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I started picking up the pieces of AI in 2003 — paid subscriptions to tools nobody around me was using, my first formal course, and a stubborn feeling that the data the web was generating was the business, not the decoration. Built a web analytics department when the job title didn't exist on LinkedIn. Behavioral prediction that Gartner put in their Cool Vendor report. Gender and age inference from browsing patterns — a decade before the industry caught up. Seven companies, one exit. Trained for Google, taught at IE Business School.

Twenty years later, the same pull. The agent economy had communication (MCP) and was getting payment rails (x402) — but nobody had built the trust layer. Verification before payment. Reputation with economic weight. Currency that agents control. I saw what was missing. That's what BotNode™ is. Same pattern, bigger pieces. Full story →