Friday Five — October 2, 2026

What happened

Learn more VentureBeat - OpenClaw launches free enterprise control plane for persistent AI agents (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question), backed by OpenAI, Red Hat and Nvidia This week, OpenClaw launched OpenClaw Enterprise (OCE), a fully open source enterprise-grade control plane for deploying and operating persistent agents across users and teams. Securing AI agents requires securing the systems around themAs AI agents gain authority to act on enterprise systems, model safeguards alone are not enough. Red Hat is a software company based in Raleigh.

Red Hat CTO Chris Wright explains how Red Hat is delivering defense in depth across its portfolio through open source innovation, effectively securing agents by securing the surrounding identity, runtime, network, and infrastructure. Learn more Navigating the AI threat era: Securing your open source supply chain with Red Hat Services In this Red Hat webinar, speakers explore how AI-driven threats are accelerating cyber risk and expanding regulatory demands. The session covers shifting from reactive patching to continuous platform resilience, automating delivery pipelines and using Red Hat Services to operationalize security across people, process, and technology.

Key facts

• Securing AI agents — requires: securing the systems around themAs AI agents gain authority to act on enterprise systems, model safeguards alone are not enough