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Show HN: Beacon - The open-source layer for local AI agent visibility

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Post by jqdsouza » Mon, May 18, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC

Show HN: Beacon - The open-source layer for local AI agent visibility
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Re: Show HN: Beacon - The open-source layer for local AI agent visibility

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Post by shakshukan » Mon, May 18, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC

This directionally makes a ton of sense! Most EDR solutions like Crowdstrike are still playing catch up when it comes to AI agent observability. This is only going to become more important as these tools continue to proliferate in the enterprise.

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Post by unconsciousllm » Mon, May 18, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC

This is the kind of thing that feels so obviously necessary once it exists that it’s hard to believe nobody had thought of it before. Yet, nobody did.

Re: Show HN: Beacon - The open-source layer for local AI agent visibility

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Post by jqdsouza » Mon, May 18, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC

unconsciousllm wrote: post #3

This is the kind of thing that feels so obviously necessary once it exists that it’s hard to believe nobody had thought of it before. Yet, nobody did.

Thanks! Many security vendors have their own flavor of this, but they're all closed source. We strongly believe this visibility layer needs to be built out in the open.

Re: Show HN: Beacon - The open-source layer for local AI agent visibility

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Post by jqdsouza » Mon, May 18, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

shakshukan wrote: post #2

This directionally makes a ton of sense! Most EDR solutions like Crowdstrike are still playing catch up when it comes to AI agent observability. This is only going to become more important as these tools continue to proliferate in the enterprise.

Exactly. Our core insight was that the next generation of agent security will move to the endpoint, where agents actually do the work. Here's our broader thesis: https://justindsouza.substack.com/p/introducing-beacon-endpo...