Picture this: AI agents aren’t just crunching numbers behind the scenes anymore. They’re out there, making decisions, trading value, shaping the economy in real time. Kite is the network wiring these agents together—a blockchain where value zips around instantly and securely, like impulses firing between neurons in a living brain.
AI keeps moving from passive number-crunchers to active players in our daily lives. The big hurdle? Letting them handle transactions on their own, without opening the door to hacks or mistakes. Kite tackles this head-on. It builds stablecoin channels with rock-solid, verifiable links. Agents can act on their own while users still keep the reins.
Under the hood, Kite runs as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 network—the kind of infrastructure built for high-speed, AI-powered coordination. It’s set up on an Avalanche subnet, scaling up fast and finalizing transactions in less than a second. Kite’s Proof of Attributed Intelligence consensus is a twist on the usual—here, validators earn rewards for real contributions from data, models, and agents, not just raw computing power. Developers can drop in familiar smart contracts but also get tools tuned for AI workflows—like agents that negotiate or share resources live. Validators stake KITE to keep the network safe, and they earn more as actual usage climbs, not because of some endless token printing.
The heart of Kite is its three-layer identity system. Think of it like layers of neural connections, each one handling a different piece of security. At the base, users hold the master keys. They hand out authority to their AI agents, each of which gets its own Agent Passport—a cryptographic ID that proves who they are and lets them act on their own. On top of that, sessions create single-use keys for every interaction, so if something goes sideways, the damage is limited and the rest of the system keeps running. Kite bakes governance rules right into the protocol: you can set spending limits, time windows, or require outside checks from oracles. Say you have an agent running a supply chain. It can escrow stablecoins until an IoT device confirms delivery. If the goods meet quality standards, the funds are released—no middleman, everything trackable.
Stablecoin transfers are Kite’s synapses, moving value fast and reliably. The platform supports assets like PYUSD out of the box, so agents can send micropayments or stream money for next to nothing—seriously, fees can drop to a millionth of a cent. Agents open state channels for rapid-fire trades, like pay-per-use in a data marketplace. Most transactions happen off-chain and only land on-chain if there’s a dispute, so you get crazy low latency—under 100 milliseconds. No more clunky fees or slowdowns. Part of the fees turn into KITE, keeping the network afloat without having to flood it with new tokens. When activity picks up, everyone—validators, users—earns more, but inflation stays in check. It’s a positive feedback loop.
Backing all this, Kite has $33 million in funding. PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst led an $18 million Series A in September 2025, and Coinbase Ventures jumped in the next month. There’s a hard cap of 10 billion KITE tokens, with 1.8 billion (18 percent) circulating to start. The rollout happens in two stages. First, Kite focuses on getting people to join—offering rewards for bringing liquidity and integrating agent tools, drawing in early adopters. Then, phase two unlocks staking for consensus, voting on protocol upgrades, and fee-based perks—commissions from AI services convert to KITE, driving real demand. Over 1.7 billion agent interactions have already happened on testnet. Early partners include Bitte Protocol as the first subnet, Codatta for data curation, Aiveronica from Animoca Brands for gaming agents, and BitMind Labs for verifying compute. These teams are taking Kite into the real world, from blood cancer diagnostics to AI-driven marketplaces.
What does it look like in action? In healthcare, an agent can handle patient data sharing—paying providers in stablecoins, making sure consent checks out through the identity layers, with governance keeping privacy tight. E-commerce agents negotiate deals and hold funds in escrow, only releasing them when an oracle confirms the goods are up to standard—cutting fraud out of international trade. For traders, portfolio agents run strategies and rebalance on the fly, using stablecoins for fast moves, all under user-set risk rules. In each case, Kite lets AI do more than just process commands—it builds trust and efficiency, filling the gaps where old systems fall short.
