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id: brief-ged-ossman
title: "Networking Brief — Ged Ossman (Interf, Adjacent Space)"
type: brief
status: final
owner: ivan
created: 2026-02-21
updated: 2026-02-21
tags: [hackathon, networking, landscape]
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# Ged Ossman — Networking Brief
**Role:** Founder, Interf
**LinkedIn:** [ged-ossman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ged-ossman/)
**Forbes Technology Council** member
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## Background
- **Copper.co** — Founding engineer. Stayed through Series C. Built core infrastructure for the crypto custody platform.
- **Forbes Technology Council** — Member, publishes thought leadership
- **Interf** — Current company. Agent readiness protocol.
## What Interf Does
- **Agent Readiness Protocol** — Framework/tooling that helps businesses prepare their systems for AI agent interaction
- NOT a direct competitor to Markster — orthogonal approach:
- **Interf:** "Is your business ready for AI agents?" (readiness assessment, protocol layer)
- **Markster:** "Here are the AI agent tools for your business" (the actual tools + execution layer)
## Competitive Notes
| Dimension | Interf | Markster |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| **Approach** | Agent readiness protocol | Production business OS via MCP |
| **Stage** | Early (hackathon participant) | 2 years production, 41 customers |
| **Revenue** | Unknown | $15.6K MRR |
| **Overlap** | Low | Low |
| **Threat level** | LOW | N/A |
**Verdict:** NOT a competitor. Potentially complementary.
## Quick Opener
> "Ged, I'm Ivan from Markster. I saw Interf's agent readiness work — interesting approach. We built the other side: 28 production MCP tools that are the actual business layer agents connect to. Seems like we're solving adjacent problems."
## Conversation Strategy
- **Frame as peers, not competitors** — Different layers entirely
- **Explore complementarity** — Their readiness assessment could recommend tools like ours
- **Learn their positioning** — Understand how they talk about the market
## What NOT To Say
- Don't be dismissive of their approach
- Don't claim "we do what they do but better" — we genuinely don't
- Don't share too much about our architecture
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_Priority: MEDIUM — Know the landscape. Potential partner, not competitor._
