Sovereign AI in the Age of Agents: Architecture, Control, and the Economics of Autonomy
Leaders in AI Summit Chicago 2026
Sep 15, 2026 · Time to be announced
Published schedule: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM. Sovereign AI has become one of the most discussed concepts in enterprise technology. But what does sovereignty actually mean when your AI systems are autonomous agents? Agents consume tokens at 15-50x the rate of chatbots, make decisions regulators will scrutinize, and interact with your enterprise data in ways most architectures were never designed for. This workshop presents a five-dimension framework for sovereign AI in the agentic context: compute sovereignty, token sovereignty, data sovereignty, decision sovereignty, and operational sovereignty. Each dimension maps to specific architecture decisions, from right-sizing across the full infrastructure stack to preparing enterprise data for agent-native consumption. Grounded in token economics analysis showing up to 18x cost advantages through infrastructure ownership and real-world deployment architecture from regulated industries, this session gives enterprise leaders a practical framework for maintaining control as agentic AI moves into production environments.
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Room: The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago - Main Stage
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