Imagine AI agents as citizens in a digital city—moving through busy streets, making deals, working together, and relying on the city’s grid for safety and smooth travel. That’s what Kite builds: a blockchain that lets AI agents become real players in a world where machines don’t just exist—they act, decide, and trade. As AI starts handling everything from your shopping budget to massive shipping routes, Kite gives these agents the tools to move, identify themselves, follow the rules, and pay for things, all in one connected ecosystem where machines create value.
Kite runs as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 network, designed for the fast-paced world of autonomous AI. Developers get to work with familiar tools, but Kite adds some twists just for agents—like state channels that let them make lightning-fast transactions, with delays so short they’re barely noticeable (under 100 milliseconds). Its Proof of Attributed Intelligence rewards people who keep the network safe and provide AI resources, like data or computing power. Since launching its mainnet in November 2025, Kite’s been rock-solid on the Ozone Testnet, handling over 1.7 billion agent actions and hitting daily volumes of more than a million, all while gas fees stay practically invisible—less than a thousandth of a cent.
Identity on Kite works like zoning laws in a city, splitting up control to keep things secure but flexible. At the core, you hold root keys, acting like a landlord for your digital space. You hand out cryptographic passports to your agents, setting limits—how much they can spend, where they can go, who they can talk to. Agents use temporary session keys for each job, which disappear after use, shutting down any chance of overreach. Governance is programmable, so you can set up rules that change with the city’s needs—maybe slowing down agent traffic during rush hour, or adding extra checkpoints in sensitive zones. For a retail agent, this means flashing its passport at the gate, haggling for bulk deals, and only paying out stablecoins after a delivery gets scanned—keeping order in a marketplace run by machines.
Agents on Kite move like neighbors in a connected city, using Agent-Oriented Planning to plot their routes through tough jobs. A central agent maps the trip, others handle sections, and reward evaluators tweak the plan to make it better every time. Their reputation builds up over time; agents that play by the rules get access to premium neighborhoods for high-level deals. Take logistics: an agent predicts the best route using outside data, works with warehouse agents, holds money in PYUSD, and only pays out when packages arrive, making sure goods move fast and don’t clog up the system. With over 100 modules ready to go, agents can tap into special hubs—like streaming payments or splitting royalties—rolling out by the end of 2025.
Stablecoins are Kite’s subways, carrying assets like USDC for fast, cheap trips. Agents move money off-chain in bundles, only checking in on the main ledger at important stops, which keeps costs tiny. This lets agents pay as they go—like a toll for AI advice or a fee for sending data. The x402 protocol adds smart signaling, so agents can merge or split transactions on the fly. Developers can build their own transit stations—places where agents catch rides, negotiate fares, or swap goods—with zero-knowledge tech now in place to keep some routes private.
KITE is the city’s utility token, capped at 10 billion to keep growth in check. It rolls out in stages. Phase one, live since the November 2025 token launch, uses KITE for basic access and rewards people who build the infrastructure or manage liquidity, with 17.8 million passports already issued. Next up, staking KITE lets you help secure the network, join in governance, and collect tolls from AI-powered services—feeding value back into maintenance. Nearly half the tokens go to community development, syncing up validators and users through shared revenue districts, turning early grants into a self-sustaining city.
December 2025 turned up the energy. The whitepaper dropped on the 10th, laying out new plans, and today’s developer meet-up in Chiang Mai is sparking fresh ideas. With KITE trading at about 8.8 cents after its Binance debut and $263 million in volume, the project’s right at the heart of the AI-powered city revolution.
