NaaS for Agentic AI: Building the Connected Ecosystem

Live from the GNE MainStage, Mplify CTO Pascal Menezes shares a vision for the network ecosystem needed to support agentic AI at scale. From high-performance connectivity and AI-driven service automation to trusted federation across providers, he explores how Mplify’s standards and APIs can help create a more responsive, interoperable network supply chain.

Hear how these capabilities are coming together to support the next generation of distributed AI.

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In this Executives at the Edge episode, Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more:

Why does agentic AI require a new approach to global connectivity and network performance?
How can Carrier Ethernet and wavelength services support different AI training and inference requirements?
What role will Agentic LSO, MCP, and agent-to-agent communication play in automating network services?
How could NaaS Federation enable secure partner discovery and more efficient multi-provider service delivery?
What opportunities will an automated, interoperable network supply chain create for service providers and enterprises?

Learn More

Watch Pascal’s presentation, NaaS for the Agentic AI Era: Mplify Vision, Strategy and Roadmap, from the Mplify Member Meeting – Americas in Boston
Read Pascal Menezes’ recent blogs: The $15.7 Trillion Bottleneck: Why AI’s Future Depends on Rewiring the Internet, and From APIs to Agents: Why the Network is Becoming an Active Participant in the AI Economy
View the available recordings and presentations from Mplify’s Member Summit – Americas.

About Our Guest

Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology Officer, Mplify

At Mplify, Pascal leads the company’s strategic vision across cutting-edge domains including Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), SD-WAN, service assurance, and API-driven interoperability. His work is central to advancing industry alignment around standards, automation, and certification—powering the next wave of digital transformation for cloud, edge, and carrier-scale networks.

Prior to Mplify, Pascal served as a Principal at Microsoft, where he spent nearly a decade focused on real-time media, intelligent networks, and cloud communications. His career includes leadership roles across five startups, multiple successful exits, and over 30 issued and pending patents.

Pascal is the recipient of more than five global industry awards for innovation, recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to networking, communications, and service orchestration. He has also co-authored major standards at the IETF, Broadband Forum, and Mplify.

A frequent keynote speaker and respected thought leader, Pascal hosts the influential Executives at the Edge podcast where he interviews top minds shaping the future of cloud and network services.

Pascal brings a rare combination of technical depth, entrepreneurial insight, and visionary leadership—making him a powerful voice at the intersection of innovation, execution, and industry transformation.

Executives at the Edge podcast is brought to you by Mplify, a global alliance of network, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise organizations working together to accelerate the AI-powered digital economy through standardization, automation, certification, and collaboration.

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