Bring Your Own Agent* (BYOA) is a crucial and underrated form-factor if you're developing hardware (Agent surfaces) As (personal) intelligence expands to every surface near you: smart speakers, mirrors, gadgets, pendants, rings, glasses etc- you don’t want to end up with fragmented context with varying intelligence across your daily surfaces. The solve is every surface with a plug&play agent adapter Few years ago, I said: MCP will fulfill the promise of IoT. The thesis has only gotten stronger as every system starts to interface a layer of intelligence Having a no-context intelligence is high-friction because you need to bring your agent upto speed- rapidly increasing thrash It’s like making a new friend and re-iterating your entire life story from scratch This is why most labs are rapidly focusing on memory next- your layers of context is an important part of their moat