Imagine a world where AI agents don’t just answer questions, but actually work on their own, hire other agents, buy data, pay for services, and follow rules you set for them. That is the future Kite AI is trying to build.
Kite AI is creating a brand-new blockchain made specifically for AI agents. Unlike most blockchains that are designed for people and apps, Kite is built for machines talking to machines. It’s a fast, low-cost Layer-1 chain that lets autonomous AI agents move money, prove who they are, and cooperate safely without human micromanagement.
At the core of Kite is the idea of the “agentic economy.” In this economy, AI agents have identities, wallets, permissions, and limits. They can pay each other tiny amounts of money instantly, make decisions within rules, and leave clear records of what they did. Kite separates humans, agents, and sessions into different identity layers, which makes the system safer and easier to control. You can decide how much an agent can spend, what it’s allowed to do, and when it must stop.
Technically, Kite is built to be extremely fast and cheap. Blocks are produced in about one second, and transactions cost almost nothing. This is important because AI agents might make thousands or millions of small payments. Kite also uses special payment channels so agents can send micro-payments in real time without clogging the network. The chain runs on Proof of Stake and adds extra attribution logic so actions can be traced back to specific agents, models, or data sources.
Identity is a big deal in Kite’s design. Through something called Kite AIR, every agent, model, dataset, or service can have a verifiable on-chain identity. This makes it possible to know which agent did what, which model produced an output, and who should be paid or held accountable. These identities work together with programmable rules that act like guardrails for AI behavior.
On top of the blockchain, Kite supports a modular ecosystem. AI models, data providers, tools, and services can plug into the network and get paid automatically. Agents can discover these services through a marketplace and pay for them using stablecoins, making everything feel more like an automated digital economy than a traditional crypto app.
Kite has strong financial backing behind this vision. The project has raised about 33 million dollars so far, with support from major names like PayPal Ventures, General Catalyst, Coinbase Ventures, Samsung Next, and others. Community reports also point to involvement from groups like Animoca Brands, Avalanche Foundation contributors, 8VC, SBI Holdings, and GSR. This funding is being used to push real-world integrations and turn AI agents into commercial actors, not just experiments.
The KITE token plays a central role in the ecosystem. When it launched, it appeared on major exchanges and saw massive trading volume right away, with hundreds of millions of dollars traded in just the first hours. The token’s total supply is ten billion, with nearly half reserved for the community and ecosystem, and the rest split between the team, investors, and ecosystem modules.
Right now, the token is already being used for access, incentives, and rewards for builders, validators, and early users. In the next phase, KITE will be used for staking, governance voting, and capturing protocol fees. Over time, stablecoin fees generated by agent activity are expected to flow back into the token economy.
On the product side, Kite’s testnet, called Ozone, is already live and handling billions of agent interactions. Developers are experimenting with AI agents that can buy APIs, access data, and coordinate tasks on their own. There is also an agent marketplace where services can be discovered and paid for automatically. Early pilots with companies like Shopify and PayPal show how agents could search for products and complete purchases without human clicks, using stablecoins for instant settlement.
The KITE token has been listed across multiple major exchanges, and an airdrop took place in late 2025 to reward early supporters. Community expectations point toward a public mainnet launch in early 2026, when full governance and staking features are expected to go live.
What makes Kite stand out is focus. Instead of being a general-purpose smart contract chain, it is built from the ground up for AI agents. Micropayments, identity, policy enforcement, and machine-native governance are not add-ons here, they are the foundation. Kite is aiming to become the payment and identity layer that autonomous AI systems rely on every day.
Today, Kite sits at an exciting point. The technology is running, the token is live, funding is secured, and real-world pilots are underway. The next big step is mainnet and full utility rollout. If the agentic economy becomes real, Kite wants to be the place where it all runs.
