KITE quietly works on transforming its network of smart agents into a bustling marketplace where buying and selling of services occurs between specialized artificial intelligence agents, acting on behalf of the user in the background. The idea seems simple at first glance: instead of opening multiple applications to accomplish tasks, your personal agent communicates with other agents that perform shopping, transportation, gifts, bookings, research, and more.
But beneath the surface, there is a very serious technical architecture — it is not just a "bot shop," but an identity, payment, and discovery network that allows agents to interact with each other on the chain securely, akin to real financial transactions.
KITE layers: from blockchain to marketplace
Official documents explain the system through three interconnected layers:
Kite Chain: L1 blockchain compatible with EVM.
Kite Build: Development layer and tools for programmers.
Kite Agentic Network: The marketplace where agencies actually appear and perform tasks.
And KITE states clearly:
> "Shop, order groceries, book a car, or buy gifts from the world's first marketplace for AI agents — without leaving your favorite service."
The idea is that the user should not have to think about protocols or wallets at all; they talk to their personal agent, who negotiates and executes between other agents.
AIR and Agent App Store: Backbone of supply and demand
For the network to operate, there must be a real supply of services. This is where the role appears:
Kite AIR: Identity and direction system for agents.
Agent Passport: Verifiable identity with security rules.
Agent App Store: A store that allows agents to discover APIs, data, and trade services.
Today, PayPal and Shopify merchants can easily join through this store, becoming discoverable by smart shopping agents, with stable payment settlements on the chain and verifiable receipts.
A real marketplace… not just a bot list
The marketplace appears as a place where:
Agents represent users with their budgets and constraints
Agents represent merchants, platforms, and services
And in the middle, the KITE chain manages identity, policies, and payments
A simple request like "order me groceries" transforms within the network into a series of operations between:
Agent knows your preferences
Local merchant inventory agent
Logistics agent sets the delivery date
Payment agent securely executes the purchase
For you: One request.
For KITE: A small economy of agent transactions.
Agent economy: Settlements, identities, and incentives built on the blockchain
Much analysis describes KITE as the L1 blockchain for smart payments for AI.
Why?
Because every transaction between agents can be wrapped in a small service contract (SLA), such as:
Ride agency only gets paid upon booking confirmation
Gift agency is rewarded only when finding a product that meets the conditions
Data agency is rewarded only for documented results
And with identity and settlement on the same chain, any new service can join without building its own payment infrastructure from scratch.
Benefits for users… and merchants
For the user:
Complete comfort.
Simply put:
> "Book me a trip tomorrow, with a set budget, and loyalty points."
And his agent deals with a complete network of specialized agents.
For merchants:
Automatic access to agent requests.
No need to develop custom AI integrations.
Visibility is achieved directly through the Agent App Store.
Future of the KITE network: Economy of specialized agents
Today we see agents:
(Groceries — Ride — Gifts)
Tomorrow we may see agents for:
B2B data
Compliance check
Risk assessment
Travel
Games
Media
And even financial services
Research reports predict that KITE will become the backbone of an agent economy with billions of transactions, where agencies negotiate, pay, and execute without human intervention.
What prevents chaos? "Identity and policy"
Samsung Next wrote that AIR provides:
Programmable identity
Stable payments
Policy on the chain
Ideal environment for self-agents
Each agent has defined limits:
The ride agent cannot invest your money
The search agent cannot execute payments
Payment agents have clear rules
And with the ability of holders $KITE to vote and update policies, the ecosystem evolves openly and transparently.
A meeting point between Web2 and Web3
KITE does not aim to pull people from Web2…
But to enable agents to operate in both easily.
Traditional merchants and platforms are transforming into services understood by agents, while the chain handles the tough tasks: identity, payment, policy, settlement.
Competition among agents… for the benefit of the user
Agents will compete in:
Price
Compliance with the SLA
Reducing disputes
Good agents will gain a proven reputation on the chain, making them the preferred choice in routing.
Summary
The KITE agent network is not a "bot catalog."
It is a fully economic marketplace where AI agents negotiate, pay, and execute services on behalf of the user, while the chain ensures identity, security, governance, and payments.
If KITE continues to attract merchants, developers, and platforms, it may become the main place where the agent economy happens in reality — not just in theories.
