The Agent Identity Convergence: Why Everyone Is Building the Same Thing in 2026

Something interesting is happening in the agent infrastructure space. In the last two weeks, five separate companies announced agent identity solutions — and they are all solving the same problem differently. The Convergence ZeroID (Highflame) — open-sourced an agent identity server with verifiable credentials and delegation chains Ledger — 2026 roadmap includes Agent Identity (Q2), Agent Intents & Policies (Q3), Proof of Human (Q4) Strata.io — published a new agentic identity playbook argui