About Drew Gowan, Cyber Architect

Drew Gowan is a cyber architect specializing in building autonomous systems that can take real actions in production environments. He focuses on developing robust guardrails to ensure these systems operate safely and reliably. Drew is the Founder at DCYFR Labs and serves as the Head of AI at GameShark Labs.

• Expertise: Autonomous AI agents, Agentic AI security, AI safety, Multi-agent systems, Local-first inference, Model Context Protocol, Security architecture, and TypeScript.
• Core Functionality: Develops autonomous systems with integrated safety mechanisms.
• Key Initiatives:
  • @dcyfr/ai: An open-source portable TypeScript runtime for model routing, tool-use, and MCP wiring.
  • The agentic fleet: A system of daemons running autonomously on a local-first model stack for research, code review, monitoring, and self-healing.
  • SharkVault: A consumer application built end-to-end by agents, demonstrating autonomous delivery from authentication to content pipeline.
• The Loop: Describes the autonomous operational cycle of the agents, including Observe, Triage, Think, Act, and Record states, with built-in safety breaks.
• Guardrails: Implements critical safety features such as spend ceilings, sender kill switches, credential isolation, tool sandboxing, metacognition breakers, and self-heal watchdogs to ensure controlled autonomy.
• Services Offered:
  • Assistance with building and deploying the first secure agent.
  • Implementing governance for existing agent fleets.
  • Auditing current systems for agent capabilities and risks.
• Writing: Shares insights on AI, security, and development through blog posts on topics like AI assistants, agentic AI security, and system architecture.