# Tobin South's Personal Website

## About
This is the personal website and blog of Tobin South, focusing on AI agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol), security, verifiability, and AI policy.

## Owner
- Name: Tobin South
- Role: Head of AI Agents & MCP at WorkOS
- Research Fellow at Stanford University (Loyal Agents initiative)
- PhD from MIT (2025) in Private, Verifiable, and Auditable AI Systems
- Contact: tobin@south.fyi, tobin@workos.com, tsouth@stanford.edu
- Social: @tobinsouth (GitHub, X/Twitter)

## Website Structure
- Main site: https://tobin.fyi/
- Blog: https://tobin.fyi/blog/
- RSS Feed: https://tobin.fyi/blog/feed.xml

## Key Topics
- AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) development and best practices
- AI Security and Privacy
- Verifiable AI Systems
- AI Policy and Governance
- Enterprise AI Authentication (WorkOS AuthKit)
- AI Safety and Alignment

## Current Work
- Leading AI Agents development at WorkOS
- Research on Loyal AI Agents at Stanford HAI
- MCP server development and ecosystem building
- AI security consulting and speaking

## Notable Projects
- MCP server implementations and tooling
- WorkOS MCP Connect for OAuth authentication
- Personhood Credentials research
- Private Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Zero-knowledge proofs for AI systems

## Academic Background
- PhD MIT 2025: Private, Verifiable, and Auditable AI Systems
- Fulbright Future Scholar
- E14 VC Fellow
- Co-author International AI Safety Report 2025

## Areas of Expertise
1. MCP server development and deployment
2. AI authentication and authorization
3. Private AI systems and cryptography
4. AI agent architectures
5. AI safety and alignment
6. Enterprise AI integration

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Last updated: September 2025
For corrections or updates, contact tobin@south.fyi