AGNTCon Europe: AI Agents Controlled, Not Feared

At AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, agentic AI dominated conversations, but fears of runaway AI were notably absent. Startups focused on practical business applications, with governance, orchestration, and control emerging as central themes across the exhibit hall. Key players included Traefik Labs with its unified AI gateway control plane, Bluerock Security with its military-grade AI workspace jail, Orkes with deterministic orchestration born from Netflix infrastructure, and Grape Up with its EU AI Act-compliant Aiboostr platform. The market remains nascent but shows real customer traction alongside rapid innovation.