--- title: OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the... description: A recap of OpenSearchCon North America 2026's nine keynotes frames OpenSearch as evolving from a search engine into a trust layer for agentic AI, emphasizing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the Trust Layer of Agentic AI | daily.dev og:description: A recap of OpenSearchCon North America 2026's nine keynotes frames OpenSearch as evolving from a search engine into a trust layer for agentic AI, emphasizing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BWELJagkA.png og:image:alt: OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the Trust Layer of Agentic AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the Trust Layer of Agentic AI **[OpenSearch](https://daily.dev/sources/opensearch)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A recap of OpenSearchCon North America 2026's nine keynotes frames OpenSearch as evolving from a search engine into a trust layer for agentic AI, emphasizing speed, collaboration, and transparency. Production users like CERN, Uber, and SAP validated the platform at scale, Linux Foundation research showed rising awareness (68% to 89%) and vendor neutrality, and new members Intel, Adelean, and Sidecar joined alongside certified LTS providers Seacom and Sidecar. Security was flagged as the next major frontier, with talks covering encryption gaps, FIPS 140-3 support, and vector embedding reconstruction risks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What FIPS compliance support does OpenSearch have now? OpenSearch gained FIPS 140-3 support through a multi-year collaborative effort involving SAP, SAS Institute, and AWS, announced at OpenSearchCon North America 2026. This makes it viable for regulated industries requiring federal cryptographic standards compliance, and was highlighted as an example of how large features get built collaboratively in an open source community. _Teams in regulated industries can track OpenSearch compliance milestones like FIPS support on daily.dev._ ### How is OpenSearch adoption and vendor neutrality perception trending? Linux Foundation research presented at OpenSearchCon North America 2026 found awareness of OpenSearch climbed from 68% to 89% over two years, with production deployment nearly doubling. Still, 24% of non-adopters primarily associate the project with its founding contributor, AWS, even as new general members like Intel, Adelean, and Sidecar joined its governance. _Evaluating vendor-neutral open source infrastructure choices gets easier by following adoption data on daily.dev._ ### What organizations run OpenSearch at large production scale? CERN uses OpenSearch for search infrastructure supporting the Large Hadron Collider and a global computing grid, Uber runs it to power rides, maps, and Uber Eats search at massive traffic scale, and SAP operates roughly 18,000 production instances under strict regulatory compliance requirements, as described at OpenSearchCon North America 2026. _Developers assessing OpenSearch for production workloads can find real-world scale references on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenSearch Software Foundation Expands Enterprise Ecosystem with New Members](https://daily.dev/posts/opensearch-software-foundation-expands-enterprise-ecosystem-with-new-members-qbrawgpch) · OpenSearch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search](https://daily.dev/posts/organizations-are-now-reaching-for-opensearch-for-ai-not-just-search-mm5kudnhi) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenSearch in 2025: Features, Improvements, and Community Growth](https://daily.dev/posts/opensearch-in-2025-features-improvements-and-community-growth-ymq11tig4) · BigData Boutique blog · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Inside OpenSearch’s bid to become the default AI data layer](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-opensearch-s-bid-to-become-the-default-ai-data-layer-2uzzh37ue) · The New Stack · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenSearch Software Foundation and Linux Foundation Research Report Finds Organizations Seek Neutral Data Infrastructure as Global AI Implementation Peaks](https://daily.dev/posts/opensearch-software-foundation-and-linux-foundation-research-report-finds-organizations-seek-neutral-z3k5bbryn) · OpenSearch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#vector-search](https://daily.dev/tags/vector-search), [#agentic-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/agentic-ai), [#opensearch](https://daily.dev/tags/opensearch) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the Trust Layer of Agentic AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka"},"datePublished":"2026-10-02T20:59:35.166Z","dateModified":"2026-10-02T20:59:58.537Z","description":"A recap of OpenSearchCon North America 2026's nine keynotes frames OpenSearch as evolving from a search engine into a trust layer for agentic AI, emphasizing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5f83a2f050e9fadee92b4f6f6d6dcfcd?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5f83a2f050e9fadee92b4f6f6d6dcfcd?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"OpenSearch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"OpenSearch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--QsmPuJ8K--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487638/logos/opensearch-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/opensearch"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,open-source,vector-search,agentic-ai,opensearch","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OpenSearch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/opensearch"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenSearchCon North America 2026: Beyond Search to the Trust Layer of Agentic AI"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensearchcon-north-america-2026-beyond-search-to-the-trust-layer-of-agentic-ai-bweljagka#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What FIPS compliance support does OpenSearch have now?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OpenSearch gained FIPS 140-3 support through a multi-year collaborative effort involving SAP, SAS Institute, and AWS, announced at OpenSearchCon North America 2026. 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