Key Use Cases & Players

Key use cases and players in the agentic economy enabled by Kite's infrastructure

Retail: Agentic Commerce

What it is: Consumers use personal AI agents for end to end online shopping, with and without human interference.

Current Problems:

• Consumer is risky to delegate full payment consent to AI agents

• Merchant is risky to receive payments from unknown AI entities, which creates anti-money laundering and other fraud concerns

How Kite Helps:

• Delegation and guardrails with Kite Passport, which consumer can configure granular controls, and identify both consumer and agent.

• Payment is always associated with verifiable proof of delegation, which also clarify authenticated user and agent.

• Kite Payment API for merchants to verify the proof, initiate stablecoin transfers, verify payments.

Manufacturing: Automatic Sourcing

What it is: AI-powered sourcing optimization for manufacturing (cost, lead time, production planning, carbon emissions) including autonomous ordering from manufacturer's agents to suppliers.

Current Problems:

• Both manufacturers and suppliers risky to rely transaction on AI agents as the same as agentic commerce

• High foreign exchange costs for international payments

How Kite Helps:

• Secure delegation mechanisms by Kite Passport and delegation proof.

• Stablecoin payments instead of traditional FX which helps exchange cost savings.

Fintech: Investment Portfolio Management

What it is: AI-driven trading strategy and portfolio optimization.

Current Problems:

• Traders have to take transactions and operation control with limited prompt instructions.

How Kite Helps:

• Programmable and guardrails for investment constraints and risk management

Digital Services: Agent-powered Monetization

What it is: Data, model, and tool services specifically designed for AI agents.

Current Problems:

• AI agents lack a trusted way to handle complex micro-transactions autonomously.

• Pay-per-use monetization for APIs, data, and tools is difficult to integrate.

• Existing payment systems introduce latency and manual intervention, breaking automation.

How Kite Helps:

• Verifiable, autonomous payment infrastructure for AI agents through Kite Passport and delegation proof.

• Kite Passport to enable agent actions for easy integration.

• Kite Chain for instant, low-latency settlement through stablecoin-based transactions.