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.