April 12, 2026

Auki unveils exocortex for AI agents at Harvard XR conference

Nils announced the introduction of the exocortex, a new harness for AI agents that enables them to maintain shared context and memory over time, during his speech at the Harvard XR Conference today. This development, part of Auki’s mission to create real-world web infrastructure for AI interaction, aims to enhance intercognitive capacity and will be open-sourced to allow external contributors to refine the system further. The conference focuses on the intersection of XR, AI, and hardware, highlighting the growth of these technologies in real-world applications.

Auki: Auki builds the real world web for robots and intelligent machines to make the physical world accessible to AI. The project aims to reduce friction in shared understanding and increase intercognitive capacity through advanced AI agent infrastructure. Nils announced the exocortex at Harvard XR, a harness maintaining shared context and memory across Auki’s AI agents, to be open sourced for contributors.
Nils: Nils Pihl serves as CEO of Auki Labs, focusing on AI-physical world integration. He presented at the HarvardXR Conference 2026 on April 11. There, he unveiled the exocortex for Auki’s AI agents to enable persistent shared memory and context.
Harvard University: Harvard University hosts the HarvardXR hub and Graduate School of Design XR conference exploring extended reality with AI and spatial computing. The 2026 event, XR+: From Pixel to Voxel, featured speakers on platforms and content infrastructure. It provided the venue for Auki’s exocortex announcement by Nils Pihl.
Auki Community Update: Auki Community Update is a regular Twitter broadcast series delivering project progress and announcements to the community. The April 10 edition aligned with the Harvard XR conference timing. It keeps participants informed on developments like the exocortex initiative.

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“Event Theme”: “HarvardXR Conference 2026 explores the convergence of XR and AI technologies.”,
“Auki Mission”: “Facilitates the connection of AI agents with real-world environments through web infrastructure.”,
“Open Source Plan”: “Exocortex project will allow external developers to contribute to AI agent enhancement via shared context systems.”
}
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