My co-founder and longtime technical partner, Alexander De Ridder, first opened my eyes to the immense power and responsibility of going open source. As always, he was ahead of the curve.
At SmythOS, we’ve spent the last two years building what we believe is the most robust, secure, and extensible agentic operating system on the market. We’ve quietly grown from zero to tens of thousands of users and hundreds of companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 enterprises.
But what’s coming next isn’t quiet. It’s seismic.
Over the past year, many of my conversations with friends, family, and colleagues have gravitated toward AI. Given what we’re building (a fact I rarely volunteer), those conversations often turn to AI’s impact. People are curious. People are anxious. Some worry their jobs are at risk. Others simply don’t understand what AI can and cannot do.
I believe AI has the potential to unlock tremendous prosperity and human progress. Yes, there are risks. And yes, there will always be bad actors. But AI can transform everything—from mobility to disease research to longevity and communications. And much more we haven’t even imagined yet.
We believe the AI agent-to-agent economy will reshape this future, redefining how the internet works, how commerce flows, and how productivity happens. By 2034, most transactions won’t be human-to-human, or even human-to-machine. They’ll be agent-to-agent.
That transformative moment demands infrastructure and tooling that is:
- Open, not locked down
- Auditable, not opaque
- Portable, not walled off
- Human-aligned, not just corporate-owned
Today, we’re proud to take the first major step in our open source initiative by launching the SmythOS Runtime Environment (SRE). This secure, agent-native runtime includes comprehensive CLI and SDK support. This will empower developers to build fast, scale securely, and create AI systems that can be extended, owned, and deployed anywhere: from the cloud to the edge.
Our move towards open source is also driven by our commitment to interoperability, not vendor lock-in. We are actively supporting developing open protocols such as Google’s A2A and Anthropic’s MCP because we believe this collaborative approach is essential for future progress.
This is just the beginning. More releases will follow. But our intention is clear: we’re building the open standard for the agentic era.
As a business leader, I’ve explored deeply how open source can drive real commercial success. Here’s what I’ve come to believe:
- Developers will extend SmythOS, build new SaaS products, eCom tools, and vertical AI companies atop our horizontal layer.
- We’ll support them with training, co-building, enterprise-grade hosting, and security.
- Businesses will use SmythOS for internal workflows, and when they want faster results, they’ll use our Weaver tool to build agents from natural language.
No one else offers that full stack: fully open architecture + NLP-powered extensibility.
We’ve created the bridge between builders and businesses. Between doers and dreamers. Between full code ownership and agent scalability. Between open source and real-world impact.
The future isn’t coming—it’s already here. And SmythOS is the platform it will run on.
SmythOS.🦙Ride the llama. 😸Skip the drama. Let’s build it—together.
