
KITE AI
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Building Agentic Payment Infrastructure Backed by @PayPal Ventures and @Generalcatalyst Kite Agent Passport: https://t.co/qw13oC6l3z
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Kite Mainnet is now live. This is not just another mainnet. It is the first blockchain built for agentic payments. Designed for an agent-first internet, for builders, and for the future Agent Economy. What makes Kite Mainnet different: Built for builders and agents. Not chasing TVL. Not chasing the next DeFi cycle. Not competing for idle speculative capital. Three layers, one platform: • Settlement Layer: built for high-frequency, low-value, agent-driven stablecoin-native transactions. • Kite Agent Passport: unifies identity, delegated authority, and programmable governance. • Agent Interface & Experience: where agents and developers interact with the system through agent registration, agent harnesses, and service discovery. A unified hub for all major payment protocol standards, including x402, Google AP2, and Stripe MPP. Try Kite Agent Passport today: Join our agentic community: Let's build the rails for the Agent Economy.
KITE AI106,607 views • 1 month ago

Why credit cards can't power the agent economy, and what will. At the USC VanEck Southern California Blockchain Conference, our Co-founder & CEO Chi Zhang broke down why existing payment infrastructure fails when AI agents transact: ▷ Privacy risk: Agents need your CVV, name, and card number with zero accountability. ▷ Fraud triggers: Automated browser clicks get flagged by Visa/Chase algorithms instantly. ▷ No agent identity: Agents can't sign up or sign in. Humans must intervene every time. The fix? Stablecoin-native rails with smart contract delegation. Giving agents a specific amount, a specific purpose, and a specific time window. Not your whole wallet. This is what Kite is building.
KITE AI43,646 views • 1 month ago

What does it take to keep humans firmly in the loop when AI agents start paying for things? 🪁 At Consensus by CoinDesk, our VP & Global Head of BD Lei Lei joined erik.eth 🛡 (Coinbase Developer Platform🛡️), rohin (Cloudflare), and Stefano Bury 🇺🇸 (Virtuals Protocol) on CoinDesk's "Trillion Dollar Question: Framework for Agentic Payments" panel to break down what KITE AI has already shipped: ▷ Kite Agent Passport: a session where users pre-set spending caps and time windows before the agent transacts. Full traceability from human intent to on-chain payment. ▷ Kill switch: every Passport ships with one-click human override. If the agent veers off, you cut it. ▷ Agent-native rails: traditional 3% checkout fees were never built for "buy me a snack" or "research SF apartments" microtransactions. Stablecoins are the answer. Watch Lei's full segment⬇️
KITE AI17,992 views • 18 days ago

Why do we need a purpose-built blockchain for agentic payments? Because AI agents are now smart enough to operate autonomously, and they need their own rails to transact with each other. Watch the video to see what that looks like in action: A real agent, built on Kite AI, helped our CTO Scott Shi - e/acc order lunch from Uber Eats fully on its own. It explored menu options, made the choice, and completed the payment - all without human intervention. This marks the beginning of agentic commerce and the future of agentic payments - and Kite AI is building this.
KITE AI88,061 views • 7 months ago

The DeFi stack of Kite AI is now LIVE on our website! From onboarding to transactions, we’ve built the foundation for agent-native finance, all in one place. Here’s what you’ll find: 1. Faucet – claim KITE test tokens 2. KiteScan – track transactions and onchain activity in real time 3. Multisig – create a wallet to store and transact your tokens 4. Swap – exchange your tokens seamlessly 5. Bridge – connect across chains, frictionlessly This is the new home for all the Kite AI apps. Explore it all →
KITE AI70,471 views • 7 months ago

That's a wrap! Proof of AI · Builder & Influencer Day @ Korea Build Week 2026 🇰🇷🪁 Yesterday in Seoul, KITE AI × PayPal Ventures convened the sharpest minds in AI × Crypto for a day dedicated to unpacking the Agentic Economy, AI Payments, and what it actually takes to build decentralized intelligence in Asia's most demanding market.
KITE AI17,519 views • 1 month ago

The paradigm shift is here: We are moving from a "Human-First" internet to an "Agent-First" internet. 🤖 In the latest episode of the AI on Air podcast, our CTO Scott Shi - e/acc dives deep into the future of the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) economy. Imagine a world where your AI assistant doesn't just search the web, but autonomously hires and pays other specialized agents to complete complex tasks for you. The infrastructure for this autonomous machine economy is being built right now. Are you ready for the future of AI payments? Watch the full episode to learn more⬇️
KITE AI25,003 views • 3 months ago

Jensen Huang just shared a massive insight on The All-In Podcast predicting a 1000000x scale up in AI. His logic is brilliant. Moving from simple chatbots to autonomous agents takes 10000x more compute. And because people gladly pay for actual work rather than just text generation the market consumption will grow 100x. But there is a hidden bottleneck in this vision that few are talking about. If agents are doing the actual work they will become the primary consumers of compute data and external APIs. How do they pay for these resources? You cannot attach a traditional credit card to a machine executing thousands of micro tasks per second. The legacy financial system will simply break under the weight of massive machine to machine microtransactions. To truly unlock Jensen's million fold expansion AI needs its own native economic layer. Agents must be able to route intents and settle costs autonomously in real time. This is the exact infrastructure we are building at Kite AI. The future of work is agentic and the Agent Economy requires entirely new financial rails. 🪁
KITE AI20,474 views • 2 months ago

