Agentic Web #02 — The Browser as an Agent Runtime

For an agent that needs to act on the web, the browser is more than a place to read a page. It is an environment with state, sessions, interfaces, and actions whose outcomes need to be observed and checked.

Join HackerSquad and Bright Data for the second Agentic Web meetup at the Web Data Loft. We'll explore what it takes to use the browser as an agent runtime, from navigation and extracting context to completing workflows and recovering when something changes.

A few short demos will ground the evening in working systems. A practitioner panel will then unpack the design choices behind browser-based agents, followed by networking with people building agent tools, browser infrastructure, and products that operate on the live web.

What we'll explore

• Managing browser state and sessions across multi-step agent workflows.
• Combining page understanding, structured data, and browser actions to complete useful tasks.
• Evaluating task success, inspecting failures, and designing recovery and human handoffs.

Who this is for

Agent developers, automation engineers, browser infrastructure teams, and founders building products that navigate and act on the web. Come ready to discuss the workflows you want agents to handle and what makes those workflows difficult.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).

• 5:00 PM — Doors Open: Check in, meet fellow builders, and settle in.
• 5:45 PM — Programming Begins: A few short demos, with builders showing their work and sharing the data and engineering decisions behind it.
• 6:15 PM — Panel Discussion: A conversation with practitioners about the evening's topic, followed by audience questions.
• 7:00 PM — Networking: Continue the conversation with founders, engineers, researchers, and the teams behind the demos.
• 8:30 PM — Doors Close.

Location and registration

Join us at Bright Data — Web Data Loft, 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107. Hosted by HackerSquad and presented by Bright Data.

Attendance is free, with registration subject to approval. Demo teams and panelists will be announced.