Recently, I've been thinking that future AI will definitely be more advanced than it is now, where you ask a question and it answers. They should be able to move on their own, browse the internet to compare prices, make purchases, automatically pay bills, and even negotiate with other AIs to complete a whole set of tasks without needing human approval at every step. Sounds a bit sci-fi, right?
But if this really happens, what's the most crucial issue? It's trust and money. How can AIs prove who they are to each other? How can we ensure they don’t spend money recklessly? How can they handle massive small payments instantly? That's the bottleneck.
Kite is a project born for this purpose; it is a Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for AI agents, compatible with EVM, supporting fast, low-cost transactions, especially for stablecoins and micro-payments between machines.
The core idea of Kite is very simple: if AI is to participate in economic activities, it needs secure identity recognition, rule enforcement, and fund transfer mechanisms. Unlike traditional blockchains that mainly serve human users, Kite is optimized from the ground up for AI agents. It supports real-time payments with almost zero fees, handling massive micro-transactions through technologies like state channels. While humans can occasionally make large transfers, AI agents may need to perform countless micro-payments every second, such as renting computing resources, purchasing data, or subscribing to services. Kite is precisely tailored for this high-frequency, continuous economic activity, rather than just simple peer-to-peer transfers.
Kite's structure is also quite clever, as it is layered. The bottom layer is the foundational blockchain, handling transactions and smart contracts; above it is the platform layer, providing APIs for developers to manage agents, permissions, and workflows; further up is the programmable trust layer, enforcing rules, limits, and governance through smart contracts; the top layer is the ecological layer, featuring markets and services built specifically for AI agents. This allows AI to work independently while humans can still hold the reins, shutting down any agent at any time if something goes wrong, without affecting others.
I think the smartest aspect is the clear distinction of identities. It strictly differentiates between human users, AI agents, and temporary sessions. Humans, as root permissions, can create multiple agents and grant specific permissions. Each agent can also initiate short-term sessions to perform tasks. If issues arise, access can be restricted or revoked at any time without impacting the overall system. This greatly reduces the risks of autonomous AI, making management safer and more reliable.
Kite also emphasizes openness, supporting mainstream agent payment and communication standards, such as Coinbase's x402 protocol, as well as interoperability concepts like A2A and MCP. This way, agents on Kite can seamlessly interact with external agents or services, forming a truly interconnected agent economy rather than a closed circle.
The project token KITE will be publicly launched in November 2025, with a fixed total supply of 10 billion tokens, nearly half of which is allocated to the community, and a smaller proportion to investors and the team, adopting a long-term lock-up mechanism to ensure community dominance. After listing, trading activity is very high, reflecting strong market interest. Currently, KITE is mainly used for ecological participation, incentives, and developer access. As the network matures, staking and governance will be introduced, allowing holders to participate in network security and decision-making. In the long run, KITE will be directly linked to actual usage, benefiting from fees and rewards generated from agency activities, avoiding pure speculation.
In terms of ecological construction, Kite has launched the Agent Passport system, providing verifiable identities and built-in security rules for each agent; there is also the Agent App Store, where developers can upload AI services, datasets, computing tools, etc., forming a market for agents to autonomously discover, purchase, and sell. The test network Ozone has shown strong participation, and real integrations are also advancing, including e-commerce and payment platforms.
In financing, Kite has raised approximately $33 million, including $18 million in Series A led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from well-known institutions like Coinbase Ventures. This endorsement demonstrates investors' confidence in Kite's vision, especially in the potential of payment and stablecoin sectors.
In summary, Kite is not just another DeFi blockchain; it aims at the settlement layer for autonomous economies. In the future, AI agents may independently book flights, manage subscriptions, buy and sell data, rent computing power, or coordinate supply chains. Kite believes that the real economy will involve large-scale interactions not only between humans and humans, or humans and AI, but also between AIs. What Kite aims to do is to pave the way for that world with a safe, inexpensive, and fast monetary highway.
