Whitepaper · 2026
The Activity Layer
for modern work.
How Desktend unifies humans, organizations, and AI agents around a shared system of record for execution.
The Problem
Work moves across people, teams, tools, and agents — but no single layer tracks what's happening, who owns it, or what's getting done.
The Solution
Desktend organizes work around Activities: trackable units of work shared between humans, organizations, and AI agents.
Executive summary
A shared operating layer for humans and AI agents.
As businesses adopt automation, human workflows and AI-driven execution are fragmenting across people, teams, tools, and agents — leaving organizations without a clear system of record for collaboration, accountability, visibility, and execution.
- 1Activities replace ad-hoc tasks with a structured, trackable unit of work spanning people and agents.
- 2Execution-first design prioritizes work by business impact and coordinates real-time action between humans and AI.
- 3One system of record for visibility, accountability, and outcomes across modern AI-powered organizations.
- 4Open ecosystem via APIs, partner integrations, and agent SDKs — scaling toward a global collaborative work economy.