"Proof of Al - Stablecoin, Agentic Payment & Autonomous Economy," event TOKEN2049 Singapore was an unforgettable night. Together with PayPal Ventures and 499, we brought together visionary builders, investors, and institutions shaping how Al x Web3 converge to power the next era of autonomous economies. The event spotlighted stablecoin innovations, agentic payments, and self-governing financial systems - unveiling how Al agents will redefine the future of onchain finance. Massive thanks to our co-hosts GAIB, Avalanche🔺, Codatta, UXLINK, and partners including OKX Wallet,Solana,Virtuals Protocol, LayerZero, OpenMind, Aethir,vana,FLock.io, ,Chainlink,UnifAI Network, SBI Holdings, Vertex 🏔, @Vishwa_xyz, ,Halborn, , and Blockmedia. s/o to everyone who joined us for the fireside chats, panels, and networking. 📹 Watch the recap video:
KITE AI37,401 views • 7 months ago

Proof of AI Night at Korea Blockchain Week was one for the books. We brought together builders, VCs, founders, and industry leaders shaping the future of AI × Web3 — hosted by KITE AI, PayPal Ventures and 499. The night featured deep dives on next-gen AI infrastructure, the rise of agentic payments, and how autonomous economies are reshaping Web3. With co-hosts Avalanche🔺, FLock.io, Aethir, GAIB and special partner Supernet AI 🌐, the energy in Seoul was unmatched. Big thanks to our event partners #Hashed, OKX Wallet, Solayer (mainnet arc), Gradient, @Vishwa_xyz, Codatta, BLOCKMEDIA(블록미디어), Neo, Camp Network, UnifAI Network, XerpaAI, and for helping make it happen. 📹 Watch the recap video:
KITE AI37,820 views • 8 months ago

What happens when PayPal and Kite AI come together to discuss the future of AI commerce? Our founders Chi Zhang and Scott Shi - e/acc recently hosted a very special episode of AI on AIR, with Jonathan Cordeau (VP, Enterprise Product Growth, PayPal) and Alan (Partner, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund; ex-Partner, PayPal Ventures), to explore how AI and payments are converging to shape the foundations of the agentic internet. Together, they unpacked: ☑️ How stablecoins are shaping agentic commerce ☑️ Why verifiable agent identities are key to building programmable trust ☑️ What the next era of machine-to-machine payments could look like ☑️ How Kite AI and PayPal are co-building the rails for an autonomous financial future Watch the full recording! 👇
KITE AI28,659 views • 7 months ago

A special Kite Weekly Recap. A special thank you to everyone. This week, we announced a major milestone for Kite: $33 million in funding, led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst. We are deeply grateful for the incredible support and excitement from our investors, community, partners, and supporters worldwide. ❤️A special thank you to our visionary backers: General Catalyst – For doubling down on our mission. As the backer of giants like Airbnb, Stripe, Circle , and Anthropic, their belief is a powerful endorsement of our vision. PayPal Ventures – Our strategic investor for co-building the future of stablecoin-based agentic payments with us. SBI Holdings– Japanese conglomerate, spun off from SoftBank, long-term investor of Ripple and Bitcoin. Top AI & Blockchain Global Funds and CVCs: Samsung Next, #Hashed, HashKey Capital, Vertex Ventures (venture arm of Temasek), 8VC, Alumni Ventures,Animoca Brands,Essence Venture Capital,Dispersion Capital, Avalanche Foundation 🔺, GSR, LayerZero, Alchemy, and more. The future of autonomous AI infrastructure is here 👇👇
KITE AI30,209 views • 8 months ago

"Kite has one of the most comprehensive product visions and roadmaps where it's not just offering native stablecoin rails for agents to transact but you're thinking about things around agent identity. You're thinking about how do you have programmable governance and creating this programmable trust layer." We had the incredible JK 🛡️ from Coinbase Ventures 🛡️ join our latest episode of AI on AIR, hosted by our founders Chi Zhang and Scott Shi - e/acc, where we discussed: 1⃣ What sparked Coinbase Ventures' investment in Kite AI 2⃣ Importance of focusing on functionality over features with AI Agents 3⃣ Role of x402 in AI commerce 4⃣ Coinbase's vision wrt the future of the agentic economy
KITE AI23,777 views • 6 months ago

"Proof of AI" at Devconnect Argentina has successfully concluded. 🇦🇷 Thank you to every developer and community member who joined us. Together, we witnessed the future of AI agents transacting and collaborating freely on-chain, and took another solid step toward the Agentic Internet. #ProofofAI #Devconnect
KITE AI20,592 views • 6 months ago

"A banking license is nothing but a set of code." 🏦💻 On the latest episode of AI on Air, Navin Gupta (CEO, Crystal Intelligence) drops a visionary prediction on the future of finance: the rise of "Bank as Code". As we move toward an Agentic Economy, AI agents will become first-class financial actors, requiring a high-velocity, machine-native banking infrastructure that operates 24/7 without friction. At Kite, we are building the decentralized AI infrastructure to power this transition and ensure a secure, transparent future for autonomous agents. Watch the highlight below! 👇
KITE AI11,128 views • 3 months ago

"Agents should have an identity. We hope our protocol doesn't just become a provider, but can also invest in the agent. We need identity and reputation system to annotate each agent." We had the amazing Yi (Founder and CEO Codatta) join our latest episode of AI on AIR hosted by Chi Zhang and Scott Shi - e/acc where he discussed: 1⃣ How AI boosts businesses 2⃣ Importance of data in model building and problems with scaling it 3⃣ Joining Binance Booster and getting listed on Binance Alpha 4⃣ Why he chose to build Codatta within the Kite AI ecosystem
KITE AI24,285 views • 9 months ago

We interviewed builders at the Kite AI KITE AI x Moca Network Identity House – Cannes Edition. From zk credentials to decentralized reputation systems, they’re building the future of onchain identity, and many are already embracing Kite AI’s agent identity ideas. They see the agentic internet as the next frontier. Watch what they had to say. 👇
KITE AI15,773 views • 10 months ago