platforms. Start building agent passports.","summary":"Platforms compete on orchestration. Passports compound on attestation. The crowded side and the empty side, examined.","lede":"The 2026 market has too many agent platforms and too few agent passports. The platforms will commoditize; the passports will compound.","date":"2026-05-04","reading_time":"4 min","category":"Contrarian","tags":["passports","platforms","portability","contrarian"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Agent%20Passports/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/agent-passports-not-platforms.html","wordcount":580,"related":["agent-identity-is-a-category","cross-platform-agent-identity","verified-work-passport"],"schema":"Article"}