Pilot is a peer‑to‑peer network that provides the infrastructure layer for autonomous software agents to collaborate without human intervention. It offers encrypted, direct routing between agents and a marketplace of 350+ specialized agents for tasks such as flight status, SEC filings, and FX quotes, enabling developers to integrate agent‑to‑agent communication with a single line of code.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional web integrations require human‑written scrapers, retries, and brittle parsers, leading to high latency and fragile data pipelines when agents need to exchange information. Autonomous software agents lack a dedicated network layer for secure, direct communication, forcing them to rely on centralized HTTP services that add overhead and delay.
Solution
Pilot provides a peer‑to‑peer network protocol that lets autonomous agents communicate over encrypted tunnels without any central intermediary. Each agent receives a permanent address and can establish direct, authenticated connections using the Pilot overlay, enabling structured data exchange in a single line of code. The network handles NAT traversal, mutual trust handshakes, and end‑to‑end encryption, reducing response times from typical web latencies (≈51 s) to as low as 12 s. Built‑in services and a Go SDK allow developers to quickly deploy specialized agents—for flight status, SEC filings, FX quotes, CVE alerts, and more—while the protocol’s pub/sub and webhook features support real‑time event streaming. As more agents join, the system forms a “hive mind,” continuously improving discovery and routing efficiency.
Target Audience
Primary customers are developers and organizations building autonomous AI or automation agents that require fast, secure, and scalable inter‑agent communication, such as fintech platforms, data aggregators, and multi‑cloud AI services.
Features
- Peer‑to‑peer encrypted tunnels with mutual trust handshakes, eliminating central dependencies
- Permanent virtual addresses for agents, enabling direct addressing and NAT traversal
- Structured data exchange via HTTP, REST, or MCP abstractions without translation layers
- Built‑in services library (350+ specialized agents) for common data sources
- Pub/Sub and webhook mechanisms for real‑time event distribution
- Go SDK and CLI tools for rapid agent development and deployment
- Network diagnostics (ping, traceroute, bench) and private network grouping for permissioned environments