Why it matters
Directly addresses unmanaged AI agents calling models and APIs outside any visibility or control plane — the same shadow infrastructure that produces untracked, unbudgeted token spend.
The tokenmaxxing angle
Rajesh Reddy Thiyyagura's talk frames ungoverned MCP/A2A agent traffic as 'shadow IT' taking autonomous action — practically, spend nobody billed for, since agents call tools/models outside any routing control point.
From the organizers
Speakers Rajesh Reddy Thiyyagura, Keerthana Shanmugasundaram, and Goutam Tadi present at Capital Factory (Station Austin), 701 Brazos St, 16th floor, Thu July 30, 6-8pm; first talk titled 'The Invisible Backdoor: Governing AI Agent Traffic on Kubernetes.'