Agent Gateway Deep Dive with Christian Posta

------ From APIs to Agents: Why we need a new gateway layer ------

Many enterprise architectures today are still built around APIs: clearly defined interfaces, request-response patterns, and service-to-service communication.

But with the rise of AI agents, this model starts to break.
Agents don’t just call APIs. They plan, reason, use tools, interact with other agents, and continuously exchange context with LLMs. This creates entirely new challenges around security, governance, observability, and control.

This session dives deep into Agent Gateway, a new infrastructure layer designed specifically for agent-to-agent, agent-to-tool, and agent-to-LLM communication.

------ What we’ll explore ------

Why traditional API gateways fall short in agent-based systems
The shift from service-to-service to agent-to-everything communication
Core concepts behind Agent Gateway (MCP, A2A, tool integration)
Security, policy enforcement, and guardrails for autonomous agents
Observability: tracing prompts, decisions, and tool usage
Real-world architecture patterns for building agentic systems
How Agent Gateway fits into emerging “Agent Mesh” architectures

------ Speaker ------

Christian Posta (Solo.io)

Christian is a globally recognized expert in cloud-native architecture, service mesh, and distributed systems. As Global Field CTO at Solo.io, he works with enterprises to design and implement next-generation platforms—and is now at the forefront of AI-native infrastructure and agent systems.

------ Who should attend? ------

This meetup is for people who are building or thinking about the next generation of enterprise systems:
Platform engineers and architects, Cloud-native practitioners, AI engineers working with agents and LLMs, Anyone exploring how AI changes system design

------ How to join -------

This time, the meetup will be in the premises of Riverty in Kantstrasse 17, Berlin (4th Floor of Living Berlin mall). Riverty will provide pizza and drinks. Please bring your ID as you will need to sign an NDA (we are a regulated entity).